THE BERTRAND RUSSELL SOCIETY

Officers, Directors and Honorary Members of the BRS

Officers of the BRS

chair of the board: Chad Trainer, Phoenixville, PA
vice chair of the board: David White, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
president: Alan Schwerin, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
vice president: Ray Perkins, Jr., Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
secretary (of the Society and of the Board): David Henehan, Henrietta, NY
treasurer: Kenneth Blackwell, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

editors, Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly

editor: Rosalind Carey, Lehman College-CUNY, Bronx, NY
editor: John Ongley, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
associate editor: Ray Perkins, Jr., Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
book review editor: Thomas Riggins, New York University and The New School, New York, NY

Directors of the BRS

Officers of the BRS, elected annually, serve ex officio on the Board of Directors.

3 Year Term, Jan. 1, 2008 - Dec. 31, 2010
Rosalind Carey, John Lenz, Timothy Madigan, Ray Perkins, Jr.
Alan Schwerin, Warren Allen Smith, Chad Trainer, Thom Weidlich

3 Year Term, Jan. 1, 2007 - Dec. 31, 2009
Kenneth Blackwell, David Blitz, Philip Ebersole, David L. Henehan
Kevin C. Klement, Tom Stanley, Russell Wahl, David White

3 Year Term, Jan. 1, 2006 - Dec. 31, 2008
David Goldman, Nicolas Griffin, Marvin Kohl, Gregory Landini
Justin Leiber, John Ongley, Cara Rice, Peter Stone

A list of past directors of the BRS is here.

BRS Honorary Members

Tariq Ali
Sir Alfred Ayer (deceased)
Noam Chomsky
Ken Coates
Peter Cranford (deceased)
Lester Denonn (deceased)
Elizabeth R. Eames
Paul Edwards (deceased)
Antony Flew
Michael Foot
Paul Kurtz
Nelson Mandela

 Taslima Nasrin
Linus Pauling (deceased)
David F. Pears
Karl Popper (deceased)
Willard Van Orman Quine (deceased)
Conrad Russell (deceased)
Dora Russell (deceased)
John Russell (deceased)
Paul A. Schilpp (deceased)
Katharine Russell Tait
Ibn Warraq

Each honorary member meets at least one of the following criteria: 1. is a member of BR's family; 2. had worked closely with BR in an important way; 3. has made a distinctive contribution to BR scholarship; 4. has acted in support of a cause or idea that BR championed; 5. has promoted awareness of BR or of BR's work; 6. has exhibited qualities of character (such as moral courage) reminiscent of BR.

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