News of Members (1978–1979)

News of Members

     The Association, its history and current programs, was featured in the July, 1979, issue ofLincoln Lore. Our thanks to the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and to Editor Mark E. Neely, Jr., of the Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum for their generous work on our behalf.

Leland B. Adams of Peoria is the author of "George Grey Barnard, Sculptor of Lincoln." The article appeared in the Spring, 1979, issue ofLincoln Herald, published by Lincoln Memorial University.

George Craig of Elmhurst, New York, is chairman of the Barondess/Lincoln Award Committee of the Civil War Round Table of New York. He is also treasurer of the Lincoln Group of New York and member of the Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin and the Lincoln Group of Boston.

Thomas J. Dyba, executive vice-president of the Illinois Benedictine College of Lisle, has developed a media presentation to accompany his booklet,The Story of the Only Home Abraham Lincoln Ever Owned. This year he presented the Second Annual Lincoln Home Project Humanities Scholarship to a student at the College.

Arnold Gates of Garden City, New York, is a contributing editor ofCivil War Times Illustrated, in which "The Gates Report: The Civil War Today" is a regular feature. He is also a member of the executive board of the newly established Abraham Lincoln Group of Greater New York.

Carrol C. Hall has been associated with several Springfield activities honoring the Sixteenth President. As a member of the city's Historical Sites Commission, he gave special attention to the development of the Lincoln Home Area; he also served as a consultant for "Sound and Light at the Old State Capitol."

Jerome Harman recently retired as Judge of the Court of Appeals of Kansas, and is now making his home in Rogers, Arkansas. He is a founding member and first president of the Civil War Round Table of Northwest Arkansas.Page  [End Page 84]

C. David Hein completed a master's degree from the University of Chicago Divinity School in 1977 and is pursuing post-graduate study at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. His dissertation is tentatively titled "The Master's Keel: Abraham Lincoln's Theological Vision."

G. William Horsley frequently lectures on the life and times of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield and throughout Illinois. Among his most popular addresses is "The Tarnished Image of Abraham Lincoln."

Robert P. Howard of Springfield is continuing research on Illinois chief executives. He is currently working on the life of William H. Bissell, first Republican governor of the state. Howard spoke on Bissell's administration to the Sangamon County Historical Society and the Lombard Historical Society.

Oliver J. Keller, Jr., member of the United States Parole Commission of the Department of Justice, has moved with his family from Gainesville, Florida, to Atlanta, Georgia.

Mabel Kunkel has supported the activities of the Lincoln Heritage Foundation, the Lincoln Memorial Garden Foundation of Springfield, Illinois, and the Madison County Lincoln Club of her home town, Richmond, Kentucky. She is the author ofAbraham Lincoln: Unforgettable American, published in 1976.

Basil Moore of Marshall, Illinois, is developing a one-man interpretive program on the thought and writings of Abraham Lincoln. Since his retirement, Moore has made a special effort to bring his program to senior citizens and students.

Edward Noyes, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, served as editor of theBulletinof the Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin in 1979. He is also conducting research on Lincoln and Wisconsin in 1862.

Gary R. Planck of Winter Park, Florida, has regularly reported the activities of the Association in his "Lincoln News Digest" column of theLincoln Herald, published by Lincoln Memorial University of Harrogate, Tennessee.

Roland A. White of Champaign, Illinois, is a frequent contributor of historical features to theDaily Pantagraphof Bloomington. He has participated in the Lincoln observances of the Champaign County Historical Society and the Vermilion County Museum Society.Page  [End Page 85]

ABRAHAM LINCOLN ASSOCIATION

MEMBERS 1978–1979