her most enduring critical contributions were seminal works on the playwright edward albee. in addition to leading the council on national literatures for 30 years, she served on the national council for the humanities and is a trustee and chairman of the board of trustees at the city university of new york. she passed away in 2012. it was trying to became the isi in the early 2000s because she recognized isi as a conservative institution with an enduring commitment to culture and to the lessons of mind. she also recognized that isi is a faithful steward of all its undertakings. her final benefaction both and downs this book award in perpetuity and will allow isi to expand its program in the area of national literatures. the isi henry and anne paolucci book award of $5000 presented each year to a deserving scholar whose intellectual achievement in the form of a book published in the previous year embodies the spirit, range and scholarly rigor of the awards namesakes. and so our main event. bradley gregory is professor of history and dorothy g. griffin and collegiate chair at