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National Economic Association
NewsLetter - December 2005
It's Official
Dr. David H. Swinton, President of Benedict College, has accepted the Samuel Westerfield Award. It will be presented at the NEA’s Westfield Luncheon at the 2006 NEA meetings in Boston, Friday, January 6th at 12:30pm at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, Independence West Room. All NEA Members are encouraged to attend. Tickets are $40.00 per person. Please send checks or money orders to: Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Ph.D., 1436 Holly St NW, Washington DC 20012-1526. Seating is limited. Checks or money orders must be received by Dr. Nembhard by Wednesday, December 28, 2005. Please direct any questions via e-mail to westerfield2006@gmail.com or call Susan Williams McElroy, Ph.D. at 972.883.4762
Dr. William E. Spriggs has been granted tenure and the rank of professor, and will chair the Economics Department at Howard University. Prior to joining the Howard faculty, Dr. Spriggs was a Senior Research Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute. He is the former Executive Director of the National Urban League Institute for Opportunity and Equality, and has also held roles in the Small Business Administration, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, and the National Commission for Employment Policy in the Clinton Administration. He has also taught at North Carolina A & T State University in Greensboro, and spent six years at Norfolk State University in Virginia. His work includes studies of labor relations and labor market regulations as well as the minimum wage and international labor standards published in both academic and popular journals. Dr. Spriggs is a frequent guest on various television and radio news programs. Dr. Spriggs can be reached at Howard University, Department of Economics, Academic Support Bldg. B, 3rd Floor, 2400 Sixth St., N.W., Washington, DC 20059, Voice: (202) 806-6717, Fax: (202) 806-4896, E-mail: wspriggs@howard.edu .
Dr. Bernard Anderson presented the keynote remarks at the 40th annual Scholarship Convocation at Tuskegee University and received an honorary degree on Sunday, October 16, 2005.
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