McClellan wins prestigious Lewis Award for science history

Dr. James E. McClellan III, a professor of history and associate dean at the Stevens School of Sciences and Arts, has been selected by the American Philosophical Society as the 2003 recipient of the John Frederick Lewis Award for his monograph Specialist Control: The Publications Committee of the Académie Royale des Sciences (Paris), 1700-1793.

The award will be presented at the Autumn General Meeting of the Society.

Earlier this academic year Professor McClellan was elected a member of the Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences.

Founded in 1928 to provide a basis for the international organization of history of science, the Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences is an honorary organization headquartered in Paris. Election to its ranks recognizes outstanding career achievement in the scholarly field of history of science.

In 2000, the World History Association Book Award, an international honor the association bestows only once a year, was awarded to Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction, by McClellan and his humanities colleague Dr. Harold Dorn. The book surveys the history of science and technology from a rare global perspective.

Jurors for the World History Association's annual award commended McClellan and Dorn for their extensive historical coverage, including ancient, medieval and modern periods; their broad treatment of far-flung regions and cultures of the world; and their clear language and illustrations.

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