- Introduction
- Terry Alford
- Michael Burlingame
- Steven Lee Carson
- Joan E. Cashin
- Stephen Goldman
- Allen C. Guelzo
- William C. Harris
- Charles M. Hubbard
- Michelle A. Krowl
- Gordon Leidner
- Jonathan H. Mann
- William Lee Miller
- Frank Milligan
- Michael Musick
- Paul L. Pascal
- Rodney A. Ross
- Scott Sandage
- Thomas F. Schwartz
- David Seddelmeyer
- Edward C. Smith
- Ron Soodalter
- Jennifer L. Weber
- Robert Willard
- Douglas L. Wilson
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
The Abraham Lincoln Institute was founded to provide free, quality resources to educators, government leaders, and the general public. The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors members share a background in service in varied arenas. Some of our members are among the nation’s leading Lincoln scholars, many are prolific authors, some are gifted speakers, others are eminent researchers, managers, directors, and professors. All are dedicated to promoting excellent and accessible Lincoln scholarship. See also ALI Executive Committee.
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Terry Alford
Terry Alford is professor of history at Northern Virginia Community College (Annandale campus).
Degrees:
M.A., Mississippi State University
Ph.D., Mississippi State University
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Michael Burlingame
Michael Burlingame is currently working on his upcoming two volume work, Abraham Lincoln: A Life, which is due to be released in late 2008.
Degrees:
B.A., Princeton University, 1964
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1971
Publications:
Books: authored
The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994Abraham Lincoln: A Life, 2 volumes, Johns Hopkins University Press, forthcoming
Books: edited
Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Southern Illinois University Press, 2007Dispatches from Lincoln's White House: The Anonymous Civil War Journalism of Presidential Secretary William O. Stoddard, by William O. Stoddard, University of Nebraska Press, 2002
"Lincoln's Humor" and Other Essays by Benjamin P. Thomas, University of Illinois Press, 2002
The Real Lincoln: A Portrait by Jesse W. Weik (an expanded edition), University of Nebraska Press, 2002
At Lincoln's Side: John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings, Southern Illinois University Press, 2000
Inside the White House in War Times: Memoirs and Reports of Lincoln's Secretary, by William O. Stoddard, University of Nebraska Press, 2000
With Lincoln in the White House: John G. Nicolay's Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings, 1860-1865, Southern Illinois University Press, 2000
A Reporter’s Lincoln by Walter B. Stevens (an expanded edition), University of Nebraska Press, 1998
Lincoln's Journalist: John Hay's Anonymous Writings for the Press, 1860-1864, Southern Illinois University Press, 1998
Lincoln Observed: Civil War Dispatches of Noah Brooks, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998
Inside Lincoln's White House, the Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay, Southern Illinois University Press, 1997
An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln: John G. Nicolay’s Interviews and Essays, Southern Illinois University Press, 1996
Positions Past and Present:
Professor, History Department, Connecticut College, 1968-2001
Awards and Recognition:
Lincoln Diploma of Honor from Lincoln Memorial University, 1998
Abraham Lincoln Association Prize, 1996
Member of the Executive Committee, Abraham Lincoln Association (Springfield)
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Steven Lee Carson
Steven Lee Carson is a lecturer, author, playwright, editor, and a Washington,
DC, radio and television commentator. Presently at the Woodrow Wilson House in
Washington, DC., Mr. Carson is also a universal U.S. Presidential
Historian, notably on Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Richard Nixon.
Mr. Carson is also the Robert Todd Lincoln biographer.
Publications:
the U.S. President’s Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, Co-Editor
The Last Lincoln, Playwright
Princess Alice, Playwright
Maximilien Robespierre (Chelsea House), Author
Mr. Carson has most recently published articles in:
American History
Financial History
U.S. Medicine
Public Speaking:
An accomplished speaker since college, Mr. Carson has delivered addresses at the White House, Kremlin, U.S. Capitol, Lincoln Memorial, Smithsonian, Library of Congress, National Archives, Ford’s Theater, Belfast Northern Ireland Parliament, Hildene-the Robert Todd Lincoln estate in Manchester, Vermont, Arlington Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio’s Rowfant Club and Brooklyn, New York’s Museum of Art Rembrandt Club, and over the Voice of America, among other similar sites. Colleges where Mr. Carson has been asked to speak include Tulane University, New York University, National Defense University, and the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Mr. Carson’s most recent speaking topics have included:
"Presidential Children: Suicide, Murder, Homosexuality - and the Presidency"
"Abraham Lincoln vs. Jefferson Davis,"
"The Lincoln Family"
"Robert Todd Lincoln"
"Tales of a Washington Life"
"Washington Folklore"
"Fine Arts Investments in Collecting Autographs and Manuscripts."
To book Mr. Carson for a speaking engagement, email his Lecture Agent or call 202-783-0300 or 1-800-SPEAKER.
Positions Past and Present:
President, Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, Inc.
Chairman, National Press Club Conference on "Covering White House Families"
Member, Advisory Committee for the United States Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Member, Board of Advisors of the Lincoln Forum
Member, Board of Trustees of the Lincoln Group of Illinois
Archivist and Public Affairs Specialist, National Archives
Manager, Hall of Fame for Great Americans Pavilion
Awards and Recognition:
U.S. Dept. of the Interior Playwright Grant
Maryland Commission on the Humanities Playwright Grant (twice)
National Press Club, Rowfant Club, Lincoln Group of New York Award (twice)
Surratt Society Award,
"Man-of-the-Month," cover story, Washington Business Journal
International Psychohistory Award
Ford Foundation Fellow
CCF Johns Hopkins University Fellow
Archivist Medal-the Republic of Korea
New York Civil War Round Table Medal
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Joan E. Cashin
Joan E. Cashin is an Associate Professor of History at Ohio State University.
Degrees:
Publications:
Books: authored
First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis’s Civil War, Harvard University Press, 2006* Winner, Fletcher Pratt Award, 2008
Jonathan Yardley of the Washington Post named First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis’s Civil War
one of the best nonfiction books of the year.
A Family Venture, Men and Women on the Southern Frontier , 1991
Books: edited
Our Common Affairs; Texts from Women in the Old South , 1996The War Was You and Me: Civilians in the American Civil War, 2002
Series at Johns Hopkins University Press on the history of gender, co-edited with Professor Ron Walters
Positions Past and Present:
Merrill Travel Grant Committee and the Lerner-Scott Dissertation Prize Committee for the OAH
Lincoln Prize Committee
Book Prize Committee for the Berkshire Conference for Women Historians
Editorial Board of the Journal of Family History
Grants and Fellowships:
Two Travel Grants from the NEH
Mellon Travel Grant
Fellowships to the Virginia Center for the Humanities at the University of Virginia and the Charles Warren Center at Harvard University
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Stephen Goldman
Stephen Goldman, a medical psychiatrist, is President of the North Jersey Civil War Round Table and leads a monthly Civil War book group. Currently Dr. Goldman is an international consultant in medical product safety, including risk management, auditing, training, and case review. An Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Dr. Goldman is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Fellow of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine and Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
Degrees:
M.D., New York University School of Medicine as Alex Rosen Award for Excellence in Medicine and the Humanities
Books: edited
Public Speaking:
Positions Past and Present – After completing training in general adult and consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry, Dr. Goldman was:
Director, Division of C-L Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine
Medical Director of MedWatch, the Food and Drug Administration’s medical product safety program
Awards and Recognition:
2003 Outstanding HTC Alumnus.
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Allen C. Guelzo
Allen Guelzo is the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Director of the Civil War Era Studies Program at Gettysburg College. Dr. Guelzo’s scholarly interests center on American intellectual history between 1750 and 1865, including the American philosophy, religion, ethics, and politics of that period.
Degrees:
Ph.D., History, University of Pennsylvania
Publications:
Books: authored
Dr. Guelzo is currently completing a book for Simon & Schuster on the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858.Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America, Simon and Schuster, 2004
* Winner, Lincoln Prize, 2005
* Main Selection of the History Book Club and the Book-of-the-Month Club.
Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President (biography of Lincoln), 1999
* Co-Winner of the Lincoln Prize, 2000
The Crisis of the American Republic: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1995
For the Union of Evangelical Christendom: The Irony of the Reformed Episcopalians, 1873-1930, 1994
Edwards on the Will: A Century of American Philosophical Debate, 1989
Books: edited
Josiah G. Holland's Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1998Periodicals - Dr. Guelzo’s articles, essays, and reviews have appeared in scholarly journals, including:
The Journal of American HistoryThe Journal of the History of Ideas
Civil War History
The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association
The Wilson Quarterly
The Journal of Illinois History
The Journal of the Early Republic
Dr. Guelzo has written editorials for:
The Washington PostLos Angeles Times
Wall Street Journal
National Public Radio
Positions Past and Present:
Fellow, The Charles Warren Center for American Studies, Harvard University, 1994-95
Fellow, The McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1992-93
Fellow, The American Council of Learned Societies, 1991-92
Dean of the Templeton Honors College, Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania
Grace F. Kea Professor of American History, Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania
Memberships:
Abraham Lincoln Association (Springfield, IL) governing board memberLincoln Studies Center (Knox College, Galesburg, IL) advisory board member
American Historical Association
Society of Historians of the Early American Republic
Organization of American Historians
Lincoln and Soldiers' Institute at Gettysburg College
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
William C. Harris
William Harris is Professor Emeritus of History at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
Publications:
The most significant of Mr. Harris’s ten book are.
* Winner, Henry Adams Prize, Society for History in the Federal Government, 2008
Lincoln’s Last Months, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004
* Winner, Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award, 2004
With Charity for All: Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union, University Press of Kentucky, 1997
* Winner, Lincoln Prize, Second Place, for Civil War history, 1998
William Woods Holden: Firebrand of North Carolina Politics, Louisiana State University Press, 1987
* Winner, Mayflower Cup for nonfiction by a North Carolina author, 1988
* Winner, Jefferson Davis Memorial Award for the best book on Confederate history, 1988
The Day of the Carpetbagger: Republican Reconstruction in Mississippi, Louisiana State University Press, 1979
Positions Past and Present:
Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1968-1969
Associate Professor, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1967-1968
Assistant Professor, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1963-1967
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Charles M. Hubbard
Charles Hubbard is a Professor of History and the Lincoln Historian at Lincoln Memorial University.
Degrees:
Publications:
Lincoln Reshapes the Presidency, Mercer University Press, 2002
Historic Reflections on U.S. Governance and Civil Society, De La Salle University Press, 1999
Lincoln and His Contemporaries, Mercer University Press, 1998
The Burden of Confederate Diplomacy, University of Tennessee Press, 1997
Lincoln and His Contemporaries, Mercer University Press, 1998
The Many Faces of Lincoln, Mayhaven Press Dr. Hubbard has also written many articles on Lincoln and the Civil War for various publications including, "The Confederate Lobby and the Blockade Debate of 1862" for the Journal of Civil War History and "Lincoln and the Chicken Bone Case," for the American History Magazine.
Positions Past and Present:
Senior Fulbright Scholar
Managing Editor, Lincoln Herald
Member, Tennessee Historical Commission
Board of Directors, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Michelle Krowl
Michelle Krowl serves as a research assistant for historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, most recently the author of the award-winning Abraham Lincoln biography, Team of Rivals. Dr. Krowl is an adjunct instructor in United States History at Northern Virginia Community College (Annandale campus). She is currently working on her next release, Nearer to the Skies: The Washington Monument (working title).
Degrees:
Dissertation: "Dixie's Other Daughters: African-American Women in Virginia, 1861-1868."
M.A. History, University of California, Berkeley, 1993
B.A. History, University of California, Riverside 1991
Publications:Photos entire collection.
• Women of the Civil War. Women Who Dare series. Pomegranate Communications, Inc., in cooperation with the Library of Congress, 2006
• "Cheatham, Benjamin Franklin" and "Cox, Lucy Ann White" in Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Volume 3, Caperton-Daniels. Senior editor Sara B. Bearss, Library of Virginia, 2006
• Quantico: Semper Progredi, Always Forward, with Bradley E. Gernand, Donning Company Publishers, 2005
• "‘In the Spirit of Fraternity': The United States Government and the Burial of Confederate Dead in Arlington National Cemetery, 1864-1914," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 111, no. 2, 2003
• "For Better or Worse: Black Families and ‘the State' in Civil War Virginia," in Southern Families at War: Loyalty and Conflict in the Civil War South, edited by Catherine Clinton, Oxford University Press, 2000
• "‘Her Just Dues': Civil War Pensions of African-American Women in Virginia," in Negotiating the Boundaries of Southern Womanhood: Dealing with the Powers that Be. Southern Women series, Volume 4. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2000
• "Black Codes," "Casey Hayden," "The Emancipation Proclamation," "National Organization for Women," and "Students for a Democratic Society," in Civil Rights in the United States, edited by Waldo E. Martin and Patricia Sullivan, Macmillan Reference, 2000
• "African American Women and the United States Military in Civil War Virginia," in Afro-Virginian History and Culture. Edited by John Saillant. Cross Currents in African American History series, edited by Graham R. Hodges and Margaret Washington, Garland Publishing, 1999
Positions Past and Present:
President, 2005-present
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Gordon Leidner
Mr. Leidner is the author and 
webmaster of Great American History, a Civil War web site popular among students and educators. Gordon Leidner is originally from Greenville, Illinois.
Degrees:
M.G.A., Applied Management, University of Maryland
Books:
Lincoln on God and Country, White Mane Publishers
Abraham Lincoln: The Complete Book of Facts, Quizzes, and Trivia, White Mane Publishers
History Book Club selection, May 2001
Articles:
Public Speaking:
Positions Past and Present:
President, Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, 2002-2004.
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Jonathan H. Mann
Jonathan Mann was only eleven-years-old when he discovered his life-long passion. That year, his mother returned from an antique show with two campaign buttons — one for Thomas E. Dewey and one for Woodrow Wilson — and Mr. Mann has been fascinated by political Americana ever since.
A nationally recognized expert on historical Americana, ranging from manuscripts, documents and rare books to vintage photography, artifacts, and memorabilia, Mr. Mann is regularly called upon to research, authenticate, and appraise material culture for some of the country’s leading repositories.
Degrees:
M.B.A., Graduate School of Business Administration, New York University
Publications
A quarterly journal for those passionate about collecting Lincolniana
The Rail Splitter Journal Web Site
Positions Past and Present:
Owner, television production company
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
William Lee Miller
William Lee Miller is Scholar in Ethics and Institutions at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
Degrees:
Publications:
Lincoln’s Virtues ends with Lincoln’s becoming President; Dr. Miller is now at work, for Knopf, on an ethical biography of President Lincoln
* Winner, Annual Book Award, Abraham Lincoln Institute
Award of Achievement, Lincoln Group of New York
Barondess Award, Civil War Round Table
The Fifteenth Ward and the Great Society, 1966
Dr. Miller’s memories of his three terms as a New Haven alderman
Arguing About Slavery: John Quincy Adams and the Great Battle in the American Congress
D.B. Haldeman Award for the Best Book on Congress in 1996
The First Liberty: America’s Foundation in Religious Liberty, 1986
Re-issued in revised form after the 9/11 attacks
Positions Past and Present:
Thomas C. Sorensen Professor of Political and Social Thought and Religious Studies
Professor, Founding Director, Poynter Center on American Institutions, Indiana University
Lecturer, Yale University
Lecturer, Smith College
Practitioner of the higher journalism as a staff writer and editor at The Reporter magazine in New York
Speech Writer, Adlai Stevenson presidential campaign staff, 1956
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Frank D. Milligan
Mr. Milligan is the author of several articles as well as the director of President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Old Solilder’s Home
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Michael P. Musick
Michael Musick, now retired, served as Subject Area Expert for the U.S. Civil War at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. for 35 years.
Publications:
Entries in Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War, New York, 1986
With James I. Robertson, et al., Index-Guide to the Southern Historical Society Papers, 1876-1959, New York, 1980
"Alonzo Wayne Crawford" in Martin Windrow and Frederick Wilkinson, eds., The Universal Soldier, New York, 1971, with B.K. Kummerow and W.L. Brown
Articles in Civil War Times Illustrated; Manuscripts
Prologue to The Journal of the National Archives and other publications
One of Mr. Musick’s Prologue articles won the Harold L. Peterson Award of the Eastern Parks and Monuments Association for best military history-related article.
Positions Past and Present
Board of Directors, Shepherd College Center for the Study of the Civil War
Advisory Board, Lincoln Forum
Founding Member and Past President, Harpers Ferry Civil War Round Table
Past President, Abraham Lincoln Institute
Guest Lecturer on the American Civil War, Martin Luther University, Wittenburg, Germany
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Paul L. Pascal
Paul Pascal is co-curator of the Leo Pascal Collection, Inc., a collection of automobilia and Americana. The Leo Pascal Collection was started by Leo Pascal, Mr. Paul Pascal’s father, in l934 with one automobile toy. Leo worked at the National Archives from l937 until his untimely death in l962. Mr. Leo Pascal was a legend at the Archives.
Over the years, Leo collected numerous items of automobilia, focusing on the social aspect of the American automobile. During his collecting years, numerous items of Americana besides automobilia were added to the collection, with a focus on Abraham Lincoln, which initiated Mr. Paul Pascal’s interest in President Lincoln.
Positions Past and Present:
Co-Curator of the Leo Pascal Collection, Inc., with Brenda Pascal
President and Counsel, District of Columbia Association of Beverage Alcohol Wholesalers Association
Counsel and Secretary, Capitol Hill Business Improvement District
Member of the Board, Lincoln Forum
Past President, Lincoln Group of Washington, D.C.
Past President, Capitol Area Food Bank
Past Director, Law Students in Court Program
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Rodney A. Ross
Rodney Ross, Reference Archivist with the Center for Legislative Archives, National Archives and Records Administration, was born, raised and educated in Illinois.
Degrees:
B.A., History, Knox College, 1965
Ph.D., American History, University of Chicago, 1975
Publications
"The National Archives: The Formative Years, 1934-1949", Guardian of Heritage: Essays on the History of the National Archives, 1985
"Using the U.S. Congressional Serial Set for the Study of Western History", The Western Historical Quarterly, Summer 1994
"A Period of Transition: Foundation Publications of the U.S. National Military Establishment", Journal of Government Information, 1999
"Establishing the National Archives", Prologue, June 2004
Guide to Records of the United States House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989, co-author with Charles E. Schamel, Mary Rephlo, David Kepley, Robert W. Coren, and James Gregory Bradsher
Illinois Heritage Map, Illinois-related sites in the nation’s capital, 2001
Gratis copies of Illinois Heritage Map may be obtained by calling 703-461-3610.
Positions and Projects:
Reference Archivist, National Archives, Center for Legislative Archives
Nixon Presidential Materials Project
White House Liaison Officer, Reagan Administration, 1980-1984
Legislative Assistant to an Illinois Congressman, 94th Congress
Lecturer, Indian University Northwest, 1972
Lecturer, Wilberforce University, 1967-69
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Scott Sandage
Scott Sandage is an Associate Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University and a cultural historian, specializing in nineteenth-century America.
Publications:
Born Losers: A History of Failure in America, Harvard University Press, 2005
* Winner, 34th Annual Thomas J. Wilson Prize, Best First Book Accepted by the Press
"A Marble House Divided: The Lincoln Memorial, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Politics of Memory, 1939-1963,", Journal of American History, 80, June 1993
* Winner, Best Article, Organization of American Historians and the Eugene V. Debs Foundation
"A Marble House Divided: The Lincoln Memorial, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Politics of Memory, 1939-1963," Has been reprinted in two recent anthologies."American History and Culture" book series, co-editor with Neil Foley, Kevin Gaines, and Martha Hodes, New York University Press
Positions Past and Present:
Chair, Historian Panel to choose the inscription for the wheelchair sculpture at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
Awards and Recognition:
Fellow, 1998 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
* Winner, 1995-96 Dissertation Prize, Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools for his abridgement of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Thomas F. Schwartz
Thomas Schwartz is Illinois State Historian and Director of Research and Lincoln Collection of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois.
Degrees:
M.A., American History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1979
Ph.D., International Relations/American History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000
Honorary Degrees:
Lincoln Diploma of Honor, Lincoln Memorial University, 1998
Publications:
Article highlights include:
Exhibit catalog, Mary Todd Lincoln: First Lady of Controversy, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, 2007Forward to Bonnie Stahlman Speer, The Great Abraham Lincoln Hijack , Reliance Press, 1997 ed.
"Lincoln’s Published Writings: A History and Supplement," Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 9 (1987), 19-62.
"Lincoln, Form Letters and Fillmore Men,," Illinois Historical Journal, 78 (Spring, 1986), 65-70.
Commentary and Interviews
Highlights include:
"Whad’Ya Know?" with Michael Feldman, WUIS Public Radio, November 7, 1992Interview on Mary Todd Lincoln with Katie Couric, The Today Show, September 10, 1999
Consultant, Walt Disney Company for updates on "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln and the Hall of Presidents", 2001
Consultant, Stephen Spielberg’s Lincoln
Consultant, Lincoln segment, PBS History Detectives, August 27, 2007
Exhibitions
Chicago Historical Society, February 1996-February 1997
Huntington Library, October 1993-November 1994
Exhibit Room, USS Abraham Lincoln, 1989
“Treasures from the Land of Lincoln,” National Museum of Taiwan, 1988
Positions Past and Present
Illinois State Historian, November 1993 to present
Senior Editor, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 2002 to present
Editor, For the People: A Newsletter of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 1999 to 2006
Chief historian for exhibit content and design for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, 1999 to 2005
Editor, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 1988 to 2002
Curator, Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, Illinois State Historical Library, April 1985-November 1993
Advisory Boards, Federal and Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commissions
Advisory Board, Ford’s Theatre
Advisory Board, President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldier’s Home
National Advisory Board, Fort Worth Children’s History and Science Museum
Secretary, Abraham Lincoln Association
Honors and Awards
Thea Award for Best Museum [Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum], 2006
Award of Achievement, Lincoln Group of New York, 1994 and 2005
Logan Hay Medal, Abraham Lincoln Association, 2002
Plank owner, USS Abraham Lincoln, November 11, 1989
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David Seddelmeyer
David Seddelmeyer is one of the founders of the Abraham Lincoln Institute, as well as a Senior Attorney of the National Labor Relations Board, Division of Enforcement Litigation.
Publications:
Former Contributor, The Lincolnian.
Positions Past and Present:
Past Executive Committee Member, Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Edward C. Smith
Edward Smith is a professor of history and director of the American Studies program at American University.
Publications:
Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson: In Memoriam
From Yorktown to Appomattox: The African-American Contribution To Secession.
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Ron Soodalter
A native New Englander, Ron Soodalter has pursued a variety of diverse careers. 
Mr. Soodalter taught in New York City’s Riker’s Island Prison, in a bilingual school in Spanish Harlem, and in a small upstate New York high school. He then worked as curator of a Colorado history museum, where he served on the board of directors of the 10-state Mountain-Plains Museums Conference.
As a young teenager, Soodalter was fortunate to have studied Flamenco guitar with the world renowned Carlos Montoya, and has played professionally all his life. Also an accomplished scrimshaw artist, he has been featured in a prominent Manhattan art gallery.
Degrees:
M.A., Education
M.A., American Folk Culture
Books:
co-authored with Kevin Bales, president of Free the Slaves
A comprehensive study of human trafficking and modern-day slavery in America.
Hanging Captain Gordon: The Life and Trial of an American Slave Trader, Simon & Schuster, 2006
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Jennifer L. Weber
Dr. Jennifer Weber is an Associate Professor at the History Department at the University of Kansas. Besides teaching the first half 
of the American history survey, Dr. Weber teaches undergraduate courses related to the Civil War, the South, and slavery, along with a graduate research seminar. Her principal interest is the Civil War, especially the seams where political, social, and military history come together. Other fields that attract her attention include 19th century America and war and society.
Dr. Weber is a native Californian who worked for several years in her home state as a journalist and political aide; then, she saw the light and went to graduate school.
Dr. Weber is currently working on a children’s book about the battle of Gettysburg, a collection of essays in honor of her graduate adviser, James M. McPherson, and a monograph comparing conscription and its consequences in the Union and the Confederacy.
Degrees:
M.A., California State University, Sacramento, 1998
M.A., Princeton, 2000
Ph.D., Princeton, 2003
Publications:
Interview with Dr. Weber about Copperheads
Positions Past and Present
Advisor, Panel for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Robert S. Willard
Robert Willard is a seasoned government and industry professional with experience in both market management and information policy advocacy and with a comprehensive knowledge of the application of information technology to public needs. Mr. Willard served until recently as Strategic Marketing Officer for the Government Printing Office.
Mr. Willard is a long-time collector of books and other material about Abraham Lincoln, and has advised agencies involved in digitization of Lincoln material.
Degrees:
M.A., Operations Research and Systems Analysis, George Washington University
Positions Past and Present:
Executive Director of NCLIS, full time, 1998
Vice President for Government Relations, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing
Director, Government Marketing for Mead Data Central, Inc., an electronic publisher now named LexisNexis)
Vice President, Government Relations of the Information Industry Association
Founder and Director, the Washington office of the Data Processing Management Association
Member, Board of the Abraham Lincoln Association
Treasurer of the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia
Congressional staff member, educational fund raiser, and a decorated Army officer with service in Korea, Vietnam, and the Pentagon.
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Board of Directors
Douglas L. Wilson
Dr. Wilson taught English and American Literature at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois for 33 years, where he also served for an extended period as Director of the Knox Library.
A founder of an interdisciplinary American Studies program at Knox, Dr. Wilson spent many years working in Jefferson studies, which resulted in numerous scholarly articles and several books. His work in Lincoln studies has focused on Lincoln’s early life, William H. Herndon’s researches, and Lincoln’s presidential writing.
Degrees:
M.A., English, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., English, University of Pennsylvania
Publications:
Books:
Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006* Winner, Lincoln Prize, 2007
Herndon’s Lincoln about Abraham Lincoln, edited with Rodney O. Davis, University of Illinois Press, 2006
Jefferson Abroad, edited with Lucia Stanton, The Modern Library, 1999
Honor’s Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln, Alfred A. Knopf, 1998
* Winner, Lincoln Prize, 1999
Herndon’s Informants: Letters and Interviews about Abraham Lincoln, edited with Rodney O. Davis, University of Illinois Press, 1998
Lincoln Before Washington: New Perspectives on the Illinois Years, University of Illinois Press, 1997
Thomas Jefferson’s Library, edited with James Gilreath, Library of Congress, 1989
Jefferson’s Literary Commonplace Book, Princeton University Press, 1989
Dr. Wilson’s work on Abraham Lincoln has appeared in:
The Atlantic
Monthly
American Heritage
Time
The American Scholar
and other magazines and scholarly journals.
Positions Past and Present
Founding Director, International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello
Co-director, with Rodney O. Davis, of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College, which was retained by the Library of Congress to transcribe and annotate documents in its Lincoln Papers for the Internet, including a critical edition of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.