Footnotes 1979

January 1979 (Volume 7, Number 1)

• Science and Technology Report Shows Need for Social Sciences (Lawrence J. Rhoades)
• DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award Given Posthumously to Ira de Augustine Reid
• William Foote Whyte Becomes ASA Presidential Candidate through Open Nominations Process
• William H. Sewell Heads National Commission on Research
• Congress Adds to R&D Funding for Fiscal Year 1979
• Teaching/Learning Strategy Accents Citizenship Role
• Annual Reviews: Assistance in Keeping Up with Developments; Suggestions Invited
• ASA Solicits Proposals on Invasion of Privacy for Abt Award
• Society for Social Studies of Science Elect Lowell Hargens and Jerry Gaston to Offices
• Uppsala ISA Tax Forms Lost
• FCC Children’s Television Task Force Seeks Studies
• Journal of the History of Sociology Founded to Celebrate Centenniel of Teaching of Sociology
• ASA Represented at APHA Meeting
• Eleven ASA Minority Fellows Have Received PhDs
• Research Program Proposed on Female Equity in Education
• Samuel Leinhardt Named SM Editor
• James McCartney Named TAS Editor
• Three New Publishing Ventures Announced for Social Sciences
• Council of Editors Formed to Promote Cooperation and Communication
• British Sociological Association Assumes Control of Journal, Moves to New Offices
• Studies Sought on Effect of Inflation and Taxation on Consumers
• National Archives Contain Data for Research and Teaching
• Committee on National Statistics Seeks Input on Incomplete Survey Data
• New York State Sociological Association, South Carolina Sociological Association Announce Election Results
• University of California-Berkeley Begins Teaching Assistant Training Program
• Brown University Receives Grant from Henry Luce Foundation
• Letters to the Editor: “Teach General Skills of Analysis” (Paul M. Gustafson)
• NIMH Solicits Proposals for Fellowships
• Obituaries: Leo G. Reeder, Buford H. Junker, C. Terence Pihlblad, Henry L. Manheim, Joseph Chiozza Lagey
• National Research and Information Center Offers Services to Facilitate Research on Death
• Minutes of September 9, 1978, meeting of 1979 Council
• NSF Sets Proposal Limits
• Language-International Studies Commission Identifies Focus; Allen Kassof is Member
• Survey of Longitudinal Studies
• Institutional Review Board Comments Invited

February 1979 (Volume 7, Number 2)

• Thematic Panels Announced for Boston Annual Meeting
• Changes in Committee Structure Limited to Ad Hoc Category
• William D’Antonio: Curriculum Needs to be Turned Inside Out
• NEH Offers Summer Seminars for College Teachers
• NIE Wants Proposals on Teaching and Learning
• Center for Population Research Issues Call for Applications on Unwanted Pregnancy Studies
• Merriam Professorship in Political Science at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Success of First ASA Projects Chair Workshop Leads to Planning Another
• Social Problems Syllabi Available from TRC
• East-West Population Institute Sponsors Population Summer Seminar
• Editors’ Reports
• Committee Appointments
• Murray Melbin Wins AAAS Socio-Psychological Price
• Fulbright Opportunities
• Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)

March 1979 (Volume 7, Number 3)

• Referendum Slated on Membership-Dues Structure
• Sociological Inventory: Ready for Reviews
• Election Edition: Candidate Biographies
• Plenary Sessions Announced for Boston Annual Meeting
• Applications Invited for Spivack Fellowships
• ASA Award Deadlines
• Paris Conference on Sociology of Education
• National Archives Offers Courses
• Cancer Institute Seeks Proposals
• Kenneth Prewitt Named SSRC President
• Report of Status of Women in Sociology, 1934-1977 (Doris Wilkinson)
• Sociologists Help Produce Handbook on Educational Planning
• Footnotes Publishes Classified Ads
• NCSA Workshop on Educating Applied Sociologists
• ASA Projects Workshop Begins Development of Network for Training Graduate Students to Teach
• Interfuture Provides Research Opportunities for Undergraduates
• Association for Humanist Sociology Announces Election Results, New Address
• Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)
• Committee Reports
• RFP Performance of Agencies Assessed
• Council Approves Insurance Plan
• Matilda Riley, Orville Brim Elected to Institute of Medicine
• Survey Research Techniques Summer Seminar
• Rose Monograph Series Enters Second Decade; 20 Titles Issued
• Sociology and ASA Course Becomes National Honors Program
• Employment Bulletin Encourages Non-Academic Listings
• New 1979 Guide to Graduate Departments
• New Edition of Registry of Retired Sociologists Available

April 1979 (Volume 7, Number 4)

• Changes Made in Space Allocation at Annual Meeting
• Committee on Sections Re-Established
• Preferential Voting Set for ASA Election
• Plenary Marks Symbolic Transfer of Responsibility (Lawrence J. Rhoades)
• ASA Offers Opportunity to Form Ad Hoc Research Groups
• Task Force on Certification/Accreditation Created
• ADAMHA Raises Small Grant Limit
• NSF Launches Program to Improve Management of Research Projects
• Section Dues Increased for 1980
• Section on Methodology Training Institute
• Five Sessions to Focus on Teaching at ASA Meeting
• Texas Establishes Monetary Teaching Award
• Pennsylvania Sociological Society Elects Officers
• Feeder System Developed by Illinois Wesleyan AKD
• NIE Invites Proposals on Organizational Process
• Planning Survey of PhD Nurses
• NEH Offers Fellowships to Teachers
• Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)
• Youth Values Report
• Census Experts Wanted for Project
• Summer Program in Medical Sociology at Boston University
• Minutes of January 23, 1979, meeting of 1979 Council
• Section Reports
• Criminal Justice Studies Underway at Northwestern University
• Obituaries: James Tamplin Laing, Svend Henry Reimer
• Biopolitical Research Center Established at Northern Illinois University
• Problems of Discipline Program Funds Three Projects; Proposals Solicited
• Council Expands Membership and Mission of Problems of Discipline Committee
• Humanities Report Final Report Due

May 1979 (Volume 7, Number 5)

• China Reinstates Sociology as a Branch of Science
• Council Establishes Two Major Awards, Approves Publications Policies
• Golden Fleece Suite Reaches Supreme Court
• ASA President Hubert M. Blalock, Jr. Urges More Support for Minorities in Science
• Debates on Major Theoretical Issues Set for Boston Annual Meeting
• Edward Shils Named NEH Jefferson Lecturer
• Committee on Profession Reports Results of Survey: Fewer Scholar/Publisher Problems than Expected
• Milton Gordon Encourages Closer Links Between Psychology and Sociology in ESS Presidential Address
• ASA Professional Workshop Series
• Techniques for Teaching Concepts Available from TRC
• Didactic Seminars Aim to Update Knowledge, Skills
• More TRC Syllabi Sets Being Developed; Submissions Invited
• Ethelyn Davis Receives Cornaro Award
• California State-Northridge Course Explores Sociological Dimensions of Industrialization and Settlement of Space
• ICPSR Summer Program on Quantitative Methods
• Anthropology Editors Donate Royalties to Minority Fellowship Program
• Analysis of 1971-77 Job Listings Available
• Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)
• Cartoon by David Adams, Ohio State-Lima
• Letters to the Editor: “Caution Expressed on Free Services” (Thomas C. Nelson); “Underrepresentation of White Males” (Samuel Mueller); “Free Academic Use of Meeting Papers” (Bo G. Eriksson); “Urges International Approach to Sociology” (Maria Maxfield); “Social Consequences of Science and Technology” (Shirley Kolack)
• Countries Want Sociologist Fulbright Scholars
• Auditor’s Report, December 31, 1978
• Obituaries: Melville Dalton, Hans Heinrich Gerth
• Executive Associates Doris Wilkinson and Lawrence J. Rhoades Reappointed
• Committee on Publications Report
• Representative Reports
• Richard Ofshe Shares Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
• Nominations Invited for Committees on Nominations, Committees
• New ASA Publications: Guide to Graduate Departments, Directory of Departments, Directory of Members, Federal Funding Programs for Social Scientists, Guidelines for Initial Appointments in Sociology

August 1979 (Volume 7, Number 6)

• Report of the President: Hubert Blalock, Jr. Stresses Long-Term Issues
• President-Elect Peter Rossi Recognizes Diversity in 1980 Annual Meeting Theme
• William Foote Whyte New ASA President; Renee Fox, Vice President; Herbert Costner, Secretary
• ASA Council Takes Actions in Support of Teaching
• Portrait of ASA President Peter Rossi: A Robin Hooding Heavyweight at the Helm
• Sessions, Organizers Announced for 1980 Annual Meeting
• Clinical Sociology Association Organized
• Inter Nos (Russell Dynes; to Alice Myers on her retirement)
• Open Forum: “Institutional Review Boards: Legal-Administrative Bases”  (James M. Murtha, Lauren H. Seiler)
• Tributes to Talcot Parsons, 1902-1979
• ASA Research Skills Development Institute Held at Morgan State
• George Bohrnstedt Named SPQ Editor
• Suzanne Keller Named Rose Editor
• Student Reception Scheduled for 1979 Annual Meeting
• Report of the Secretary: James F. Short, Jr. Outlines Association Actions in Search for Equity
• MFP Given New Grant; Dissertation Awards Made
• ASA Projects Schedule Second Chair Workshop
• New Teaching Resources Available at Annual Meeting
• Sociologists Win Guggenheims
• NEH Offers Year-Long Seminars for Teachers
• Hospitality Suite for Teachers at 1979 Annual Meeting
• Census Bureau Developing Workbook
• Chautauqua Course Schedule Ready
• Boston Meeting: Last Hurrah for Alice (on Alice Myers’ Retirement)
• Sheldon Stryker’s NCSA Presidential Address: Identity Crisis in Sociology Calls for Common Vision of Relevance
• Michael Schudsen, Gail Lapidus Named Rockefeller Fellows
• Research Wanted on Immigration
• Journalist-Sociologist (Richard Ofshe) Team Wins Pulitzer Prize
• Support Solicited for Textbook Suite
• Report of the Executive Officer: Russell Dynes Reviews Executive Office Activities and Restructuring
• Problems of Discipline Grant Proposal Deadline
• Minutes of March 10, 1979, meeting of 1979 Council
• John and Ruth Useem Honored for Scholarship on International Exchanges
• Orville Brim, Jr. Receives Kurt Lewin Award
• Social Science and Government: Supreme Court Rules Researchers Are Not Public Figures (Lawrence J. Rhoades)
• Membership Renewal Incorporates Referendum Changes

October 1979 (Volume 7, Number 7)

• Council Approves Theory Annual, Constitutional Referendum
• Social Science and Government: IRB Regulations Published by HEW
• April 1980 Designated “Teaching of Sociology” Month by ASA Projects
• Candidates Announced
• Helen Fein Wins Sorokin Award
• Valerie Kincade Oppenheimer and Nancy Chodorow Win Jessie Bernard Award
• Last Spivack Fellows Chosen
• IRB Regulations: An Opposing View from Ithiel de Sola Pool
• Minority Fellowship Program Announces Spivack Dissertation Awards
• MFP Seeks 1980-81 Applicants
• COFRAT: Evolution of Mission During First Decade
• COFRAT Procedures for Investigating Cases
• IPA Positions Available at Health Research Center
• Supplementary Sessions at 1980 Annual Meeting
• Obituaries: Fred Cottrell, Louis Schneider, Grace Duncan Hopper, Ruth Viola Reed
• Deaths: David V. Glass, Hillquit Linch
• Nominations Invited for ASR, CS, JHSB, and SOE Editorships
• Proposals Wanted on Soviet Union, Eastern Europe
• Maurice Falk Medical Lecture Series Seeking Sociologists
• NSF Offers Fellowships

November 1979 (Volume 7, Number 8)

• Annual Meeting to Explore Frontiers of Social Inventions (William Foote Whyte)
• Minority Fellowship Program Receives Funds for Applied Fellowships
• Social Science and Government: Study Reports Trouble Ahead for University Research (Lawrence J. Rhoades)
• Open Forum: “Problems of Professional Nomads Need Attention” (J. Allen Whitt and Charles Derber)
• Sociologists Win Fulbright Awards
• Sociological Horoscope (periodic feature by Jackie Boles)
• Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)
• Obituaries: William Earle Cole, Allan W. Eister, Lawrence La Fave, Paul W. Massing
• Minutes from June 15, 1979, meeting of 1979 Council
• Sociologists Receive Honorable Mentions for Allport Prize
• ASA Guidelines for Exercising Right to Petition
• New Youth Survey Added to Longitudinal Labor Force Study
• Charles Y. Glock Honored by B’nai B’rith

December 1979 (Volume 7, Number 9)

• First Common Wealth Awards Honor Robert K. Merton and Kingsley Davis
• Poster Sessions Scheduled for 1980 Annual Meeting
• Candidates for ASA Offices, Council, Committees
• Historical Series Commemorating ASA’s 75th Anniversary Begins
• Teaching Workshops Set for April 1980
• SSRC/ACLS Grants to Sociologists for International Research
• MFP Names 10 Research Fellows; Five More Fellows Receive PhDs
• Second Research Skills Institute Set for UCLA
• ASA Council Censures University of Vermont
• Matilda Riley Heads Social Research at NIA
• NSF Sociology Program Managers Offer Assistance to Colleagues
• Nominations Invited for ASA Award for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship
• Iner Nos (Russell Dynes on Paul Chalfant)
• NSF Equipment Grants
• Books Wanted for China
• Efforts to Establish ASA Section on Racial and Cultural Minorities
• Human Resources Workshop at Howard University
• Argentinian Worker Wants Books to Continue Study
• Obituaries: Alex Simirenko, Karen A. Laidlaw
• Deaths: Myron (Mike) Lewis, Everett V. Stonequist, Elijah L. White, Ernest M. Banzet
• Minutes of August 30, 1979, meeting of 1979 Council
• Minutes of September 1, 1979, meeting of 1980 Council
• Referendum: Proposed Changes in ASA Constitution, By-Laws
• Council on Social Work Education Approves Programs
• Letters to the Editor: “Sexism in Sociology” (Barrie Thorne, Lewis Coser, Joyce Ladner, Essie Manuel Rutledge, Pepper Schwartz, Gaye Tuchman); “Sociology and NIMH Training Programs” (for Social Science Fellowship Training Committee, William T. Liu and Roberta G. Simmons)
• Problems of Discipline Grants Support Collaborative Scholarship; Proposals Invited

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