Board Member Re-Nomination Announcement

National Association of Scholars

The National Association of Scholars is pleased to announce three nominations for our Board of Directors. They are each being re-nominated for four year terms, beginning January 1, 2024. The nominees will be voted on at a membership meeting on October 21st in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

The nominees are:

  • Dr. Steve Balch, Director of the Institute for the Study of Western Civilization at Texas Tech University. He is the founder and former President and Chairman of the Board of the NAS.
  • Dr. David Gordon, Professor of History at CUNY's Graduate Center. He received his PH.D. from Brown University. The author of two books and several articles on European, African and Asian history, he is currently interested in the economic integration of China and Southeast Asia in the first half of the twentieth century.
  • Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Economics at Ohio University and Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute. He is the Founding Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. Professor Vedder received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois, and he has been Senior Economist at the U.S. Joint Economic Committee and Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University, and he has taught at the University of Colorado, Claremont Men’s College, and MARA Institute of Technology. 

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