NCEP Faculty Fellows Will Work With Governors Scranton, Smylie and Love - April 1965

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Quarterly bulletin issue from the National Center for Education in Politics describing NCEP Faculty Fellowship placements for 1965–66, including a history professor and two political scientists working as top aides to state or local public officials. It also reports GOP governors and partner committees enlisting support of seven former NCEP Faculty Fellows advising the Republican Governors' Association. Additional sections highlight student “intern” programs with state legislative workshops and observations from a graduate fellow.

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NCEP Faculty Fellows Will Work With Governors Scranton, Smylie and Love

GOP Governors Enlist the Support of Seven Former NCEP Faculty Fellows

“I Was an Intern from the N.C.E.P.”

Students “Intern” With N.C. General Assembly; Other Affiliates Sponsor Legislative Workshops

NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION IN POLITICSBULLETINFormerlyTHE CITIZENSHIPCLEARING HOUSE A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER published at 46 Washington Mews,New York 3,N.Y. 214 VOL.XIII,No.3 April,1965 # NCEP Faculty Fellows Will Work WithGovernors Scranton,Smylie and Love Under its program designed to broaden the experience ofcollege teachers of courses in American institutions,NCEPis awarding Faculty Fellowships to a professor of history andtwo political scientists,who will spend the 1965-66 year astop aides to state or local public officials.The three teachersare:Richard I.Hofferbert,assistant professor of political sci-ence at Williams College;Carl D.McMurray,associate pro-fessor of political science at Florida State University;andGeorge D.Wolf,professor of history at Lock Haven StateCollege in Pennsylvania. Wolf MeMurray Hofferbert Since 1959,when the Ford Foundation provided a grant toestablish the Faculty Fellowship program,NCEP has chosencollege and university teachers in the fields of law,politicalscience and other social sciences,for one year placements asregular working members with top level staffs of governors,(Continued on page 3) Mr.Hofferbert has chosen to undertake his political fellow-ship in the office of Governor John A.Love of Colorado;Mr.McMurray elected to work with Governor Robert E.Smylie of Idaho;and Mr.Wolf asked to be assigned to Gov-ernor William W.Scranton of Pennsylvania. # GOP Governors Enlist the Support of Seven Former NCEP Faculty Fellows College;Cornelius P.Cotter,chairman of the political sciencedepartnent of the University of Wichita;Arthur L.Peterson,director of the Institute of Politics at Ohio Wesleyan Uni-versity;Earl A.Nehring of the University of Kansas;John H.Kessel of the University of Washington;and Karl A.Lamb,assistant to the Chancellor of the University of California atSanta Cruz. The seven political scientists who have held NCEP FacultyFellowships at the Republican National Committee are advisingand aiding the Republican Governors'Association,according toan announcement by the association's chairman,Gov.Robert E.Smylie,on March 4.Since 1958 each of the seven teachershas spent a year as an assistant to the Republican national chair-man under the NCEP fellowship program with the national partycommittees. Another organization of Republican party leaders,the new Co-ordinating Committee,announced on March 10,that it has chosenProfessor Peterson as staff director,to work with GOP NationalChairman Ray C.Bliss.Peterson will move to Washington inJune.The Republican Coordinating Committee is made up ofthe 11 members of the Joint Senate-House Republican leadership,five GOP Governors,four vice chairmen of the National Com-mittee,the party's five former nominees for President,and theGOP national chairman. Governor Smylie reported that the political scientists are partof a newly established Policy Committee of the Republican Gov-ernors'Association,which will have headquarters in Washington.Robert J.Huckshorn,associate professor of political science atFlorida Atlantic University,is serving as spokesman for the newgroup. Other members of the advisory committee include Philip S.Wilder,chairman of the political science department of Wabash Kessel Nchring Huckshorn Lamb Peterson Wilder Cotter “I Was an Internfrom the N.C.E.P.” When Jerry L.Tucker applied for a Graduate Fellow-ship in State and Local Politics a year ago he submittedan excellent record of academic and political achieve-ment with nary a hint of his talent for editorial car-tooning.At the close of his Fellowship experience inJanuary,Tucker came forth with a heap of observations,which we sample here. Mr.Tucker is a doctoral student in government atAmerican University.He spent his Fellowship in MayorThomas Currigan's office in Denver,where he continuesto work with Denver's housing renewal agency. Application forms for Graduate Fellowships in Stateand Local Politics beginning January 24,1966 are

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How do the bulletin’s student internship and workshop activities connect to state legislatures?

The bulletin describes affiliates arranging seminars and workshops with legislators and a North Carolina C.E.P. program that transfers students to the North Carolina General Assembly for full-time assistant duties and committee-related work.

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