----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- [Here is Dan Hammond's announcement of the Dorfman Dissertation award at the History of Economics Society meeting, July 1, 2001. -- RBE] 2001 Joseph Dorfman Best Dissertation Award Dr. Bert Mosselmans, "From Classical to Neoclassical: The Economic Thought of William Stanley Jevons and its Relation to his Ethics, Logic and Aesthetics." In 1990 the History of Economics Society established an annual prize for the best dissertation in the history of economics. Beside the honor, there is a stipend of plus expense money for the winner to attend the Society's annual conference, and be presented with the award at the banquet. In 1992 the family of Joseph Dorfman, historian of economic thought and Distinguished Fellow of the Society, endowed a permanent fund for the award, which is now the Joseph Dorfman Best Dissertation Award. Since the competition was first held in 1990 there have been eleven winners of the Dorfman Award. Each of these individuals has made an outstanding contribution in their dissertation to the history of economics. A number of the winners have, through their participation in Society conferences and committees, become leaders within the HES. Most of the winners have built from their dissertations distinguished research programs. I have every confidence that this year's winner will continue this tradition. I will quote just one statement from the Dorfman Prize Committee (Avi Cohen [chair], Neil Niman, and Jim Henderson): "Mosselmans's dissertation lives up to its title -- it is a model of breadth, depth and subtlety of scholarship, drawing a compelling picture of Jevons's thought as a unified whole." Our winner wrote his dissertation at the Free University of Brussels under the supervision of Dr. Dirk Frantzen. I am delighted to present the 2001 Joseph Dorfman Best Dissertation Award to Dr. Bert Mosselmans for his dissertation, "From Classical to Neoclassical: The Economic Thought of William Stanley Jevons and its Relation to his Ethics, Logic and Aesthetics." Dan Hammond HES President July 1, 2001 ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]