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October 26, 2009
Trudy J. Kuehner, managing editor of The Annals and interim executive director of the AAPSS, died on October 26 from cardiac arrest, at the age of 49.
Since August, Ms. Kuehner had been serving as managing editor of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. The journal is produced every other month by the Academy, which is an independent organization housed at the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.
Previously, she served as the executive assistant to University of Pennsylvania President Sheldon Hackney, 1991-1992, and then worked in the Office of the Secretary, 1992-1996, where she was the coordinator for the Board of Trustees and then the Assistant Secretary of the University. Ms. Kuehner was a Penn alumna, graduating summa cum laude in 1991 with a BA in history.
Ms. Kuehner is survived by her husband, Norm Spielberg; and four sisters, Linda Steward, Tina Lippincott, Cathy Kuehner, and Wendy Steward.
Donations in her memory can be made to: Audubon Nature Institute, attention Laurie Conkerton, POB 4327, New Orleans, LA 70178 or The Philadelphia Zoo, attention Vikram Dewan, 3400 W. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19104-1196
October 12, 2009
The American Academy of Political and Social Science is proud to join in congratulating its Fellows Elinor Ostrom, the 2008 Robert A. Dahl Fellow, and Oliver Williamson, the 2000 Charlotte Perkins Gilman Fellow, and, on being awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics. Dr. Ostrom is the Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science at Indiana University; Dr. Williamson is the Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics and Law at the University of California-Berkeley. Ostrom’s prize recognized "her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons"; Williamson’s honored "his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm."
The AAPSS was founded in Philadelphia in 1889 to promote the progress of the social sciences. The Academy began appointing Fellows in 2000 to recognize and honor individual social scientists for their distinguished scholarship in the social sciences, sustained efforts to communicate that scholarship to audiences beyond their own discipline, and professional activities that promise to continue to promote the progress of the social sciences. Each Fellow is designated to a position named after a distinguished scholar and public servant who has written over the past century for The Annals. Dr. Ostrom’s remarks upon her induction in 2008 are available as text and as a podcast.
August 26, 2009
The American Academy marks the passing of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Long committed to the use of social science in public policy, he was also a contributor to The Annals. To read Senator Kennedy’s 1966 article on “The Immigrant Act of 1965,” click here. His 1985 piece on “Prison Overcrowding: The Law’s Dilemma” may be read by clicking here.
