Following are some items of interest to keep you updated on the events happening at the Center for Population Economics and with its associated personnel.

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• Sok Chul Hong Gains Special Recognition
  
  CPE Researcher Sok Chul Hong has earned special recognition from the Journal of American History for his recently published paper in the Journal of Economic History. The criteria for the recognition, known as "recent scholarship," can be read here.

• CPE Researcher Locates Important Lincoln Document
  
  CPE researcher, AJ Aiseirithe, recently discovered a long-lost, 4-page letter written by Abraham Lincoln in an obscure file buried in the National Archives’ vaults in College Park, Maryland. The letter was written by Lincoln on October 22, 1864. In the letter he explains his reasons for not meddling in a political dispute involving his vice presidential running mate and military governor of Tennessee, Andrew Johnson. Click here to read the full details of Aiseirithe's exciting find.

• New Program Coordinator Joins CPE
  
  The CPE is very pleased to announce that Lewis Meineke has joined the staff as program coordinator. After earning his bachelor’s degree in economics from Reed College this past June, Lewis returned to the Chicago area and has been polishing his advanced math skills at UIC. He learned mapping techniques for his senior thesis, “The Contagion Effect of Housing Abandonment in Philadelphia.”
  
  Lewis will be working closely on our mapping projects with Carlos Villarreal who is currently in the economics Ph.D. program at UIC, but still also working part time with the CPE. He will assume major responsibility for identifying/locating, planning, and overseeing the retrieval, and entry of, historical public health data around the country.
  
  Lewis can be reached at lmeineke@cpe.uchicago.edu. Please join us in welcoming him to the CPE.
  

• The Enid Fogel Diversity Scholarship
  
  The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business recently announced that it has created a new scholarship fund to augment existing diversity scholarships. To get more detailed information about this scholarship that has been named after Enid Fogel, please click here.

• Enid M. Fogel, 1923-2007
  
  It is with heavy hearts that the CPE wishes to inform you that on September 2 Enid M. Fogel, beloved wife of Professor Robert Fogel, passed away at the University of Chicago Hospitals. She was surrounded by her loving family at the time of her death. For more information, please click here.

• Hong Joins CPE Staff
  
  Sok Chul Hong, who has served ably as a graduate research assistant at the CPE since 2004, has joined our full-time staff as Senior Research Associate. In June, Hong was awarded his Ph.D. in economics by the University of Chicago.
  
  Hong will continue to work closely with Professor Fogel on the Early Indicators of Later Work Levels, Disease and Death project as well as with our colleagues Hoyt Bleakley and Lou Cain. He can be reached at 773-834-8822 or by email at hongs@cpe.uchicago.edu
  
  We congratulate Sok Chul on the completion of his doctorate and welcome him to the CPE staff!
  

• Union Army Research "Makes the Cover"
  
  Recently, an article detailing the Union Army research work of Professor Robert Fogel and the CPE made the cover of the University of Chicago Magazine. To read the complete article, click here.

• Fogel Receives Indispensable Person of the Year Award
  
  The Alliance for Aging Research recently awarded Professor Robert Fogel as the 2006 Indispensable Person of the Year. The award was presented in Washington, DC on September 12 at a dinner celebrating the Alliance's 20th anniversary. This award was given in recognition of Fogel's "efforts to achieve healthier aging." For more details about the award, please read the official press release.

• Troesken Wins Book Prize
  Werner Troesken, CPE senior investigator, was awarded the Alice Hanson Jones Prize for his book, Water, Race, and Disease (MIT Press, 2004). The Jones Prize is a biennial award presented to the author of an outstanding book in North American (including Caribbean) economic history. The award ceremony took place at the 2006 annual meetings of the Economic History Association in September. Troesken received his award jointly with B. Zorina Khan, who won for her book on patents and copyrights. The two recipients were selected from 43 nominations submitted for the Prize.

• Additional Surgeon's Certificates Information Now Available
  
  There are now mock-up samples of surgeon's certificates available on the CPE website. These samples also include a detailed discussion of the information contained on each form. Click here to view the forms.
  

• CPE Working Paper Series

The CPE has begun a new series of working papers. These papers will elaborate mainly on current findings by our project investigators and members of our research group. Free downloadable copies of these papers are available by selecting the "Working Papers" link from the menu on the CPE Publications Archive page. Copies may also be obtained by mail for $2 by writing to the CPE Managing Director of Research. See the CPE Staff Page for complete address information.