Oral title: The BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS) DR1-Spectral Measurements, Derived Quantities, and AGN 
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Oral abstract: We present the first catalog and data release of the Swift-BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS). We 
analyze optical spectra of the majority of AGN (77%, 641/836) detected based on their 14-195 keV emission in the 70-
month Swift BAT all-sky catalog. This includes redshift determination, absorption and emission line measurements, and 
black hole mass and accretion rate estimates for the majority of obscured and un-obscured AGN (74%, 473/641) with 
340 measured for the first time. With ~90% of sources at z<0.2, the survey represents a significant census of nearby 
hard-X-ray selected AGN.