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For Immediate Release
Nov. 1, 1999    

Lawrence University Political Scientist Awarded Fulbright Chair in the
Netherlands


     APPLETON, WIS. -- For the second time in six years, Lawrence
University Professor of Government Lawrence Longley has been recognized
with a distinguished lectureship appointment by the Fulbright Scholar
Program.  
     Longley has been awarded the Thomas Jefferson Distinguished Chair
in the Netherlands and will spend the Fall of 2000 based at Nijmegen
University.  He will teach a course on U.S. government and political
institutions for advance students and also will lecture at universities
throughout the Netherlands.   
     In addition to his teaching duties, Longley will serve as a faculty
advisor to university and political science department leaders
concerning curriculum development and  professional enrichment in the
Netherlands.
     "This is an exceptional opportunity and I'm excited about it, both
from a personal standpoint and for the recognition it brings to Lawrence in
having a faculty member invited to make this kind of contribution to higher
education in the Netherlands," said Longley.  "This award will allow me to
reflect upon American politics in a cross-national perspective,
especially in the context of the 2000 U.S. presidential election. I will
have the opportunity to communicate to foreign scholars about American
political processes and institutions and some of the lessons of our
history, both painful and favorable."
     Established in 1946 and administered by the United States
Information Agency, the Fulbright Scholar Program provides grants in a
variety of disciplines for teaching and research positions in more than
120 countries. The program aims to increase mutual understanding between
people of the United States and people of other countries while
fostering friendly and peaceful relations between the United States and
other countries.        
     The Thomas Jefferson Distinguished Chair is considered among the
most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar program
worldwide.  
     Longley spent the 1994-95 academic year as the Fulbright Commission
John Marshall Chair in Political Science at the Budapest University of
Economics in Hungary.  During that appointment, he delivered nearly
three dozen lectures in 17 different cities throughout Europe, including
Poland, Spain, Croatia, Turkey and Germany.     
     A member of the Lawrence faculty since 1965, Longley is a leading
national authority on the electoral college and presidential elections.
He is the author or co-author of more than 100 books and studies of
politics and political institutions, including "The Electoral College
Primer 2000," which was just released by Yale University Press, and "The
People's President," also published by Yale.  
     In addition, his most recent research on the comparative analysis
of legislative and electoral change have produced seven other books,
including "Two Into One: The Politics and Process of National
Legislative Cameral Change," a study of international legislative
institutional change, four volumes of "Working Papers on Comparative
Legislative Studies," each a collection of new studies of the role of
legislatures and parliaments in mature democratizing and newly
democratic regimes in Europe, North America and Asia, and "The Uneasy
Relationships Between Parliamentary Members and Leaders."  
     Longley served as a presidential elector in the 1988 and 1992
national elections, and has served  as a consultant to the U.S. Senate
Judiciary Committee.  He has testified before the Senate as an expert
witness and has contributed research findings to U.S. Senate Hearings on
Electoral College reform on several occasions.