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Fellows: Enclosure 9 Report of the Graduate Student Committee

The following By-Law provisions concern the Fellows

(following amendment in 1997 of articles 14 and 15)

2. The Academy shall consist of Fellows, Corresponding Fellows, Life Members, Contributing Members, Active Members, Emeritus Members, and non-voting Institutional Members.

9. . . . The President of the Fellows . . . shall sit with the Council without vote.

MEMBERSHIP

(a) Fellows

14. Fellows shall be scholars who have made notable contributions to the furthering of the stated purposes of the Academy, and who at the time of election are members of the Academy and residents of North America. The number of Fellows shall not exceed 125. Vacancies in the ranks of the Fellows shall be filled by election by the Fellows from nominations made by any three members of the Academy or by a nominating committee, the members of which shall be appointed jointly by the President of the Academy and the President of the Fellows, after consultation with the Executive Committee of the Council. The assent of a majority of the Fellows who vote shall be necessary for election.

The Fellows shall hold an annual meeting at which they shall elect, by vote of a majority of those present, such officers as they deem necessary for the conduct of their business. They shall also determine the procedures governing the election of new Fellows and Corresponding Fellows, subject to the general provisions of articles 14 and 15.

(b) Corresponding Fellows

15. Corresponding Fellows shall be scholars who have made notable contributions to the furthering of the stated purposes of the Academy, and who at the time of election are residents of countries outside of North America. The number of Corresponding Fellows shall not exceed 75. Election of Corresponding Fellows shall be by the assent of a majority of the Fellows who vote, from nominations made by any three members of the Academy or by the nominating committee described in item 14. The Corresponding Fellows shall be exempt from payment of dues.

AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS

31. These By-Laws may be amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Council who vote, with the assent of a majority of the Fellows who vote.

NOTE: At this time [June, 2008] the Fellows are reviewing by-laws provisions.

OFFICERS OF THE FELLOWS

The officers of the Fellows are the President, the Orator, and the Scribe (the Orator and the Scribe were added in 1936). They serve concurrent three-year terms.

The President presides during the private meeting of the Fellows, which is held in conjunction with the Medieval Academy’s annual meeting, and during the public plenary session sponsored by the Fellows at the Academy’s annual meeting. During the public plenary session, newly elected Fellows are inducted; the induction includes citations composed and read by the Orator, and the signing of the book of the Fellows, which is overseen by the Scribe.

The officers are elected at the private meeting of the Fellows upon nomination by a three-person ad-hoc Nominating Committee, whose members are appointed by the incumbent President. It is customary for the Nominating Committee to present one candidate for each office.

Current Officers (2008–2011)
Joan Ferrante, President
John V. Fleming Orator
Pamela Sheingorn, Scribe

**Historical Lists**
President	Richard W. Pfaff 2005-2008 Florence H. Ridley 2002–2005 Francis Oakley 1999–2002 Elizabeth A. R. Brown 1996–99 John H. Fisher 1993–96 Herbert Bloch 1990–93 Giles Constable 1987–90 Samuel E. Thorne 1984–87 Robert S. Lopez 1981–84 Laurence K. Shook 1978–81 Pearl Kibre 1975–78 B. J. Whiting 1972–75 Urban T. Holmes, Jr. 1969–72 Hamilton M. Smyser 1966–69	Joseph R. Strayer 1963–66 Albert C. Baugh 1960–63 B. L. Ullman 1957–60 E. H. Wilkins 1954–57 Gordon H. Gerould 1951–53 (d. 1953) William E. Lunt 1948–51 Nellie Neilson 1945–47 (d. 1947) F. N. Robinson 1942–45 Robert K. Root 1940–42 William A. Nitze 1939–40 (resigned 1940) Karl Young 1936–39 James Westfall Thompson 1933–36 Charles H. Beeson 1930–33 E. K. Rand 1926–30
Orator	Barbara Newman 2005-2008 Robert W. Hanning 2002–2005 Edward Peters 1999–2002 Karl F. Morrison 1996–99 Joan M. Ferrante 1993–96 Bryce Lyon 1990–93 Jaroslav Pelikan 1987–90 Stephan Kuttner 1984–87 Milton V. Anastos 1981–83 (resigned 1983)	Gerard J. Brault 1978–81 Robert Ackerman 1975–78 David Herlihy 1972–75 B. J. Whiting 1969–72 Kenneth M. Setton 1963–69 Joseph R. Strayer 1955–63 Austin P. Evans 1952–55 Richard P. McKeon 1946–52 E. K. Rand 1936–45 (d. 1945)
Scribe	Paul Edward Dutton 2006-2008 Richard Rouse 2005-2006 Lilian M. C. Randall 2002–2005 Nancy van Deusen 1999–2002 Robert Somerville 1996–99 Speros Vryonis, Jr. 1993–96 Jocelyn Hillgarth 1990–93 Robert I. Burns, S.J. 1987–90 Astrik L. Gabriel 1984–87 Berthe M. Marti 1981–84	Larry D. Benson 1978–81 Bertie Wilkinson 1975–78 Harry Caplan 1972–75 Gaines Post 1969–72 Curt F. Bühler 1960–69 Sidney Painter 1957–60 Kemp Malone 1954–57 E. H. Wilkins 1948–54 George La Piana 1936–48

Recent Fellows Nominating Committees

2009: Michael McCormick (chair); Conrad Rudolph*, Ann Matter
2008: Linda Ehrsam Voigts (chair), Anne D. Hedeman [2005-2007], Michael McCormick [2007-2008]; Conrad Rudolph* [2007-2008]
2007: H.A. Kelly (chair) Anne D. Hedeman*, Linda Ehrsam Voigts
2006: H.A. Kelly (chair) Anne D. Hedeman*, Linda Ehrsam Voigts
2005: Karl F. Morrison (chair), Barbara Newman, H. A. Kelly
2004: Margot Fassler*(chair), Karl F. Morrison, Barbara Newman
2003: V. A. Kolve (chair), Margot Fassler*, Karl F. Morrison
2002: Richard H. Helmholz (chair), V. A. Kolve, Margot Fassler*
2001: Lucy Freeman Sandler (chair), Richard H. Helmholz, V. A. Kolve
2000: Roberta Frank (chair), Lucy Freeman Sandler, Richard H. Helmholz
1999: Lilian M. C. Randall (chair), Bernard S. Bachrach, Fred C. Robinson
1996: Paul Meyvaert (chair), Roberta Frank, Siegfried Wenzel
1993: Walter Goffart (chair), Madeline H. Caviness, Charles Muscatine 1990: Franz Rosenthal (chair), Elizabeth A. R. Brown, H. A. Kelly
1987: George Kane (chair), F. Edward Cranz, Sylvia L. Thrupp
1984: Ruth J. Dean (chair), Larry D. Benson, George P. Cuttino
1981: Bryce D. Lyon (chair), Helaine Newstead, Speros Vyronis, Jr.
1978: Lynn T. White, jr. (chair), Cora E. Lutz, William J. Roach
1975: Curt F. Bühler (chair), Gray C. Boyce, John C. Pope
1972: Albert C. Baugh (chair), Curt F. Bühler, Astrik L. Gabrie
l 1969: Pearl Kibre (chair), Harry Caplan, Gerhart B. Ladner
1966: B. J. Whiting (chair), Gaines Post, Archer Taylor
1963: Samuel E. Thorne (chair), William J. Roach, Hamilton M. Smyser
1960: Taylor Starck (chair), Kenneth M. Setton, Hamilton M. Smyser
1957: B. J. Whiting (chair), Urban T. Holmes, Jr., Gaines Post

Recent Officers Nominating Committees

2005: Milton McC. Gatch (chair), John Baldwin, Nancy van Deusen
2002: Joan Ferrante (chair), Walter Cahn, Marcia Colish
1999: Lilian M. C. Randall (chair), Bernard S. Bachrach, Fred C. Robinson
1996: Paul Meyvaert (chair), Roberta Frank, Siegfried Wenzel
1993: Walter Goffart (chair), Madeline H. Caviness, Charles Muscatine
1990: Franz Rosenthal (chair), Elizabeth A. R. Brown, H. A. Kelly
1987: George Kane (chair), F. Edward Cranz, Sylvia L. Thrupp
1984: Ruth J. Dean (chair), Larry D. Benson, George P. Cuttino
1981: Bryce D. Lyon (chair), Helaine Newstead, Speros Vyronis, Jr.
1978: Lynn T. White, jr. (chair), Cora E. Lutz, William J. Roach
1975: Curt F. Bühler (chair), Gray C. Boyce, John C. Pope
1972: Albert C. Baugh (chair), Curt F. Bühler, Astrik L. Gabriel
1969: Pearl Kibre (chair), Harry Caplan, Gerhart B. Ladner
1966: B. J. Whiting (chair), Gaines Post, Archer Taylor
1963: Samuel E. Thorne (chair), William J. Roach, Hamilton M. Smyser
1960: Taylor Starck (chair), Kenneth M. Setton, Hamilton M. Smyser
1957: B. J. Whiting (chair), Urban T. Holmes, Jr., Gaines Post

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