Footnotes 1991 | American Sociological Association

January 1991 (Volume 19, Number 1)

Update on El Salvador: Toward an Enduring Memorial (Stephen A. Buff)
Peter Marsden: New Editor of Sociological Methodology (Joseph Galaskiewicz)
The ASA Congressional Fellowship Program: Help Send a Sociologist to Washington (Raymond Russel, Congressional Fellowship Fund)
Observing: BBS Task Force Recommends Separate Directorate for Social Sciences (William D’Antonio)
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (planning third annual meeting)
Mental Illness Issues to Consider (excerpt of ASA Annual Meeting presentation by Dr. Lewis Judd)
National Institute of Mental Health Grants (awarded 102 research grants)
Nominations Requested for 1991 ASA Awards
Highlighting the AAC Report on the Undergraduate Major: Sequencing Significant Legislation on Disabilities Issues (Carla B. Howery)
Upcoming Teaching Workshops: “Teaching About Substance Abuse and Prevention Efforts”; “Teaching Critical Thinking Skills”
ASA Honors Program (information and call for applications)
University of California Santa Barbara Recieves Sun Microsystems Grant
1991 Annual Meeting: Cincinnati: A Drive-to as Well as a Fly-to City
ASA Seeks Two New Staff Assistant Executive Officers
Obituaries: Jerry Walker Combs, Jr., Sakari Sariola
Official Reports and Proceedings: Section Reports, Representative Report; Committee Report

February 1991 (Volume 19, Number 2)

Robert K. Merton Professorship Established
1991 Annual Meeting: Appalachians in Cincinnati: “A Case Study in Ethnic Group Formation” (Philip J. Obermiller)
Editors Sought for SPQ, Rose Series
Observing: Membership and Dues Structure (William D’Antonio)
Inside the ASA Budget: Association Governance (William H. Martineau and Caroline Bugno)
1991 Annual Meeting: Child Care Corner. Child Care Program Passed to Janet Onnie from Jen Suter
Highlighting the AAC Report on the Sociology Major: Goals (Carla B. Howery)
Teaching: “Making Letters of Reference More Meaningful About Teaching” (Carla B. Howery)
Open Forum: “An Intellectual Aid Package for Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union?” (Charles Derber); “Is There Bias in ASR Article Selection?” (Thomas J. Scheff); “Spell it Right” (Thomas L. Van Valey)
Toward a Sociology of Energy (Barbara C. Farhar)
Sociology Informs an Electric Utility Industry Workshop
10 years of Research Support From NIA (Matilda White Riley)
Which Campus Will Host MOST?
ASA Seeks Two New Staff Assistant Executive Officers
Louis Willie Takes a Backswing at Segregation
Obituaries: John Cheslow Belcher, Jr., Albert “Steve” Foley, Vernon J. Parenton, Lloyd V. Temme
Offical Reports and Proceedings: Section Reports

March 1991 (Volume 19, Number 3)

Keyfitz Named 1991 Common Wealth Award Winner
Powell to Edit Contemporary Sociology (Paul DiMaggio, Charles Perrow, Doug McAdam)
1991 Annual Meeting: New Sections in Formation: Alcohol and Drugs, Sociology of Mental Health, Latina/o Sociology
Observing: War in the Gulf: A Challenge for the Social Sciences (William D’Antonio)
Six Receive ASA/NSF Small Grants; Next Deadline Nears
Student Membership Is the Future of ASA
Council Briefs. Meeting in January 18-20, 1991
Insurance and Credit Cards – Membership Benefits of Junk Mail?
Student Voting Rights to be Voted Upon
Making ASA Governance More Inclusive (Carla B. Howery)
ASA Officers, Committee Members Serve the Profession: List of ASA Officers, Committees, and Official Representatives.
Council Endorses the Seville Statement on Violence (Stephen A. Buff)
Candidates for President, Vice-President, Secretary: Biographical sketches of the Candidates
A Century of Sociology at Kansas (Alan Sica)
IIS Congress to be Held in Kobe, Japan
IIS Travel Arrangments for 1991 Meeting in Kobe, Japan
Deaths: Edward P. Hutchinson
Official Reports and Proceedings: Minutes of the first meeting of the 1990-91 Council (August 15, 1990), Committee Reports, Representative Reports, Section Reports

April 1991 (Volume 19, Number 4)

Lazarsfeld Award Made to Hubert M. Blalock
Know the Land and the Life It Will Support (Daniel J. Ransohoff)
Jeanne Ballantine Leads Teaching Services Program Field Office
Observing: More Bits and Pieces (William D’Antonio)
New Mental Health Section Forms
Subcommittee Reviews the Rose Monograph Series (Karen Gray Edwards)
SWS Holds Mid-Year Meeting
Teaching: What I Learned on an NSF Panel (Carla B. Howery)
ASA Teaching Resources Group Seeks New Members
1991 Annual Meeting: Didactic Seminars. Sessions prepared for the Annual Meeting by the 1991 Program Committee
1991 Annual Meeting: Child Care Corner. Cincinnati (Janet Onnie)
Sociologists Receive Honors, Awards: Light Invited to British Institute Lecture Series; Glassman Named Princeton Fellow; Elder Wins NIMH and GSA Awards; Rent Honored by Florida State
Career Expert to Conduct Annual Meeting Job Clinic
Academic Leadership: The Role of the Chair
A Question of Academic Freedom in Japan (Jeffrey Broadbent)
Mission, Future of the Association of Black Sociologists (Florence Bonner)
First Meeting of Managing Editors Held in Albany
Open Forum: “A Critique of the Seville Statement on Violence” (Robert M. Marsh); “Students Should Get to Vote” (Melvin F. Hall); “On Bias in ASR: A Reply to Scheff” (Gerald Maxwell); “Network Analysis on the Bulgarian Frontier” (Barry Wellman)
Obituaries: Hubert M. (Tad) Blalock, Mary Driscoll, Edward P. Hutchinson, Arnold J. Levine
Official Reports and Proceedings: Section Reports, Editors’ Reports, Committee Reports

May 1991 (Volume 19, Number 5)

1991 Annual Meeting: Visit Cincinnati . . . Rich History, a Vibrant Present
Introducing ASA’s New Executive Officer: Felice Levine (Richard Lempert)
Winners of Major ASA Awards Announced
Observing: The Common Wealth Awards and COSSA (William D’ Antonio)
All About the 1991 Annual Meeting in Cincinnati
Subcommittee Reaffirms SPQ’s Importance and Quality (Karen Gray Edwards)
Council Censures Mississippi State University: Letter to Donald W. Zacharias by Stanley Lieberson and William D’Antonio
1991 Annual Meeting: Child Care Corner. Child Care Program for the 1991 Annual Meeting (Janet Onnie)
Salvaging Sociology’s Past (Stephen Turner)
Sociologists Receive Honors and Awards: Midway College Honors Doris Wilkinson; Francesca Cancian is 1991 Miller/SWS Lecturer; Brint and Karabel Honored for Landmark Study
Government Sociologists Move Ahead with Network (Stephen A. Buff)
Media Beat: Jerry M. Lewis analyzes media interviews regarding Kent State tragedy; Ed Kain participates in a game show in Hollywood
Teaching: Socialization for Effective Teaching: Loyola’s Teaching Fellows Program (Carla B. Howery)
ISA and Apartheid
A Structural Solution to Scientific Fraud, Misconduct
Consider a Student Prize from Your Department
Deaths: Philip Whitney Blumstein
Obituaries: Reinhard Bendix, Rita Braito, John C. Gessner, Benjamin J. Keeley, Alfred R. Lindesmith, Ulysses Santamaria
Official Reports and Proceedings: Section Reports, Minutes of the second meeting of the 1990-91 Council (January 18, 1991)

August 1991 (Volume 19, Number 6)

Seymour Martin Lipset elected ASA President; Jill Quadagno Vice President; Arlene Daniels Secretary
Two New ASA Professional Staff Begin in August: Janet Mancini Billson and Tahi Lani Mottl (Carla B. Howery)
Executive Officer’s Report: Bidding a Fond Farewell to ASA and its Staff (William D’Antonio)
1990 ASA Audit
Update on ASA Sections: New Section on Latina/o Sociology; New Sections Hold Meetings in Cincinnati
1991 Annual Meeting: Annual Meeting Section Update
NORC Establishes Washington, DC, Office
Survey of Senior Sociologists (James G. Hougland, Jr.)
Congratulations to Departmental Prize Winning Students
Committee on Membership Constituency Survey #1: Racial and Ethnic Minority Members of ASA
1991 Annual Meeting: Child Care Corner. “Kidvention 91” (Janet Onnie)
A Clarification on ASA’s Investment Policy
Open Forum: “More on the Seville Statement: Three Views” (Jen Hlavaceck); “Why Are All ASA Managing Editors Women?” (Harold L. Orbach); “Winning the Peace” (Afif I. Tannous); “Preserve Sociology’s History” (Harold Orbach)
Teaching: “The Backlash Against Democratic Education: The Illiberal Construction of Imaginary Enemies” (Becky Wangsgarrd Thompson)
Inmates Graduate from Oklahoma Colleges
The Sociology of Children: A New ASA Section? “Is There Sufficient Interest to Establish a Sociology of Children?” (Gertrud Lenzer)
Matilda White Riley Honored: Rank of Meritorious Executive in the Senior Executive Service Conferred to Dr. Riley by the President of the United States
Purdue University Honors Carolyn C. Perrucci: First Violet Hass Recognition Award given by the Council on the Status of Women at Purdue University
Sociologists Named Wilson Fellows: Jonathan B. Imber, Jerzy Szacki, Dennis H. Wrong
Highlighting the AAC Report: “Levels in Sequenced Major” (Carla B. Howery)
On Raising Hopes on Raising Sociology: “ASA Membership in the 90’s and Beyond” (Stephen F. Steele)
Open Forum: “A Response to Van Valey” (Glenn Firebaugh); “From the University of Central America” (Charles J. Bierne); “Czechoslovak Sociological Association News” (Miloslav Petrusek)
ASA’s International Outreach
Fulbright Winners
Mechanic, Wilson Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Late Breaking News About the 1991 Annual Meeting
Robert Perrucci Named 1991 Distinguished Alumnus by Purdue University
Deaths: Albert D’ Antonio, Jerzy Kosinski, Isabel Cary Lundberg, Allen R. Potter, John Shope
Obituaries: Philip Whitney Blumstein, Esther Lucile Brown, W. Byron (Casey) Groves, Guy B. Johnson, Harald Pedersen, Norman Washburne
Official Reports and Proceedings: Editor’s Reports

September 1991 (Volume 19, Number 7)

$750,000 Gift Awarded to ASA: “Cornerhouse Funds Spivack Program in Applied Social Research”
Senate Action: “Social Science Triumphs in Congress After Setback on American Teenage Study”
COSSA Action Alert
Profile of the President: James S. Coleman: “Intellectual Energy and an Ambivalent Response” (Aage B. Sorensen)
News from the 1991 Annual Meeting
Matilda White Riley Named Senior Social Scientist at NIA (Katrina Johnson)
Teaching: “Handling the Hordes: Teaching Large Classes” (Carla B. Howery)
1992 Call for Papers: Open Submission Topics and Organizers Announced for 1992 Annual Meeting
AJS to Publish Special Issue: “New Research Links Medical Sociology to New Work in Medicine” (Donald W. Light)
Gerald Marwell Appointed Ely Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison
An Idea Borrowed and Worth Thinking About (Irwin Deutscher)
Sociology in the Former German Democratic Republic (Hildegard Nickel)
ISA Working Group on Tourism Formed
Global Damage from Oilfires: Image and Reality (Claire W. Gilbert)
Deaths: Morris Forslund
Obituaries: Rudolf Heberle, John Henry Shope, Robert G. Wegmann

October 1991 (Volume 19, Number 8)

Major ASA Awards Presented at 1991 Annual Meeting: Mira Komarovsky, Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award; The Systems of Professions by Andrew Abbott, Distinguished Publication Award; Charles G. Gomillion, Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology; Recreating Motherhood by Barbara Kattz Rothman, Jessie Bernard Award; “Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany” by Rogers Brubaker , Dissertation Award; Nathan Keyfitz was introduced to receive the tribute of all sociologists gathered
The Open Window: First Column as Executive Officer (Felice J. Levine)
Secretary’s Report: “Another Very Good Year for ASA” (Beth B. Hess)
Six Receive ASA/NSF Grants; New Deadline Nears
Duke University Honors Contemporary Sociology and Robert Merton (Karen Gray Edwards)
D’Antonio: “Thank You!” (William V. D’Antonio)
An Interview with Robert K. Merton: “Knowledge Transcends National Boundaries” (Ming Yan)
Minority Opportunity Summer Training Has a Great Second Program
New Sites for MOST Program
Quadagno Speaks to Florida State University Grads
ASA Section Award Winners Honored in Cincinnati
Deaths: Bruno M. Cormier, Leon L. Zikowski
Obituaries: Morris A. Forslund, Ruth Ann Pitts, R. Welling Roskelley

November 1991 (Volume 19, Number 9)

NSF Creates Separate Directorate for Social Science
Strengthening Sociology’s Position in the University (William Falk)
ASA Council Acts on Resolutions in Cincinnati: “Lifting of HIV Entry Restrictions Endorsed”; “Military Policy on Gays Opposed”; “National Health Care Legislation Action” (Janet Mancini Billson)
1991 Annual Meeting: Child Care Corner: Kidvention ’91 a success. (Janet Onnie)
The Open Window: National Science Foundation. (Felice J. Levine)
ASA Committee on National Statistics
Minority Fellowship Program Announces Fellows
Greetings from the New MAP Director (Tahi Mottl)
More Section Awards from the 1991 Annual Meeting
Update on 1992 Annual Meeting Program Sessions
Space for Other Activities Available at 1992 Annual Meeting
Janet Mancini Billson on Transitions
Open Forum: “More on the Seville Statement” (Sharon Linzey)
Deaths: Sr. Mary Edward Healy
Obituaries: E. (Edward) William Noland, Harvey L. Smith
Official Reports and Proceedings: Minutes of the 3rd meeting of the 1990-91 Council (August 26, 1991)

December 1991 (Volume 19, Number 10)

Candidates Announced for Offices, Council, Committees
Julia Wrigley to Edit Sociology of Education (Edna Bonacich)
Demystifying the ASA Committee on Professional Ethics (J. Michael Armer)
The Open Window: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Support of Social Research on Adult and Adolescent Sexual Behavior (Felice J. Levine)
Sociologists’ AIDS Network Update (Rose Weitz)
The Sociology of Children: “A New ASA Section Progress Report” (Gertrude Lenzer)
The ASA Honors Program: Strong at its 19th Year (David Bills)
Robert K. Merton Receives Award on 50th Anniversary of Focused Interview (Albert E. Gollin)
Sandra L. Hefforth to Give Jensen Lectures
Recruitment and Retention of Women Sociologists (Helen Rose Ebaugh)
Singout on Sociology (Mitchell A. Pravatiner)
Membership Committee Initiatives for Graduate Students, Campus Reps
Teachers for a Democratic Culture
Global Research Opportunities for Sociology: “Funding Alert U.S.DA” (James J. Zuiches); “Global Perspectives on Sociolegal Studies”; “Human Dimensions of Global Change: A Research Opportunity”
Sociology Around the World: “International Sociologists in U.S. Fulbright Programs”; “International Notes” (Linda Fuller)
Textbook Publishers Okay Major Test of Comp Copy Return Mailers
Expert Witnesses for ASA Clearinghouse
Open Forum: “Self-Righteous Feminism and Political Correctness” (Eugene Rochberg-Halton); “Questioning Unearned Privileges” (Abraham S. Blumberg); “This Is a Debate” (John Sumser); “American Psycho Boycott Urged” (Joey Sprague); “Honors by Default?” (Mary F. Rogers); “The Lone Vote to Censure” (William Foote Whyte)
Comparative Historical Section Award
Obituaries: William R. Beer, Richard A. Schermerhorn, Harwin L. Voss

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