From: utzoo!watmath!atbowler Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: ...chairperson Article-I.D.: watmath.2974 Posted: Thu Jul 8 19:20:23 1982 Received: Thu Jul 8 23:35:05 1982 References: watmath.2964 In the case of a sexist ruling from the chair, use of the term "chairwoman" would convey gender info. However, use of the term "chairman" would not. I was taught that "chairman" is the preferred form regardless of the sex of the person occupying the position. If the person occupying the chair is a woman, the correct form of address is "madame chairman", regardless of the age or marital status (i.e. never "miss chairman"). If the person is male, the address is "mister chairman" regardless of age (i.e. not "master chairman" he is a boy).