93-09-17 Three U.Va. Political Scientists Are Profiled in New Book THREE U.VA. POLITICAL SCIENTISTS ARE PROFILED IN NEW BOOK ON SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 17 -- Three University of Virginia faculty members are among some 171 prominent American political scientists of the last hundred years featured in a new biographical book focusing on significant contributions to the discipline. The careers of government and foreign affairs professors Martha A. Derthick, Matthew Holden Jr. and Kenneth W. Thompson are profiled in "American Political Scientists: A Dictionary," which seeks to "reflect the historical development of American political science from its beginning to the present." Such other notable political scientists and public policy experts as Zbigniew Brzezinski, Ralphe Bunche, Henry Kissinger, James MacGregor Burns, James Q. Wilson and Woodrow Wilson (himself a U.Va. alumnus) also are profiled in the book, edited by Glenn Utter of Lamar University and Charles Lockhart of Texas Christian University. Derthick has been the Julia Allen Cooper Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University since 1983. Prior to that she was on the faculty at Harvard University, Boston College and the Brookings Institute, where she was a senior fellow and the director of governmental studies. She has received numerous awards, honors and fellowships including a Guggenheim Fellowship. Derthick "has produced a body of work that encompasses, skillfully integrates, and expands the discipline's insights into public policy, public administration and American institutions," according to the new political science dictionary. The majority of her work focuses on the institution of social welfare. Among her best known works are "Policymaking for Social Security," the first comprehensive study of the politics of the Social Security system, "Agency Under Stress: The Social Security Administration in American Government," and "The Politics of Deregulation," co- authored with Paul J. Quirk. Holden is widely known for his contributions to the study of public administration and the study of black politics. Before becoming the Henry L. and Grace M. Doherty Professor here, he taught at Wayne State University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has served on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and as vice president of the American Political Science Association. In 1991, Holden became editor of the National Political Science Review. Throughout his work, Holden has held that politics should not be thought of as limited to public institutions, but as characteristic of many organizations and groups. His books include "The White Man's Burden," "The Politics of the Black `Nation'," and "Mechanisms of Power" (forthcoming). Thompson, director of the Miller Center for Public Affairs at U.Va. since 1978, is known for his contributions to international relations theory. He began his career teaching at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. Before joining the U.Va. faculty in 1975, Thompson rose to prominence in the philanthropic world, serving as vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation for 12 years. His credits include eight honorary degrees. Thompson's interests lie in linking international thought to history. His "Principles and Problems in International Politics" provides the intellectual guidelines for his thinking and his belief in the tradition of political realism. Throughout his career Thompson has asserted that the realist tradition stems from political philosophy and Christian theology. This "energy and learning have helped classical realism survive," the editors of the new book say. His more recent interests are in the American presidency, which is a main focus of the Miller Center. ### September 16, 1993 Karen Castle, Office Services Specialist, University News Office P.O. Box 9018, Booker House, Charlottesville, VA 22906 (804) 924-7116, kac@virginia.edu [Submitted by: Karen A. Castle (kac@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu) Fri, 17 Sep 93 14:32:13 EDT]