Public Voices XI-2 Cover_cropped:Layout 2 12/10/10 3:46 PM Page 2 Public Voices Volume XI Number 2 Public Voices XI-2 Cover_cropped:Layout 2 12/10/10 3:46 PM Page 3 Public Voices Editor-in-Chief: Marc Holzer, Rutgers University – Campus at Newark Managing Editor: Iryna Illiash, Rutgers University – Campus at Newark Book Review Editor: John Phillips, Benedictine University at Springfield Editorial Board Robert Agranoff, Indiana University Elizabeth Hull, Rutgers University - Campus Danny Balfour, Grand Valley State University at Newark Sandford Borins, University of Toronto Ralph Hummel, University of Akron Geert Bouckaert, Catholic University Glenda Kirkland, Isaiah House of Leuven, Belgium William Lester, Jacksonville State University Jeffrey Brudney, Cleveland State University Frances Burke, Suffolk University, Boston Carol W. Lewis, University of Connecticut Lawrence L. Downey, University of Baltimore Robert A. 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Noninstitutional subscribers can make payments by personal check or money order to: National Center for Public Performance School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) Rutgers University, Campus at Newark Center for Urban and Public Service 111 Washington Street Newark, NJ 07102 All members of SHARE receive an annual subscription to Public Voices . Members of ASPA may add SHARE membership on their annual renewal form, or may send the $20 annual dues at any time to: ASPA C/o SunTrust Bank Department 41 Washington, DC 20042-0041 Electronic issues of Public Voices are available at http://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/home/publications/journals/pv.html ISSN 1072-5660 Public Voices Vol. XI No. 2 Contents Cover Notes . 1 Letters from Readers: War Movies . 3 Emily Michaud Symposium The Founding of Public Administration Editor: Michael W. Popejoy Some Epigraphs . 5 Symposium Introduction . 6 Michael W. Popejoy What’s Wrong with the Intellectual History of Public Administration . 10 Alasdair Roberts Public administration is not a field whose intellectual history is well developed. Partly this is a problem of scale: compared to economics or political science, there are fewer people engaged in the field and interested in its evolution. Partly, though, it is a conse - quence of the way in which the intellectual history of the field has traditionally been ap - proached. The author discusses the reasons why we ought to put more history into the intellectual history of public administration. An Extraordinary Administrative Legacy: Thomas Jefferson’s Role in Transforming Higher Education Curriculum in the United States . 15 Stephanie P. Newbold Public Voices Vol. XI No. 2 i Contents For decades, public administrative scholars and historians have maintained that while Thomas Jefferson had an extraordinary substantive mind, he was not a formative figure within the in - tellectual, institutional, and constitutional development of public administration theory and practice. Thoroughly investigating Jefferson’s early political career does reveal that he was not interested in the daily operations of government, but as time progressed his lengthy career in public service began to transform his opinions on the relationship between good government and good administration and how sound administrative practice complemented many of the republican values espoused in The Federalist. Upon a careful examination of Jefferson’s re - tirement years, when he dedicated the remainder of his life to establishing the University of Virginia, the administrative genius of his mind takes center stage. In this role, Jefferson not only created Virginia’s first public institution for higher education but also dramatically reformed liberal arts curriculum standards for colleges and universities across the nation. Twenty-first century public administration scholars and practitioners should welcome this exceptional con - tribution to the intellectual history of American public administration with openness and with a renewed commitment to the institutional legitimacy of our field. Herman Beyle and James McCamy: Founders of the Study of Public Relations in Public Administration, 1928-1939 . 26 Mordecai Lee This article is an historical inquiry into the two scholars whose work served as the foun - dation of the academic study of public relations in public administration. Herman Beyle’s Governmental Reporting in 1928 and James McCamy’s Government Publicity in 1939 were seminal in their impact. Beyle explored the democratic purposes of government pub - lic relations, and McCamy, its pragmatic uses. In retrospect, both Beyle and McCamy had had an extraordinary insight, namely that the communication of information was an es - sential and increasing aspect of government. Since then, the subfield of government pub - lic relations has had its ups and downs, but may be on the rise again. Scholarship and Public Service: The Life and Work of Mary Parker Follett . 47 John R. Phillips Any consideration of the founding of public administration would be incomplete without the inclusion of Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933), one of the great figures in the history of the discipline. This article is not an essay in biography, however. Given the great range of Follett’s professional accomplishments, the author undertakes “a daunting task” of suc - cinctly relaying those aspects of Follett’s life that relate to her development as a scholar and social activist: her education and training as a political scientist; the evolution of her views on science and scientific method; her leadership of the community centres move - ment; her theory of community; her work as a consultant and lecturer on organization, ad - ministration, and management; her place in the history of the social sciences; and her vision for a democratic society. ii Public Voices Vol. XI No. 2 Contents Mary Parker Follett and Transforming Disaster Response . 70 William Lester That Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933) was ahead of her time in many respects is be - yond question and is well documented. Yet, we continue to struggle with many of the same and similar questions that to some degree confronted Follett during her time. While formulating and examining these contemporary questions is important, we would be remiss if we fail to study the work done by Follett many decades ago. In fact, we would be wasting valuable time as we confront the many wicked problems that challenge the future. One may be surprised at how prescient Follett’s work is when paired with many of the modern questions we confront. Though Follett’s work can be and should be applied in numerous modern settings, the work can be readily applied to many of the important systemic questions and concerns confronting Amer - ican disaster response. Delving into Follett’s understanding and often prescriptions for many of these questions can aid us in solving some of these problems. This voice speaking from across the decades needs to be heard and can offer us much insight into dealing with numerous modern problems. The many challenges confronting American disaster response provide a prime example of a modern day application for Follett’s work. The 1946 Railroad Strike: Harry Truman and the Evolution of Presidential Power . 77 Bill Wiese The author looks back at the dramatic events that gripped the