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  HispaniaVolume 76, Number 2, May 1993
[Indicaciones de paginación en nota.1] The American Association of Teachers of
Spanish and Portuguese, Inc.
Donald W. Bleznick (1993) University of Cincinnati Vice-President Jean Carolyn Williams (1995) Douglas County Comprehensive H. S., Douglasville, GA Executive Director James R. Chatham (1993) Mississippi State University Editor of Hispania Estelle Irizarry (1995) Georgetown University Executive Council (The current President, Vice President, Executive Director, Editor, the retiring Editor, and the three most recent past Presidents [indicated by asterisks] are members ex officio).
S. D. Lee H. S., Columbus, MS *Ruth L. Bennett (1993) S. D. Lee H. S., Columbus, MS Joanna Courteau (1994) Iowa State University *Elvira García (1995) University of Nebraska at Omaha *Nasario García (1994) New Mexico Highlands University Dorothy L. Rudy (1994) Florida Atlantic University Theodore A. Sackett (1995) University of Southern California Edra Staffieri (1993) North Central H. S., Indianapolis, IN Thomas M. Stephens (1995) Rutgers University Ronald R. Young (1993) San Diego State University Hispania, the official journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Inc., is published in the months of March, May, September, and December. Known office of publication: AATSP, Mississippi State University, P. O. Box 6349, Mississippi State, MS 39762-6349. Second-class postage paid at Mississippi State, MS and at additional mailing offices. Publication number 246360. Postmaster: Send address changes to Hispania, AATSP, Mississippi State University, PO. Box 6349, Mississippi State, MS 39762-6349. Subscription to Hispania is part of the membership in the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Inc., $30.00 a year for individuals and $15.00 for students for a maximum of three years. Membership is open to all persons interested in Spanish or Portuguese. Library and institutional subscriptions are $30.00 a year. All subscriptions are due and payable in advance. Requests for sample copies should be addressed to the Executive Director of the Association, Professor James R. Chatham, Mississippi State University, Lee Hall 218, P. O. Box 6349, Mississippi State, MS 39762-6349. Editorial communications and manuscripts for publication should be addressed to the Editor, Professor Estelle Irizarry, Department of Spanish, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. 20057-0989. See Guide for Authors for editorial policies. Books for review should be addressed to the to the Book Review Editor, Professor Janet Pérez, Associate Dean, Graduate School, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409. Address all communications regarding advertising to the Advertising Manager, Professor Walter C. Oliver, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, California State University, 3483 Circle Road, San Bernardino, CA 92405. E-mail: WOLIVER@WILEY.CSUSB.EDU Instructions for preparation of camera-ready art and advertising rates are available on request. The Executive Director should be notified promptly of changes of address. Hispania
Estelle Irizarry (1995) Georgetown University Production Editor Joseph A. Feustle, Jr. (1995) The University of Toledo Book Review Editor Janet Pérez (1995) Texas Tech University
Walter C. Oliver (1995) California State University San Bernardino
Pennsylvania State University Daniel Balderston (1993) Tulane University Peter A. Bly (1995) Queen's University-Kingston, Ont. Harold L. Boudreau (1993) University of Massachusetts Mary L. Daniel (1993) University of Wisconsin-Madison Frank A. Domínguez (1995) University of North Carolina Charles B. Faulhaber (1995) University of California-Berkeley Howard M. Fraser (1995) College of William and Mary Dick Gerdes (1995) University of New Mexico-Albuquerque Ronald M. Harmon (1993) California State University-Fullerton T. Edward Harvey (1995) Brigham Young University-Hawaii Roberta Johnson (1995) University of Kansas-Lawrence Mark D. Larsen (1995) Utah State University John Lipski (1995) University of New Mexico-Albuquerque Gladys C. Lipton (1995) University of Maryland-Baltimore County Ivette López Jiménez (1995) Universidad de Puerto Rico-Bayamón Barbara Mujica Georgetown University Robert A. Quinn Millsaps College Karen L. Smith University of Arizona John G. Weiger The University of Vermont Raymond Leslie Williams (1995) The University of Colorado-Boulder Richard D. Woods (1994) Trinity University Emilia de Zuleta (1995) Universidad Nacional de Cuyo-Mendoza
Editor, 1975-83 University of Cincinnati Robert G. Mead, Jr. Editor, 1957-62 University of Connecticut Seymour Menton Editor, 1963-65 University of California-Irvine Irving P. Rothberg Editor, 1966-74 University of Massachusetts Theodore A. Sackett Editor, 1984-92 University of Southern California Guide for Authors
Articles
Hispania invites submission of original, unpublished articles on literature, language, linguistics, and teaching written in Spanish, Portuguese, or English. Only members of AATSP may publish in Hispania. We strongly encourage authors to submit articles written in Spanish and Portuguese. The first section includes scholarly articles on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian literature and language that are judged to be of interest to specialists in the subject areas as well as to a diverse readership of teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Articles for this section should display thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the subject and field. We prefer articles that are not narrow in scope. Further considerations in the evaluation of manuscripts are their contribution to the advancement of knowledge, originality of method or focus, organization, and clarity of expression, free from jargon. Lead articles should conform to MLA format, with length between 4,000 and 7,500 words, including endnotes and works cited. Bibliographical submissions may reach 20,000 words. The long-standing policy in this section and in departments that receive a large number of submissions is that publication may not exceed one article per author during a three-year period. Initial submissions of articles for the first section should be in electronic form only, on diskette or sent by electronic mail (for fastest processing). Please do not send paper copy, except for graphic images, complex tables, and articles in linguistics that use special characters. Articles for Departments may be on paper/or disk. See the following pages for instructions on length and types of submission for each Department. Please double space throughout on paper, but single space text in word processor files. Send all articles, for the first section as well as for Departments, to Dr. Estelle Irizarry, Editor of Hispania, Spanish Department, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C. 20057-0989, e-mail: HISPANIA@GUVAX. News, Notes, and Reviews
Please send news and notes directly to the Preparers of Chapter News, Computers in Research and Teaching, The Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian World, Multimedia, and Professional News, following their indications regarding types of submissions, length, and mailing. Requests to review software should go directly to the Preparers of the Computer and Multimedia Departments, at the addresses listed. Instructions for Book Reviews are found in that section. General Format for All Articles
Enclose a card with your name, institutional affiliation, mailing address, telephone (and fax) number(s), and e-mail address, but do not include this information in the article itself. Please write the title of your submission on this card. In typing the article, be careful not to include your name in a page header or in evident self-reference; any references to your previous writings should be in the third person so your identity is not obvious. Center the title on one line and, at the margin below, type the word «Abstract»: followed by a concise summary of no more than 150 words. The abstract should provide a summary of the content rather than a self-referential description mentioning «this study». Below that, type «Key Words:» and list up to ten terms of importance, separated by commas, for a subject index, for example: «19th century, Pardo Bazán (Emilia), Spanish literature, women's writing, narrative». The abstract and key words should be in the same language as the essay. The format must be strictly in accordance with the standard system of the 1985 MLA Style Manual, with parenthetical documentation and list of works cited. The author-date system as described in the MLA Style Manual is acceptable for linguistics and pedagogy. If you include notes (maximum of 12 per article), they must be manually typed out at the end, regardless of whether you have entered them as «endnotes» in your word processor. Please follow the MLA's recommendation to avoid essaylike «content notes» that detract from the primary text. Place all tables and charts mentioned in the text at the very end of the entire article or in a separate file. Send graphic images on paper only. Typing Conventions
The electronic text should have single-spaced lines, with one-inch side margins. Please use the TAB key or first line auto-indent feature of your word processor -not the space bar- to begin new paragraphs, and the TAB key to create columns in tables. Do not divide words with hyphens. Use standard typewriter style quotes and apostrophes, not curly «Smart Quotes», and type two single hyphens for a dash. Please turn off the options for «Fast Save». Submissions by Electronic Mail
This preferred method of submission allows us to acknowledge receipt and route the article to evaluators immediately. Be sure to send ASCII text only and replace all diacritics, foreign-language characters, and italics with the codes found in Hispania's computer section («How to Submit a "Paper"-Without the Paper»). Send articles to either of the following addresses: HISPANIA@GUVAX.BITNET Submissions on Disk
Authors may send PC-formatted diskettes of any size or Mac HD diskettes formatted for high density (1.4 megabytes) only. Files prepared with recent versions of WordPerfect (PC and Mac), Microsoft Word (PC and Mac), XyWrite III Plus, Nota Bene 3.0, MacWrite, and MacWrite II, as well as ASCII text are acceptable. Save the file under a content word from your title -not under your name- and on the disk label write the title, type of computer (IBM or Mac), and word processing program and version used. Please include a letter-size, self-addressed envelope with first-class return postage (or international reply coupons) for two ounces. Mail diskettes in a protected envelope to: Dr. Estelle Irizarry, Editor Hispania Spanish Department Georgetown University Washington, D. C. 20057-0989 Please note that authors of all articles accepted for publication in Hispania will have to sign to copies of the contract which appears in Section 2. Hispania Departments
and Features
ARTICLES
Send ARTICLES for Departments on paper with loose stamps and/or on disk (IBM WordPerfect preferred) to the EDITOR of Hispania, Spanish Dept., Georgetown University, Wash., DC 20057-0989, or by electronic mail to HISPANIA@GUVAX. Do not send articles to Preparers. Please indicate the name of the Department to which you are submitting. See instructions below for requirements regarding length and type of submissions. Not all Departments will publish in all issues, since publication of articles depends on approval by peer review. NEWS, NOTES, AND REPORTS
Send this type of submission directly to the PREPARERS of Chapter News, Computers in Research and Teaching, The Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian World, Multimedia, and Professional News. See addresses and instructions below. Deadlines are four months before the month of publication. Applied Linguistics Dr. Karen L.
Smith ARTICLES of 6250 words or less on analytical approaches to language learning: field and classroom research that expands our knowledge of the nature of the language as related to such topics as language acquisition, assessment, proficiency, and collaborative learning. Articles must be research oriented, focus should not be anecdotal. Chapter News Dr. Juan R.
Franco Chapter secretaries/treasurers may send REPORTS of the proceedings of chapter meetings for publication in each issue of Hispania. Summaries of up to 300 words may be written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. There is no limit to the number of issues to which a chapter may submit materials. Send to Dr. Franco on paper, disk (Mac or IBM) or by fax. Computers in Research and Teaching
Dr. Mark D. Larsen ARTICLES of up to 5,000 words on the use of computers for research, productivity, communications, word processing, desktop publishing, text analysis, and language instruction. Also NOTES and REPORTS of up to 2,000 words, and REVIEWS (contact Preparer first). Send NOTES and REPORTS to Dr. Larsen via electronic mail, on disk (Mac or IBM), or on paper, with stamped, self-addressed envelope. The Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian World
Dr. T. Edward Harvey NOTES and NEWS of exciting cultural happenings and international literary awards in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian countries, as well as timely bibliographies and brief necrologies. Each item should be under 1,000 words (quoted excerpts should not exceed 150 words). No travel accounts, interviews, or opinion editorials, please. Send items to Dr. Harvey on paper, disk, or by electronic mail. Multimedia
Dr. Robert A. Quinn ARTICLES of 5,000 words or less involving such media as film, satellite TV, videotapes, audiotapes, and laboratories. Studies relating media to literary, linguistic, or methodological topics are welcome. Articles should be based on experience, research, or innovation. REPORTS of up to 1,000 words and REVIEWS (contact Dr. Lavine first) on materials, equipment, and projects. Send REPORTS to Dr. Raschio on disk (WordPerfect or ASCII) or paper with stamped, self-addressed envelope, or by electronic mail. Pedagogy: Colleges and Universities
Dr. Douglas K. Benson ARTICLES of up to 5,000 words on practical applications, strategies, comparative studies, curriculum development, and research-based innovations in the methodology of teaching language, culture, and literature. No simple descriptions or «success stories» of your own classes and programs, please. Pedagogy: Community Colleges
Dr. Zelda Brooks ARTICLES of up to 5,000 words and IDEAS to 1,500 words on community-based instruction: teaching the non-traditional population, adult education, Spanish for special purposes, courses that meet once a week or at night, community relations and resources, cooperative and service projects, the two-year curriculum, reading, oral proficiency, and special uses of labs and technology. Pedagogy: Elementary and Middle Schools, FLES* (K-8)
Dr. Gladys C. Lipton ARTICLES of up to 6,000 words that provide practical insights into pedagogy, research, second language acquisition by children, successful classroom techniques, use of all kinds of materials and technology, teacher training, and curriculum. We also invite IDEAS (750 words or less) that focus on practical ideas and successful classroom activities. Pedagogy: Secondary Schools
Nancy Wheaton Modern ARTICLES of up to 5,000 words providing insights into pedagogy, classroom activities, uses of technology, linking language skills with other disciplines, culture, strategies and materials for reading, and proficiency techniques from introductory through advanced levels of speaking and writing. Also IDEAS of up to 1,500 words on practical ideas and topic-related vocabulary. Professional News
Dr. Richard D. Woods BRIEF ITEMS of up to 1,000 words relating to the profession of teaching Spanish and Portuguese in the following categories are welcome: News Items, Awards and Honors, Recent Releases, Forthcoming Events, Progress in Research Tools and Translation, and Obituaries. Send to Dr. Woods on paper, disk (WordPerfect 5.1). Theoretical Linguistics
Dr. John Lipski Articles (3,000-7,500 words) should either use an accepted theoretical framework to enhance our understanding of Spanish and Portuguese, or use data from the latter to extend linguistic theory. Purely descriptive and speculative articles are discouraged. One paper copy with a self-addressed envelope and loose stamps. IBM users may also send a disk.
Executive Director, AATSP, 1985-1993 JAMES R. CHATHAM It is a pleasure to participate in this homage as Jim Chatham concludes his nine years of devoted and competent work as executive director of AATSP. Jim Chatham's professionalism, extraordinary energy, and warm friendliness have allowed him to accomplish the tremendous tasks he undertook as AATSP Executive Director. Spain's rare distinction, the «Cruz de Isabel la Católica» was a very well-deserved honor. For two years I had the fortune to serve with Jim in the Executive Council. Our work association also included-among other deeds-my chairmanship of committees. Regretfully, Jim's directorship coincided with my retirement and so my contacts with him have been fewer than I would have liked them to be. I am particularly aware of Jim's support for the Luso-Brazilian segment of the Association. Portuguese grew thanks to his encouragement and enthusiasm. Under his administration Portuguese achieved the permanent inclusion on the Executive Council of at least one Luso-Brazilian specialist. Other advancements for Portuguese followed, such as the organization of regional meetings in New England, where Portuguese is an important language; the selection of Portugal as the site of the Fourth Conference on Academic Programs Abroad and International Studies, with Portuguese under AATSP support; and the reactivation of Phi Lambda Beta, Portuguese Honor Society, now sponsored by the AATSP. These were long-awaited victories for Portuguese. We had fought hard for them. At Jim's side was Nina, his wife and dynamic administrative assistant who like him contributed immensely to maintain and enhance the high standards of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Our gratitude, Jim and Nina, for nine years of outstanding administration. María Isabel Abreu Under Jim Chatham's nine-year tenure as AATSP Executive Director, he has made many improvements in a number of areas. Perhaps Jim's greatest contribution to the AATSP has been his attention to the needs of the many secondary school teachers in our Association. A new service, that of Pedagogical Coordinator, has resulted in the publication of pedagogical materials available gratis to our members and, at each Annual Meeting, an IDEAS session that is one of the most valuable offered. The transfer of the National Spanish Examinations administration to the national office, although only in its first year, has simplified and improved the entire procedure of this most important service to our secondary school members. In spite of a rise in dues, school budget cuts, and a deep national recession, membership has increased. We have held three Annual Meetings abroad, two in Mexico and one in Spain, plus a Study Abroad conference in Portugal. Planning and implementing these required far greater effort than domestic meetings. Jim has made it a practice to
appoint a representative to important national and regional foreign language
meetings. AATSP now presents sessions at those conferences, giving us more
visibility in the profession and gaining us new members. He has kept the AATSP
Because of Jim's outstanding leadership and personal qualities, it has been a privilege for me to know and work with him. Ruth L. Bennett Jim, I remember when you were active in the Mississippi Chapter of AATSP and actively participated in the annual national conventions. This was years before the Executive Council selected you to become the executive director of our Association at our meeting in New Orleans in August 1983. At that time many of us thought you had the ability to be outstanding in your task and you have fulfilled the expectations we had of you. The executive director's job is never ending and probably has grown more demanding over the years you have been in office. Few would have the temerity to undertake a responsibility that requires one to administer the finances, work with the Executive Council, arrange annual meetings, be in contact with individuals and chapters, and take care of many other matters in order to ensure the smooth running of the Association. During your tenure as executive director you have very successfully carried out your tasks since you are devoted to AATSP and seek to foster its betterment. We also have benefitted from your wife Nina's contributions to the efficient and effective work in your office and at conventions. Congratulations, Jim, for having so ably managed the affairs of the AATSP during a period of nine years. You are one of those exceptional people in the history of the AATSP who has done a lot to guarantee that our Association, which has now prospered for 75 years, will continue to flourish. Donald W. Bleznick Jim Chatham, you have devoted enormous amounts of time and effort to our beloved AATSP, thus making it a better organization for our thousands of members, who should all be extremely grateful. I have particularly appreciated your relaxed, friendly way of doing business, as well as your wonderful gift for always seeing the forest clearly, no matter how many individual trees tried to get in the way. Enjoy your retirement from office in the full knowledge that you have made an immense contribution to our profession! Thanks and best wishes, Le saludo y le felicito a Jim Chatham por su aportación fructífera al progreso de la AATSP durante nueve años. Le agradezco personalmente sus atenciones y le deseo mucho éxito en sus actividades futuras. Clemencia Delgado de Luciano A través de los años hemos gozado del trabajo que tanto Jim, como Nina han desempeñado para nuestra organización. Las tareas y responsabilidades que han caído en los hombros de cada uno de ustedes van mucho más allá de lo que jamás nos podremos imaginar. Ahora que se van preparando para soltar las riendas de la AATSP, ¡sepan que ambos han sido jinetes de primer orden! Nasario García Jim: Quiero felicitarte por tu labor de director de orquesta en la organización de los congresos anuales y darte las gracias por tu ayuda. También por tener siempre una sonrisa de apoyo. Mirta A. González California James R. Chatham deja una honda
huella en la AATSP, tras nueve años de fecunda y positiva labor al
frente de nuestra organización. En apretada síntesis, tres rasgos
han caracterizado su gestión: absoluta integridad, constante
dedicación y amplia camaradería. Asimismo, tres grandes logros
prueban la eficacia de su liderato: notable aumento en la nómina de
socios, solidez de nuestras finanzas
No es posible enumerar sus múltiples contribuciones al progreso de nuestra asociación. Sin embargo, debemos señalar algunas de ellas por su especial significación. Bajo la dirección de Chatham se han organizado nuevas secciones en nuestras reuniones anuales; se han creado lazos de cooperación con el Ministerio de Cultura del Gobierno Español y se ha generado un amistoso ambiente de cordial cooperación entre nuestros colegas, a través de las actividades sociales de nuestros últimos congresos. Jim ha puesto extraordinario énfasis en atraer a los jóvenes maestros para asociarlos a la AATSP. Al mismo tiempo los ha estimulado a ocupar cargos de responsabilidad en capítulos locales o a nivel nacional, así como a presentar ponencias en nuestras reuniones anuales. De este modo ha continuado su labor como maestro y mentor de varias promociones de alumnos, de cuyas filas han salido algunos hispanistas notables por su seriedad intelectual y su voluntad de servicio a la profesión. Como Presidenta, Directora de los NSE, miembro del Consejo Ejecutivo y socia muy interesada en el progreso de nuestra asociación, he tenido el privilegio de colaborar directamente con Jim Chatham durante estos últimos años. Siempre he encontrado en él al dirigente responsable, al profesional digno y muy especialmente al amigo leal. El gran cubano José Martí afirmó certeramente que «Honrar, honra». Hoy me honro en rendir justo homenaje de reconocimiento a mi buen amigo Jim Chatham. Juana Amelia Hernández It gives me great pleasure to include my comments concerning Dr. James Chatham's tenure as Executive Director of the AATSP. Having served as President in 1986, his advice, guidance and acceptance of the ideas I presented to him made my year memorable for me. Upon review of Jim's nine years in office, one is struck immediately by many positive changes in services to the members of the AATSP. While every executive director leaves an indelible imprint, we cannot help but be proud of the growth in our Association. Jim Chatham's accomplishments are many. If we look at nothing more than the fine meetings we have had, the expanded programs, the excellent locations, the continued low cost of meetings to members, the increase in the number of pedagogical sections that mirrors a growth membership from the K-12 side of our profession, we find that the AATSP has indeed grown. We have seen the creation of Enlace, our newsletter, which is widely read by our membership. Jim has also encouraged the growth and change we have enjoyed in our journal, Hispania. The membership of the AATSP is deeply indebted to Jim for his excellent stewardship of association funds. Following several years of financial constraint we may now look at the benefits of the wise investments and expenditures which will allow us to plan for new services to the membership in the near future. We cannot consider only the work of Jim Chatham without expressing gratitude to his Administrative Assistant and wife, Nina. Together they have dedicated long hours, affection and tremendous effort to the service of the organization and the members. Their contribution and dedication will remain as a model for those who follow. Muchísimas gracias, Jim y Nina. Sincerely, De los consejos que recibió Jim Chatham al asumir el puesto de Director Ejecutivo:
Dice la redactora de este homenaje al homenajeado:
De las cualidades ejemplares del homenajeado:
Carta de Jim Chatham en época de las dilatadas y descomunales aventuras de las reuniones anuales:
Carta de Jim Chatham, al dar fin y remate a su intendencia de nueve años:
Conclusiones, que no hay más que ver (55):
Estelle Irizarry Jim Chatham's tenure as Executive Director has been marked by an increase in membership, an expansion of services to members, and continued strengthening of the AATSP's established position as the largest and most prosperous association in North America de voted to the furtherance of specific languages. He has guided ten men and women during their presidential term in creative planning, occasional gentle chastisement, and prodding needed to keep the AATSP in the forefront of the battle to strengthen languages in the curriculum. Jim, like other CEOs before him, knows well that the AATSP is a potentially explosive mixture of languages, cultures, people, and interests; that we continue to work so harmoniously is fitting tribute to both his breadth of vision and to his sense of equanimity. Serving with Jim has been his gracious wife, Nina M. Chatham. The members of the AATSP have been the chief beneficiaries of the concord and expertise which Nina has brought to her work. Like her husband, Nina has sacrificed much privacy and occasional peace of mind in order to serve with unparalleled efficiency, good sense, and an inherently Southern sense of dignity and pride in a job well done. The sound financial condition, prestige, and facile operation of the AATSP today are products of many individuals' work, but we can be especially grateful for the labors of two of the finest promoters of Hispanism and Luso-Brazilianism, Jim and Nina Chatham. I count it a privilege to have worked with them and, especially, to count them among my mends. Richard B. Klein The first annual meeting of the AATSP which I attended, some forty years ago, brought two to three hundred of our members together in an ambiente resembling that of an extended family reunion. Today our meetings attract up to five times that number but much of the ambiente familiar persists. That it does is a tribute to the ability of our Executive Directors (formerly Secretary-Treasurers) and their staffs to contract for a suitable site, schedule a three-day program with multiple sessions which constantly grow in number, exercise overall supervision, handle the inevitable emergencies which arise, and, finally, pay the bills. In addition, the Executive Director must serve as the AATSP chief financial officer and national membership secretary-all the while functioning as a university teacher and scholar. A superhuman task, many might say-and yet the AATSP has been fortunate in attracting candidates who have served in this office with distinction from our very beginning seventy-five years ago. Jim Chatham has been our Executive
Director since 1984, in good times and bad, and
Robert G. Mead, Jr. James Chatham, as Executive Director, brought the knowledge and understanding of long-standing AATSP traditions and combined them with the current needs and interests of the AATSP and its membership to create a vital, responsive, progressive AATSP. Under Jim's leadership, the Northeast Regional Biennial has continued to prosper, AATSP visibility at numerous other professional language meetings has increased, additional services are available to members, the Annual Meeting has been expanded to include more sessions and an Immersion Program, the need for a newsletter was recognized and Enlace was formulated, AATSP membership has increased, and the AATSP is financially secure. Unquestionably, Jim's expertise, selflessness, integrity, and foresight have contributed to so many AATSP successes. In addition, careful and thorough attention has been given to the operational details of the AATSP through the efforts and patience of Nina Chatham, Assistant to the Executive Director. As a former AATSP Executive Council member and General Chair of the 1991 Annual Meeting, it was a privilege to work with both Jim and Nina Chatham. For your personal commitment, tireless efforts, and numerous contributions to the AATSP - mil gracias! Marilynn Pavlik James R. Chatham is and looks every inch the Executive Director. Yet he has a «problem» that one is inclined to wish on some people with far fewer accomplishments: he is modest to a fault. If one were not aware that Jim was our Executive Director, or that for nine years he managed the Association with style and elegance, or that the Spanish government had decorated him, one would never hear these things from him. Jim's attainments have always raced far ahead of his willingness to speak about them. With this Dean of unpretentious men quietly, sagely, directing our Association, we have continued to grow in every qualitative way, in ways not measured in our finances (where Jim has assured our solidity) or in our membership statistics (where we hold the line). He has maintained and enhanced our leadership among kindred associations. While some of us here in the Northeast have been credited for establishing the Biennial Regional Meeting, the concept could not have taken root without his wise support. And in his administration of our affairs Jim also gave us the warm touch of Nina M. Chatham, whose presence in the national office was always a reminder that we are an Association, not a Bureaucracy. There is no effective way to thank Jim and Nina adequately, but let this be a modest beginning. Irving P. Rothberg Durante los últimos nueve años nuestra asociación ha experimentado un importante y real crecimiento. Sólo el extraordinario aumento de los fondos de reserva, la celebración de las reuniones anuales en México y España, y la máxima organización del desarrollo administrativo de la rutina diaria lo atestiguan y son exponente de las grandes cualidades que Jim Chatham ha desplegado en su trabajo. Por ello, al terminar su puesto al frente de la Dirección Ejecutiva de la AATSP merece que se le reconozca el mérito de ese «empuje» y dedicación por parte de todos nosotros, igual que ha hecho el gobierno español al condecorarle con la Orden de Isabel la Católica. Enrique Ruiz-Fornells Aunque desempeñé mis
funciones como Director de
Hispania brevemente durante unos meses
con el anterior Director ejecutivo de AATSP, Richard B. Klein, el cual
ayudó
Como el Director de Hispania sirve en el Consejo ejecutivo de AATSP y publica en cada número los anuncios oficiales de la asociación, pude enterarme rápidamente y en profundidad de la gran pericia con que Jim Chatham ha guiado nuestra organización. Conmigo ha demostrado siempre un espíritu total de cooperación y apoyo material y moral. Mientras yo intentaba, como todos mis predecesores, llevar la revista a un nivel cada vez más alta de contenido y calidad, Jim hacía lo mismo con todo el aparato administrativo y económico de la asociación. Si él no tuviera la prudencia y sabiduría de poner en un pie sólido las finanzas de la AATSP, no hubiéramos tenido la posibilidad de afrontar los costos de la expansión de nuestra revista. La AATSP ha sido afortunada en toda su historia moderna en tener Directores ejecutivos que en realidad han trabajado en equipo. Los últimos tres Directores, durante casi treinta años, han sido matrimonios que han servido a la asociación con muchísima dedicación: Eugene y Gerry Savaiano, Richard y Carol Klein y Jim y Nina Chatham. Quiero hacer constancia del gran placer con que he trabajado durante casi nueve años con Jim y Nina, quienes han sido en todo momento, incluso en los de los más graves problemas y crisis, pacientes, caballerescos, amistosos y eficientes. Pero quisiera terminar mi homenaje personal a Jim y Nina con la afirmación de que son dignos de gran alabanza no sólo por sus considerables talentos administrativos y alto valor humano, sino también porque han mostrado poseer también un poderoso sentido de visión. Ellos conocen bien la historia de nuestra asociación y como yo, aprecian las grandes tradiciones que hemos acumulado colectivamente durante los últimos 75 años. Pero Jim y Nina también tienen una aguda y certera visión del futuro y han apoyado siempre las iniciativas que apuntan hacia nuevas direcciones, nuevas tecnologías y nuevos proyectos que garantizan la vigencia de la AATSP en el siglo XXI. Yo ofrezco a James y Nina Chatham mi más sincero agradecimiento por toda la ayuda que me han prestado como Director de Hispania y creo que los miles de socios de la asociación también están muy en deuda suya por lo bien que nos han guiado durante los últimos nueve años. Theodore Alan Sackett Un elogio a Jim Chatham
True to the tradition of executive directors of AATSP Jim Chatham, as his immediate antecedents, Eugene Savaiano and Dick Klein, has worked long and energetically to enhance the stature of our national organization. As he watched the ebb and flow of public sentiment toward foreign language teaching and learning in the 1980s he has maintained the high standards set down by his predecessors while initiating and effecting new programs and positions for the benefit of teachers and students. At the same time he supervised our records, managed our funds and investments, arranged annual meetings and selected the sites, the content and quality of program sessions. I met Jim Chatham and Roberta Hogan in Seattle, Washington that fateful summer of the airline strike whose repercussions still haunt us. Since that time we have worked together on the Executive Council (1986-1988). During this period I had the opportunity to present many papers at annual meetings and have appreciated invitations to attend JNCL meetings as a resident of the nation's capital. As coordinator of NSE, I have been in contact with the national office as the venue for this national competition has changed recently -a Herculean labor. Having served as department chairman at Mississippi State, Executive Council member, and Executive Director of our organization, Jim richly deserves the rest from these labors as does Nina who has assisted him, and us, for all these years. Feliz descanso Estamos agradecidos, Eloisa Y. Spicer
Whenever I think of Jim Chatham, those marvelous compilations of doctoral dissertations come quickest to mind. Over the years they have proven so very helpful, and continue to demonstrate that Jim is nothing if not a bibliographer's bibliographer. He has also shown himself to be quite an executive director, and I take the time today to praise a man whose firm, unflinching leadership of our organizations has certainly made it an entity unlike the one it would otherwise be. Jim's financial acumen has consistently put the AATSP in the black, and for that we owe him a great debt Jim's vigorous insistence on rigorous adherence to deadlines has shaped us all up considerably and has made us see the importance of times and dates. Jim's willingness to leave no stone unturned in the search for the very best convention rates has surely played a major role in enabling underpaid colleagues to attend. I likewise want to praise Jim for his ultimate willingness to take the best of the sometimes unpredicted ideas that are offered him and make them his own. Jim Chatham is both a leader and a facilitator. He has led our organization for a long and successful span of years, and by virtue of his strength has strengthened us all. My congratulations go out to Jim as he finishes this most recent of his many services to the AATSP. Richard V. Teschner Dear Jim: In your distinguished career as a medievalist, bibliographer, academic administrator, and, more recently, Executive Director of AATSP, you have touched and helped mold many lives-mine was one of them. As I look back at my own career, I find that you have been present at every step of the way as a mentor and a friend. Thank you! Carmen Chaves Tesser
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