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Events

Jun. 30 | 2013 Bode-Pearson Prize
Nominations for the 2013 Bode-Pearson Prize for Outstanding Contributions to American Studies due

Jun. 30 | 2013 Mary C. Turpie Prize
Nominations for the 2013 Turpie Prize for Outstanding Teaching, Advising, and Program Development in American studies due

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Past Presidents, 1951 to Present

Carl Bode, 1951-1952

Charles Barker, 1953

Robert E. Spiller, 1954-1955

George Rogers Taylor, 1956-1957

Willard Thorp, 1958-1959

Ray Allen Billington, 1960-1961

William Charvat, 1962

Ralph Henry Gabriel, 1963-1964

Russel Blaine Nye, 1965-1966

John Hope Franklin, 1967

Norman Holmes Pearson, 1968

Daniel J. Boorstin, 1969

Robert H. Walker, 1970-1971

Daniel Aaron, 1972-1973

William H. Goetzmann, 1974-1975

Leo Marx, 1976-1977

Wilcomb E. Washburn, 1978-1979

Robert F. Berkhofer, Jr., 1980-1981

Sacvan Bercovitch, 1982-1983

Michael Cowan, 1984-1985

Lois W. Banner, 1986-1987

Linda K. Kerber, 1988-1989

Allen F. Davis, 1989-1990

Martha Banta, 1990-1991

Alice Kessler-Harris, 1991-1992

Cecelia Tichi, 1992-1993

Cathy N. Davidson, 1993-1994

Paul Lauter, 1994-1995

Elaine Tyler May, 1995-1996

Patricia Nelson Limerick, 1996-1997

Mary Helen Washington, 1997-1998

Janice Radway, 1998-1999

Mary C. Kelley, 1999-2000

Michael Frisch, 2000-2001

George Sanchez, 2001-2002

Stephen H. Sumida, 2002-2003

Amy Kaplan, 2003-2004

Shelley Fisher Fishkin, 2004-2005

Karen Halttunen, 2005-2006

Emory Elliott, 2006-2007

Vicki L. Ruiz, 2007-2008

Philip J. Deloria, 2008-2009

Kevin K. Gaines, 2009-2010

Ruth Wilson Gilmore, 2010-2011

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