Congratulations to Dr. Ed Steers

[RJNorton]

Congratulations to Dr. Steers for winning the Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement! The award was presented at the 20th Annual Lincoln Forum Symposium in Gettysburg on November 18th.

[BettyO]

Fantastic! Congratulations, Ed!!

[Gene C]

A well deserved award. Congratulations!

[Thomas Kearney]

Congrats Dr. Steers!

[Eva Elisabeth]

Well deserved - congratulations!

[Ed Steers]

Thank you for all the "congrats." The award was quite a shock. It is quite an honor. I better get to work on another book. Ed Steers

[Rob Wick]

First, I am glad to see Ed honored for his work in the world of Lincoln studies. As just one of a number of people who has benefitted from Ed's kindness and support, I think the honor is long overdue. You are a true inspiration for those of us in the field, Ed.

If I can, however, pick just one nit on the story....I didn't know Lincoln was shot on November 18 (copy editing in newspapers is dead in America).

Best
Rob

[RJNorton]

This is certainly a prestigious award! Here are the previous winners:

2014 James Getty
2013 Tony Kushner
2012 Eric Foner
2011 Ed Bearss
2010 Mark E. Neely
2009 Sandra Day O'Connor
2008 Ken Burns
2007 Jeff Shaara
2006 Doris Kearns Goodwin & Charles DeForest Platt
2005 John McClarey and Frank J. Williams
2004 John Y. Simon
2003 Sam Waterston
2002 James M. McPherson
2001 Garry Wills
2000 David Herbert Donald & Richard Nelson Current
1999 Former U.S. Senator Paul Simon of Illinois
1998 John Hope Franklin
1997 Brian Lamb
1996 Gabor S. Borrit

[Ed Steers]

(12-08-2015 08:07 PM)Rob Wick Wrote:  First, I am glad to see Ed honored for his work in the world of Lincoln studies. As just one of a number of people who has benefitted from Ed's kindness and support, I think the honor is long overdue. You are a true inspiration for those of us in the field, Ed.

If I can, however, pick just one nit on the story....I didn't know Lincoln was shot on November 18 (copy editing in newspapers is dead in America).

Best
Rob

Thank you Rob for the kind words. As to being shot on November 18, I guess we were all young reporters at one time. It is not a question of incorrect facts as much as it is incorrect English.

[STS Lincolnite]

Rob and Ed, you are right, the way that sentence was written, it does sound like Lincoln was shot on November 18.

Though still not perfect, clarity may have been improved with a simple move of a prepositional phrase: Berkeley Springs resident and Abraham Lincoln Historian Ed Steers was awarded the 2015 Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement by the Lincoln Forum on November 18 for his insight into the death of Abraham Lincoln.

Rob, I also think you are right about copy editing being dead. I have a friend that works for a small local newspaper and he said they don’t even have a copy editor on staff. With deadlines, small staffs, and a lack of copy editoris, it’s no wonder grammatical mistakes happen in newspaper articles in this day and age. I'm just glad we still have newspapers!

In thinking about it, I wish I had a copy editor for my posts!

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(12-09-2015 05:48 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  This is certainly a prestigious award! Here are the previous winners:

2014 James Getty
2013 Tony Kushner
2012 Eric Foner
2011 Ed Bearss
2010 Mark E. Neely
2009 Sandra Day O'Connor
2008 Ken Burns
2007 Jeff Shaara
2006 Doris Kearns Goodwin & Charles DeForest Platt
2005 John McClarey and Frank J. Williams
2004 John Y. Simon
2003 Sam Waterston
2002 James M. McPherson
2001 Garry Wills
2000 David Herbert Donald & Richard Nelson Current
1999 Former U.S. Senator Paul Simon of Illinois
1998 John Hope Franklin
1997 Brian Lamb
1996 Gabor S. Borrit

Roger,

I might also add that in addition to Ed, 2015 Richard Nelson Current Award recipients included William C. “Jack” Davis and Harold Holzer. I was in attendance at the award ceremony and it was quite touching to watch when it dawned on each of the men that they were the award winners. All were very surprised and probably none of them should have been!! All are definitely deserving of the award. My additional congratulations go out to all!

[HerbS]

Congratulations Ed,you are in awesome company,and that's even more impressive to me!

[LincolnMan]

Thank you Ed for all you've done and will do in the field of Lincoln studies. I'm listening to the audiobook version of Blood On The Moon right now.