Perman will spend spring semester 2003 at Utrecht University, one of the five Adams chair host institutions, where he will lecture to advanced undergraduate and graduate students on "Slavery, Civil War, and Segregation, 1830-1900," and "Who Is an American? Citizenship and Suffrage in American History."

A separate program within the Fulbright Scholar Program, the distinguished chairs are located in specific European countries and are competed for by scholars who are considered outstanding in their disciplines or professions.

In addition to lecturing at his host university, Perman will supervise graduate theses, consult on curricula, and act as a guest lecturer at other neighboring European and Dutch universities with American studies departments.

"My first academic position was in an American studies department at Manchester University in England," said Perman. "Thirty years later, I will be doing it again, but this time as an American citizen and visitor to Europe, not as a European resident. I hope it will be seen as a return engagement rather than a repeat performance."

Gibbons Elected
to Institute of Medicine

Gibbons' research covers a variety of subjects, from the development of environmental statistics used to protect our natural resources to evaluations of health services for primary pediatric care.

Applications of his work are widespread in the areas of health and environmental sciences. Perhaps most notable is his work on the equitable allocation of donor organs for transplantation, commissioned by Congress through the National Academy of Sciences. Gibbons serves on the institute's Health Sciences Policy Board. "This age of information is a unique and wonderful time to be a statistician," said Gibbons.

Gibbons joined the faculty after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1981. He has received grants for his research from organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, the Office of Naval Research, and the MacArthur Foundation. A fellow of the American Statistical Association, he has written 3 books and more than 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers.