A Centennial, A New Editor, A New Headquarters

Paul Rich

President, The Policy Studies Organization

Well, this is the centennial. The American Political Science Association isone hundred years young. I really know time goes by because the new presidentof the APSA, Suzanne Rudolph, was the young wife of Lloyd Rudolph, my thesisadviser at Harvard just a few (well, not so few, maybe) years ago.

Perhaps it is appropriate in this centennial year for the Policy Studies Orga-nization to make a little history. This is the last issue of the journal to come toyou with an Illinois headquarters address. August 2003 marks the moving of thePSO offices from an industrial park in Illinois to the house of the APSA on NewHampshire Avenue in Washington. At the same time, David Merchant will betaking over the office management. Many of you have met David because he hasbeen one of the arrangers of the PSO meetings in Boston and Chicago. If you arecoming to Washington and want to use the new offices, contact him. There isinformation about the facilities as well as pictures of the office on the web site.From now on, address your inquiries to the new Washington office.

During this interim year, Professor Harrell Rodgers and I have been editorsof the journal. Harrell has done most of the work. With considerable pleasure wecan now officially announce the new editor, Professor Hank Jenkins-Smith of theGeorge Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M Univer-sity. The next two issues will be transition ones with the new chief taking part,and then he will be completely in charge in 2004. He has many ambitious plans.He wants to hear from you and the web site now has information about how tocontact him and how to submit articles. Everything in the way of submissionsnow goes to him.

The author of numerous books and articles, he was the unanimous choice ofthe search committee. The committee included distinguished representatives bothof PSO and of the Policy Section of the American Political Science Association.The journal under his editorship will be published in cordial cooperation with thePolicy Section, without implying that it is the financial or legal responsibility ofthe APSA. That side of things remains with PSO. We are also cooperating withthe Policy Section in holding the gala reception at the meetings in Philadelphia,and in the giving of policy awards. This friendship after years of distance iswelcome by all of us, and especially by those of us who are members of bothgroups.

So the PSO moves to Washington, the journal gets a new editor and co-sponsor, and APSA has a centennial. That’s not bad for one year! At Philadelphia,

besides the Friday night reception, and a super panel arranged by ProfessorRodgers, we will have our business meeting breakfast, a workshop, and a boothof our own in the exhibit hall—Blackwell and Lexington will be exhibiting tooand have PSO publications on prominent show. Please make a special effort tocome to the official panel on Saturday morning, because if we have a good crowdwe will be able to have more official panel spots next year. We need you.

Emerson remarked, “who could remember when times were not hard andmoney not scarce”. Well, sometimes there can be good times, and we can reportto you that thanks to a lot of very good people, the Policy Studies Organizationwill be at Philadelphia in robust health with more things in prospect for 200H4.Across the miles, huzzah!

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