  Commission 14 has been operating for almost a century. It was one of the 32
Standing IAU Commissions and established in 1919. The main purpose of
Commission 14 is to foster interactions between the astronomical community and
those conducting research on atoms, molecules, and solid state particles to
provide data vital to reducing and analysing astronomical observations and
performing theoretical investigations. Although Commission 14 terminated at the
Honolulu General Assembly, the field Atomic and Molecular Data remains with the
IAU. By call of the IAU, the Commission 14 OC initiated a proposal for a new
Commission on Laboratory Astrophysics that was approved. Commission on
Laboratory Astrophysics will be a natural evolution of Commission 14.
