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A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.
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- Geoffrey Nunberg, Ph.D.
- Chair; Department of Linguistics, Stanford University
- Edwin Newman
- Chair Emeritus; journalist; lecturer; author
- Elie Abel
- Author; journalist
- Shana Alexander
- Writer
- Cleveland Amory
- Humorist
- Roger Angell
- Writer; editor
- Natalie Angier
- Science journalist; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- *Isaac Asimov
- Writer; Professor of Biochemistry
- James Atlas
- Writer; editor
- Margaret Atwood
- Writer
- Kathryn H. Au
- Professor of Education
- Louis Auchincloss
- Writer
- *Ralph Backlund
- Editor; television news producer
- *John Bainbridge
- Writer; columnist
- Sheridan Baker
- Formerly, Professor of English
- Letitia Baldrige
- Author; lecturer
- Jacques Barzun
- Writer; literary consultant; educator
- John Baugh
- Professor of Linguistics
- Carolyn Wilkerson Bell
- Professor of English
- Daniel Bell
- Scholar; Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus
- Pierre Berton
- Author; historian
- Alton Blakeslee
- Science writer; newspaper editor
- Harold Bloom
- Professor of Humanities; Professor of English; MacArthur Fellow
- Roy Blount, Jr.
- Writer
- Kallia H. Bokser
- Housing consultant
- *Dwight Bolinger
- Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Professor of Linguistics
- The Hon. Julian Bond
- Formerly Georgia state legislator; professor
- The Hon. Daniel J. Boorstin
- Historian; recipient, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Medal
- Charles P. Boren
- Newspaper editor
- Barbara Taylor Bradford
- Writer
- The Hon. William W. Bradley
- U.S. Senator from New Jersey
- Leo Braudy
- Professor of English
- Paul Brooks
- Writer; editor
- Heywood Hale Broun
- Writer; actor; television newsperson
- Rachel M. Brownstein
- Professor of English
- William F. Buckley, Jr.
- Writer; broadcaster; publisher
- Gabrielle Burton
- Writer
- *Gerald Carson
- Social historian; writer; advertising agency executive
- Claudia Cassidy
- Writer; critic
- Walter C. Clemens, Jr.
- Writer; Professor of Political Science
- Pat Conroy
- Novelist
- Claire Kehrwald Cook
- Editor; author of works on editing
- Robin Cook, M.D.
- Physician; writer
- Alistair Cooke
- Journalist; broadcaster
- *Roy H. Copperud
- Professor of Journalism; columnist; author of works on English usage
- *Norman Cousins
- Writer; editor
- *Malcolm Cowley
- Writer; editor
- Robert W. Creamer
- Writer; biographer; editor
- Gene D. Dahmen
- Attorney
- *Marshall B. Davidson
- Writer; editor
- *Robertson Davies
- Novelist; Professor of English and Drama
- Lois DeBakey
- Writer; Professor of Scientific Communication
- Vine Deloria, Jr.
- Professor of Law, Religious Studies, Political Science, and History
- Joan Didion
- Author
- Annie Dillard
- Writer; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- William K. Durr
- Professor of Education Emeritus
- Andrea Dworkin
- Writer
- Freeman J. Dyson
- Writer; Professor of Physics
- Anne Edwards
- Biographer; novelist
- Gretel Ehrlich
- Writer
- Louise Erdrich
- Author
- Carolly Erickson
- Historian; writer
- Howard Fast
- Writer
- Frances FitzGerald
- Writer; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- Elizabeth Frank
- Writer; Professor of Modern Languages and Literature; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- Reuven Frank
- Author; columnist; formerly President, NBC News
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- Economist; writer; formerly U.S. Ambassador to India
- Sara Garnes
- Linguist; Associate Professor of English
- Michael G. Gartner
- Language columnist; newspaper editor; formerly President, NBC News
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Professor of Humanities
- J. Edward Gates
- Lexicographer; Professor of English Emeritus
- *A. Bartlett Giamatti
- Sports executive; educator; Commissioner of Baseball; President, National Baseball League; President,
Yale University
- Francine du Plessix Gray
- Writer
- Linda Gregerson
- Associate Professor of English
- Patricia Hampl
- Writer; Professor of English
- The Hon. Mark O. Hatfield
- U.S. Senator from Oregon
- *The Hon. S.I. Hayakawa
- Writer; educator; University President; U.S. Senator from California
- Mark Helprin
- Writer; editor
- Oscar Hijuelos
- Author; recipient, Pulitzer Prize, Rome Prize
- Douglas R. Hofstadter
- Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- Gloria Hom
- Educator; consultant; Professor of Economics
- *Paul Horgan
- Novelist; biographer; historian; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- The Hon. Shirley M. Hufstedler
- Attorney; formerly U.S. Secretary of Education; formerly Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- *John K. Hutchens
- Literary and drama reviewer
- Molly Ivins
- Journalist; syndicated columnist; author
- Jennifer James
- Cultural anthropologist; writer
- Joyce Johnson
- Writer; recipient, National Book Critics Circle Award
- *William F. Johnston
- Associate Professor of Communication
- Erica Mann Jong
- Poet; novelist; essayist
- *The Hon. Barbara Jordan
- Educator; attorney; writer; Professor in National Policy; formerly U.S. Representative from Texas
- June M. Jordan
- Poet; Professor of African American Studies
- Alfred E. Kahn
- Professor of Economics Emeritus; formerly Economic Adviser to the President of the United States
- Roger Kahn
- Author; journalist
- Justin Kaplan
- Writer; recipient, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award
- Stanley Kauffmann
- Film critic
- Alfred Kazin
- Writer; Professor of English Emeritus
- Trudy Kehret-Ward
- Educator; writer
- Garrison Keillor
- Author; radio host
- Elizabeth T. Kennan, Ph.D.
- Formerly President, Mount Holyoke College
- Walter Kerr
- Formerly drama critic; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- Jamaica Kincaid
- Author
- Florence King
- Writer; critic
- Maxine Hong Kingston
- Writer; recipient, National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and PENUSAWest Award in Fiction
- Galway Kinnell
- Poet; Professor of Creative Writing; recipient, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award
- Ambassador Jeremy K.B. Kinsman
- Canadian Ambassador to Russia
- The Hon. Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
- Diplomat; writer; educator; formerly U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
- Maxine Kumin
- Writer; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- Charles Kuralt
- Author; former CBS News correspondent
- *J.J. Lamberts
- Professor of English; author of works on English usage
- *Milton I. Levine, M.D.
- Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; radio commentator; columnist
- Flora Lewis
- Columnist
- Robert E. Lewis
- Lexicographer; Professor of English
- Sara Lawrence Lightfoot
- Professor of Education; author; recipient, MacArthur Prize
- J. Anthony Lukas
- Author; journalist; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- *Russell Lynes
- Writer; managing editor
- Claudine B. Malone
- Management consultant; formerly Professor of Business
- William Manchester
- Writer; Professor of History Emeritus
- Robert Manning
- Writer; editor
- Richard Curry Marius
- Novelist; biographer
- Suzanne R. Massie
- Writer; lecturer on Russian
history and culture
- Armistead Maupin
- Author
- Alice E. Mayhew
- Editor
- The Hon. Eugene McCarthy
- Writer; poet; lecturer; formerly U.S. Senator from Minnesota
- David McCord
- Poet; essayist
- Kenneth McCormick
- Editor
- Mary McGrory
- Journalist; columnist; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- Leonard Michaels
- Professor of English
- James A. Michener
- Writer; recipient, Pulitzer Prize and Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Hassan Minor, Jr.
- Vice President for Government Affairs, Howard University
- *Richard Scott Mitchell
- Mineralogist; educator; writer; Professor of Environmental Science
- Jessica Mitford
- Writer
- Lance Morrow
- Essayist; writer; recipient, National Magazine Award
- The Hon. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
- U.S. Senator from New York; formerly Professor of Political Science
- Cullen Murphy
- Managing editor
- Hon. Maurine Neuberger
- Formerly U.S. Senator from Oregon; formerly Oregon state legislator
- Ambassador Thomas M.T. Niles
- U.S. Ambassador to Greece; U.S. Representative to the European Community
- David Ogilvy, C.B.E.
- Advertising copywriter
- Cynthia Ozick
- Novelist; essayist
- Robert S. Pirie
- President and Chief Executive Officer, Rothschild Inc.
- Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.
- Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
- Ellen F. Prince
- Professor of Linguistics
- Jane Bryant Quinn
- Author; journalist; financial columnist
- Tony Randall
- Actor
- William James Raspberry
- Urban affairs columnist; Professor of Journalism; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- Edward W. Rosenheim
- Editor; writer; Professor of English Emeritus
- Judith Rossner
- Novelist
- Leo Rosten
- Writer; social scientist; editor
- *Berton Roueché
- Writer
- Vermont Royster
- Writer; educator; Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication; formerly newspaper editor; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- Carl Sagan
- Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences; writer; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- Robert Saudek
- Television producer; former Division Chief, Library of Congress; founding President, Museum of Broadcasting
- Antonin Scalia
- Supreme Court Justice
- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
- Writer; historian; educator; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- Glenn T. Seaborg
- Professor of Chemistry; formerly Chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; recipient, Nobel Prize
- *Art Seidenbaum
- Journalist; newspaper editor
- Harvey Shapiro
- Poet; editor
- Elaine Showalter
- Professor of English
- John Simon
- Drama and film critic
- Carlota S. Smith
- Professor of Linguistics
- *Jack Smith
- Columnist
- Susan Sontag
- Writer
- Theodore C. Sorensen
- Attorney; writer
- Susan Stamberg
- Radio correspondent
- *Wallace Stegner
- Writer; recipient, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award
- Shane Templeton
- Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
- Paul Theroux
- Novelist; travel writer
- Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
- Writer
- Nina Totenberg
- Radio and television correspondent
- Elizabeth C. Traugott
- Professor of Linguistics and English
- Calvin Trillin
- Writer; columnist
- Anne Tyler
- Novelist; recipient, Pulitzer Prize
- The Hon. Stewart L. Udall
- Writer; formerly U.S. Secretary of the Interior and U.S. Representative from Arizona
- Helen H. Vendler
- Professor of English
- Douglas Turner Ward
- Actor; playwright; recipient, Vernon Rice Award and Obie Award
- Calvert Watkins
- Professor of Linguistics and Classics
- Fay Weldon
- Writer
- Eudora Welty
- Writer
- Jacqueline Grennan Wexler
- Writer; formerly college President
- Tom Wicker
- Author; journalist; newspaper editor
- Alden S. Wood
- Lecturer on Editorial Procedures; columnist on language and English usage
- Richard A. Young
- Writer; editor; lecturer; publisher; engineer
- William Zinsser
- Writer; editor; teacher
- *We regret that these members of the Usage Panel have died.
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