Footnotes 1981 | American Sociological Association

January 1981 (Volume 9, Number 1)

NSF Sociology Program Announces Recipients of FY 1980 Awards
William Foote Whyte Describes Common Culture Pattern of Annual Meetings
NEH Offers Summer Seminars for Undergraduate Teachers
Grace Henderson Assumes Responsibilities for ASA Careers, Minorities, and Women
MFP Deadline February 1
ADAMHA Funds Research through National Institutes
Nominations Invited for Jessie Bernard Award, Award for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship
Conference on Women in the Professions to be Held at Purdue University
Research Workshop Scheduled at Howard University
Obituaries: August Hollingshead, Werner J. Cahnman, Richard E. DuWors, John James
Deaths: Rollin Chambliss, William Christian Lehmann
Memorial Planned for Martin Haskell
Studies in Higher Education Surveys Departments
Teaching Services Program Plans Workshop Series
Letters to the Editor: “Task Group Clarifies Surveys on Homosexuality” (John Gagnon, Joan Huber, Suzanne Keller, Ron Lawson, Patricia Miller, William Simon
Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)

February 1981 (Volume 9, Number 2)

NSF Merges Basic and Applied; No Social Science Directorate
Social Inventions Featured at 1981 Annual Meeting
New Staff Needed in ASA Executive Office
New Registry of Retired Sociologists Planned
National ASA Teaching Workshops Set for May 14-19
ASA Workshops Held on Planning and Evaluation
Ideas Needed for TRC: Minority Syllabi, Testing Students
Barriers to Support of Social Sciences: Alpert 1958
Fulbright awards
Liaison Representatives Needed for Work Areas
ASA Committee on World Sociology Seeks Liaison with Social Scientists Around World
NSF Chautauqua Courses
“Emile n’ Maz” (cartoon by D. Adams)
ASA Committee Appointments Announced
Jessie Bernard Award Nominations Sought
Graduate Students Receive 1980-81 Fulbright Awards for Overseas Study
Obituaries: Kingsley H. Birge, Henry J. Browne, George K. Hesslink
Committee Reports
Four Receive SSSI Awards
10th World Congress of Sociology to be Held in Mexico City
Departments Receive DOE Grants for Minorities
Lesley College Announces New Program in Mental Health Management
Problems of Discipline Grants Available: Deadline May 1
NIE Grant Proposals Due
Requests for Other Group Activities at Annual Meeting Due

March 1981 (Volume 9, Number 3)

OMB Guts NSF Social Science Budget
Toronto Plenaries Announced
Final Research Regulations Approved: Most Social Science Research Exempt
ASA Council Meetings; Actions Discussed
NEH to Hold Seminar on Language
System Research Program at NIMH
Jo Ann Ruckel Appointed ASA Administrative Officer
Candidate Biographies (Election Issue)
Petition Candidates Announced
NSF Director Otto Larsen: Need for Continuing Support for Social Sciences
Nominations Sought for ASA Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching
Duke University Department Survives “Creative Retrenchment” (Lawrence J. Rhoades)
“Middletown” Revisited: Documentary Planned on Community Studies by Robert and Helen Lynd
Obituaries: Alvin Ward Gouldner, Vernon K. Dibble
International Conference Set for University of Pittsburgh
ASA Voting Study Planned
Inter Nos (Russell Dunes)
Editors’ Reports
National Series of ASA Teaching Workshops Planned for May 14-19
ASA Teaching Newsletter Subscription Form

April 1981 (Volume 9, Number 4)

Social Science Research and Training Support Cut
Workshops and Seminars Set for 1981 Annual Meeting
Sociologists Receive Grants from NIMH
Committee on Sections Proposes Change in By-Laws (increase in members required)
Seventh Annual Honors Program Scheduled
TRC Seeks Contributions for Handbook on Humor in Teaching Sociology
SSRC Plans Research on Social Indicators
Rockefeller Fellowships Awarded
Social Indicators III Issued by Commerce Department
Census Reports Available
Federal Statistics Council Opens Office
Panel Study Data File
Additional Fulbright Awards
Gail E. Thomas Donates Royalties to MFP
States Develop Programs to Improve Research Environment
1980 AAAS Socio-Psychological Prize Awarded to Bib Latane, Stephen Harkins, and Kipling D. Williams
Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)
Nominations Invited to Distinguished Scholarship, Teaching Awards
Census Data Set Available
Cheryl Miller, Stephen Kalberg Receive NSF Postdoctoral Fellowships
ASA Contributors
Obituaries: William C. Lehmann, Arthur Hiederhoffer
Social Security Administration Plans Retirement Study
Section Reports
SSRC, ACLS Fellowships Announced
Letters to the Editor: Irwin Deutscher, Stanford W. Gregory, Jr.
New Registry of Retired Sociologists Available

May 1981 (Volume 9, Number 5)

ASA Joins with Other Organizations to Establish Consortium to Support Congressional Liaison Office (COSSA)
NIDA and NIAAA Awards
MFP Fellows Selected; Support Uncertain
ASA Applied Sociology Conference Set for DC
Countries Seek Fulbrights in Sociology
Auditor’s Report
National Committee for 1980 Census Research Established
ICPSR to Distribute 1980 Census Data Files
Travel Funds Available for Grenoble Meeting
Minority Students Receive NSF Awards
Information on 1981 Annual Meeting: Air Travel, Child Care, Room Sharing
Inter Nos: Thoughts–Pure and Applied–on the Administration Budget for Social Science (Russell Dynes)
SWS Establishes Natalie Allon Defense Fund
ASA/SSSP To Co-Sponsor Sessions at Annual Meeting
TAS Invites Papers for Special Issue on Financing Sociological Research
Nominations Invited for ASA Elected and Appointed Positions
Sections Plan Annual Meeting Activities
Materials on Clinical Sociology Sought for Upcoming Bibliography
Council Minutes from January 23, 1981, meeting of 1981 Council
New ASA Guide, Directories Available
Obituaries: Robert Graham Caldwell
New TRC Syllabi Set on Environmental Sociology

August 1981 (Volume 9, Number 6)

Alice Rossi Wins ASA Presidency; Everett K. Wilson New Vice President
ASA President William Foote Whyte Calls for Practical Sociology
ASA Workshop on Directions in Applied Sociology
Search for New ASA Executive Officer
Gallaudet University to Sponsor Interpreters at Annual Meeting
ASA Biographical Directory of Members Scheduled for 1982
New ASA President: Presentation of Erving Goffman
ASA Survey Results: Members Like Services; Want More
Alex Inkeles, Charles Tilly Elected to National Academy of Sciences
New Executive Office Appointments: Carla Howery, Bettina Huber, Paul Williams
Lawrence Rhoades Accepts NIMY Position
Invitation to the Annual Meeting
COSSA Responds to Budget Crisis
Canadian Postal Strike May Affect Hotel Reservations for Annual Meeting
Sessions, Organizers Announced for 1982 ASA Annual Meeting
Program Committee Encourages Papers on Range of Methodologies
Report of the Secretary: Herbert Costner Reports Executive Office Activities and Changes
Nominations Invited for 1984-86 CS Editorship
Boyd Printing Company President Henry Quellmalz’s 30 Years of Service Recognized and Appreciated
Report of the Executive Officer: Russell Dynes Outlines Association Activities
Portrait of William Edward Burghardt DuBois on National Public Radio Series
Clinical Sociology Association to Hold Workshops in Toronto
Problems of Discipline Grant Deadline: November 1
TRC Offers Three New Products
TRC Seeks Submissions for Resources on Humor, Testing Students
Teaching Newsletter to Resume in 1982
Sociologists Receive 1981 Humanities Awards
ASA Reports on Women’s Participation Available
Preston Valien Receives Stuart Rice Award from CDSA
Cora Marrett to Chair NSF Committee
Samuel Heilman, Wolf V. Heydebrand, Elliott Rudwick Receive ACLS Awards
History of the ASA: 1905-1980 Available
National Scientific Associations Support Social Sciences
James Bjorkman and Wolfgang Teckenberg Receive German Marshall Fund Fellowships
Regional Officers Announced
John Lofland: Sociologists Need a More Activist Stance
Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)
ASA Focuses on Career Planning and Development (Grace Henderson)
NRC Workshop Report Released
ISA Invites ASA Members to 10th World Congress
Currency Exchange at Annual Meeting
ISA Library Program Expands
Six Receive NSF Fellowships
Sociological Theory Invites Manuscripts
Sociologists Win Guggenheims
Minutes of May 16, 1981, meeting of 1981 ASA Council
ASA Representative Reports
More 1980 ASA Committee Reports
Obituaries: Edward Wadsworth Gregory, Leonard Louis Linden, Richard T. Morris, Jane Cassels Record, David Rodnick, Paul Kecskemeti
Deaths: Vernon Davies
Data Gathering Efforts Hampered by Funding Cuts
Clinical Sociology Association Initiates Curriculum File
New ASA Insurance Plans Offered
Military Family Center Established
Letters to the Editor: Wade H. Andrews

October 1981 (Volume 9, Number 7)

ASA Awards Announced: Career of Distinguished Scholarship–Everett C. Hughes; Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship–E. Digby Baltzell and Morris Rosenberg; Distinguished Contributions to Teaching–Hans O. Mauksch; Jessie Bernard Award–Elise Boulding
Council to Review ASA Publications Program
ASA Applied Workshop Set
COSSA to Continue Budget Monitoring
COSSA Contributions Needed
Mayer Zald Appointed to Council as Sheldon Styker Resigns to Edit ASR
Two Programs Receive NSF Grants for Teaching
National Humanities Alliance Formed
New ASA Editors: Rose Series–Ernest Campbell; TAS–Robert Perrucci
ASA Section Sponsors New Volume on Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives
Thirteen Receive Fulbright Grants
Congressional Committee Open to Social Sciences
Oliphant Cartoon on social science study (reprinted from Washington Star)
Twenty States Participate in New Polling Network
Howard Becker, Peter Blau Receive 1981 Common Wealth Awards
15th Century Data Files Finally Available
Report of the President: William Foote Whyte Reviews Term; Emphasizes Field Work
Annual Meeting Successful Despite “Strikes” Against It
Photographs from 1981 Annual Meeting
Changes Needed in Graduate Sociology Training for the 1980s (Edward C. McDonagh and Kent P. Schwirian)
Obituaries: Tamme Wittermans, Jane Alison Weiss
Letters to the Editor: “Human Subjects Catch-22?” (Ithiel de Sola Pool)
ASA Guidelines for Exercising Right to Petition

November 1981 (Volume 9, Number 8)

NIMH to Support Some Social Research
Candidates for 1982 ASA Offices
Non-Academic Employers Surveyed
Program Committee Invites Suggestions for Annual Meting
New Human Subjects Policies Announced; Exemptions Outlined (Bettina Huber)
Scientific and Technical Personnel Data Tapes Available
New International Education Register
Sociology Fulbrights Announced
William Flinn Assesses Rural Sociology
Harris Sourcebook Published
Three Receive NEH Grants
SSRC Fellowships and Grants Announced
Problems of the Discipline Grants Deadline February 1
SSSP Award Honors Alfred and Elizabeth Lee
Filmed Introductory Course Developed
Midwest Universities Offer Minority Fellowships
Regional Meeting Calendar
Deaths: Donald R. Baker, Wendell H. Bash, Rayman Charles Forston, Samuel Kincheloe
Interuniversity Institute
Heart Attack Victims Sought for Study
MFP Seeks 1982-83 Applicants

December 1981 (Volume 9, Number 9)

ASA Election Slate Announced
Council Unable to Act on Complaint Against Brandeis University
COSSA Shows Interdisciplinary Cooperation is Effective; Long-Term Commitment Needed
Needed Research in the Sociology of Age (Matilda White Riley)
Comments on ASA Handicapped Services Wanted
A Commentary: Gutting Affirmative Action–New Policy in Action (Bettina Huber)
Administration’s Budget Threatens Fulbright Program
NEH Publishes Application Deadlines
10th World Congress Set for Mexico City, August 16-21, 1982
New JHSB Editorial Address
Federal Funding for the Social Sciences: Threats and Responses (Kenneth Prewitt and David L. Sills)
Deaths: Rensis Likert, T. Scott Miyakawa
Over 50 TRC Products Available; More Being Developed
Teaching Services Program Announces Spring Workshops
Social Science Photo Exhibit at Northwestern University
Teaching Information Exchange

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