This special issue of "The Gerontologist" contains session by session abstracts from the society's 51st Annual Scientific Meeting. Abstracts are arranged numerically by the number of the session in which they appeared and in the order of presentation within each session. There are a total of 391 sessions. Session topics are not provided; and there is no discernable logic to the arrangement of topics. Abstracts appear to average approximately 200 words. An index of participants is provided with references to their session numbers. The Gerontological Society of America has divisions covering biological sciences, clinical medicine, behavioral and social sciences, and social research, policy, and practice. Sessions #324 (8 abstracts) and #326 (2 abstracts) focus on education-related matters, but very few other papers have a direct linkage with the field of education. (EMK)