Adma M. Saunders Wins 2008 Gerald R. Ford Scholar
Award in Honor of Robert M. Teeter
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce that Adam M.
Saunders has been chosen as the 2008 winner of the Gerald R. Ford Scholar
Award in Honor of Robert M. Teeter. Mr. Saunders is a doctoral student
in Comparative Social Policy at Trinity College, University of Oxford and
is completing his doctoral dissertation: Power and the Welfare State:
The Political Economy of American and British Unemployment Insurance Reform,
1964-1986. He is examining the role of government, business and
unions in the reform of earnings-related unemployment insurance in the United
States and Britain. He explores why earnings-related benefits were
introduced at the beginning of this period, why they were fundamentally changed
by its end, and why contradictory measures in policy were undertaken in both
countries.
This annual award of $5000 is given to a doctoral student conducting dissertation
research and writing on an aspect of the United States political process
during the latter part of the 20th century. It was established in 2005
to honor the life and work of Robert Teeter. Mr. Teeter spent over
thirty years as a leader in public opinion analysis and campaign strategy,
including the 1976 campaign of President Gerald R. Ford. The majority
of written materials from Mr. Teeter’s career are part of the Gerald
R. Ford Presidential Library collection. This award has been made possible
by the generous support of the Teeter family and friends, and his colleagues
on the United Parcel Service Board of Directors.
The application deadline for next year’s award is May 1, 2009. For
more information, please visit the Ford Library’s website at: http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/fsa.asp or
contact Stacy Davis at (734) 205-0563 or at stacy.davis@nara.gov.
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