Great Britain on the influence of economic thought in the British Empire, 1770-1850. Donald W. Sutherland, Assistant Professor of History, State University of Iowa, for research in England on the concepts of conquest and seisin in medieval thought. Leslie A. White, Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan, for research on two kinds of modern cultures: capitalist and democratic, and communist. Robert H. Wiebe, Associate Professor of History, Northwestern University, for research on ways in which Americans perceived their world, 1878-1920.
GRANTS FOR RESEARCH ON AMERICAN GOVERNMENTAL AND LEGAL PROCESSES The Committee on Political Behavior-David B. Truman (chairman), William M. Beaney, Angus Campbell, Robert A. Dahl, Oliver Garceau, Avery Leiserson, Edward H. Levi -at its meeting on December 19 awarded 9 grants for research on American governmental and legal processes:
GRANTS-IN-AID The Committee on Grants-in-Aid-Guy E. Swanson (chairman), Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., David H. French, Theodore S. Hamerow, Holland Hunter, and William H. Riker-held the first of its two meetings scheduled for 1963-64 on December 11. It voted to award 12 grants-in-aid, as follows: Richard H. Blum. Lecturer, School of Criminology, University of California, Berkeley, for research on attitudes of state legislators toward drugs and drug users. Dora Mae Clark, Emeritus Professor of History, Wilson College, for research in England on the rule of law in English Colonial administration: the roles of the attorneys and solicitors general, 1689-1776. Edward C. Ettin, Assistant Professor of Economics, Duke University, for research on management of assets by firms in the nonfinancial corporate sector. Leonard J. Fein, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for a functional analysis of the Israeli political system. Fred I. Greenstein, Assistant Professor of Government, Wesleyan University, for research on relationships between personality and political behavior. Arend Lijphart, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UniversIty of California, Berkeley, for research in the Netherlands on social cleavage and the viability of democracy as exemplified in that country. Leo A. Loubere, Associate Professor of History, State University of New York at Buffalo, for research in France on the history of French radicalism, 1830-1914. Paul E. Mott, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan, for research on organizational flexibility and adaptation to change. Stanley C. Plog, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, for research on the resurgence of a religious movement concerned with "speaking in tongues." Erwin K. Scheuch, Lecturer on Social Relations, Harvard University, for research on the interrelation of perceptions of society and of political institutions in electoral behavior in West Germany. William A. Williams, Professor of American History, University of Wisconsin, for research on foreign relations of the United States, 1883-1914. Charles E. Wynes, Assistant Professor of History, University of Georgia, for research on race relations in Virginia, 1902-54. 50
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David J. Danelski, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Washington, for research on an empirically verifiable theory of decision making in collegial courts. Charles D. Farris, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Florida, for research on selected national political processes in the United States, 1787-95. Marvin A. Harder, Professor of Political Science, University of Wichita, for research on Democratic and Republican county committees' perceptions of their roles. George W. Hilton, Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, for research on the Interstate Commerce Commission and the development of American transportation policy. Robert E. Lane, Professor of Political Science, Yale University, for research on ideological self-analysis with reference to political beliefs. Duncan MacRae, Jr., Associate Professor of Political Science and Sociology, University of Chicago, for research on representation in the U.S. Congress, 1945-64. Robert L. Peabody, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, for research on bargaining, hierarchy, and legislative outcomes in the U. S.Al House of Representatives. • Peter Rossi, Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, for research on reactions of a sample of the American public to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Donald E. Stokes, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan, for research on the place of national party leadership in the electoral process in the United States. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANTS Under the program administered by the Committee on International Conference Travel Grants, 4 awards were made by its staff subcommittee at meetings on October 22 and December 3, to assist social scientists resident in the United States to attend international congresses and other meetings outside this country: Morroe Berger, Professor of Sociology, Director, Program in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University; International Union of Orientalists, Twenty-sixth National Congress of Orientalists, New Delhi, January 4-10, 1964. John H. Herz, Professor of Political Science, City College, New York; German Sociological Association, Fifteenth Annual Conference, Heidelberg, April 28-30, 1964_ Walter Isard, Professor of Economics and Regional Sci.' ence, University of Pennsylvania; International Re¡