Association News New APSA William Nelson, Jr., The Ohio and career service within their Officers Elected State University fields of political science.

At the 90th Annual Meeting, the Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations slate of officers put forward by the Ada Finifter to be APSA Nominating Committee was APSR Editor The Distinguished Scholar Award unanimously accepted. The 1994-95 in recognition of distinguished APSA officers are: At the August 31 Council Meet- scholarly contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmen- President: ing presided over by APSA Presi- dent Charles O. Jones, Ada W. tal relations was awarded to Sam- , Harvard uel H. Beer, Harvard University. University Finifter, Michigan State University, was unanimously approved to be The Best Paper Award, conferred President-Elect: the next Managing Editor of the upon the best paper in the field of , University of American Political Science Review. federalism and intergovernmental California, San Diego Jones and Council members praised relations presented at the previous the scholarly and administrative year's annual APSA meeting was Vice-Presidents: achievements of Finifter and ex- presented to Rey Koslowski, Uni- F. Chris Garcia, University of pressed their confidence that she versity of Pennsylvania. New Mexico would follow in the exemplary style Betty Glad, University of South of the current Managing Editor, G. Carolina Bingham Powell, Jr. The editorial Law and Courts Catherine Kelleher, The Brook- transition of the APSR with begin The C. Herman Pritchett Award ings Institution in the summer of 1995. Finifter will for the best book in the field of Treasurer: start to receive manuscripts in the Law and Courts authored by a po- Susan Bourque, Smith College fall of 1995 and will publish her litical scientist in 1993 was awarded first issue of the APSR as Manag- to Howard Gillman, University of Secretary: ing Editor in March 1996. Southern California, for his book Loch Johnson, University of Finifter's name was put forth to The Constitution Besieged: The Georgia the Council by the members of the Rise and Demise of Lochner Era Managing Editor Search Committee Police Powers Jurisprudence As the newly elected President, appointed by President Jones. The (Durham: Duke University Press, Verba made the following appoint- members of the committee included: 1993). Honorable Mention was given ments to APSA Council Commit- to: Kevin T. McGuire, University tees for 1994-95: Sidney Verba, Harvard University, of Minnesota, for The Supreme Chair Court Bar: Legal Elites in the Administrative Committee: Leon Epstein, University of Wis- Washington Community (Charlottes- Serving with Sidney Verba, Pres- consin ville: University Press of Virginia, ident; Arend Lijphart, President- Jean Bethke Elshtain, Vanderbilt 1993). Elect; and Susan Bourque, Trea- University The American Judicature Society surer. John Hibbing, University of Award for the best faculty paper in Timothy Cook, Williams College Nebraska, Lincoln the field of Law & Courts pre- F. Chris Garcia, University of , University of sented at the previous year's APSA New Mexico Virginia Annual Meeting was presented to Mark Hansen, University of Keith Krehbiel, Stanford Univer- Christine Harrington, New York Chicago sity University and Daniel Ward, Rice Toni-Michelle Travis, George G. Bingham Powell, Jr., University University, for "Rethinking Litiga- Mason University of Rochester tion: The Role of Courts in Produc- Kay Schlozman, Boston College ing Litigation." Elections Committee: The CQ Press Award for best pa- Loch Johnson, University of per in the field of Law & Courts by Georgia a political science graduate student , University of Section News was won by Nancy Crowe, Univer- Washington, Chair sity of Chicago, for "Gender and Helen Milner, Columbia APSA Organized Sections Asset Settlements in Divorce Pro- University Distribute Awards at ceedings. " Annual Meeting Rules Committee: John A. Garcia, University of Twenty-two of the 32 APSA Or- Legislative Studies Arizona ganized Sections used the 1994 An- Anne Hopkins, University of nual Meeting as an opportunity to The CQ Press Award for an out- Minnesota, Chair recognize distinctive scholarship standing paper in legislative politics

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