- Introduction
- Lucas E. Morel President
- Michael Burlingame Vice President
- John R. Sellers Chairman
- Donald R. Kennon TREASURER
- Clark Evans Gen’l Secretary
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Executive Committee
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Lucas E. Morel, President
Lucas Morel is Associate Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee
University in Lexington, Virginia, 
where he teaches courses on American
government, political philosophy, Black American politics, and Abraham
Lincoln.
Degrees:
Publications:
Books:
Lincoln’s Sacred Effort: Defining Religion’s Role in American Self-Government, 2000Editor, Ralph Ellison and the Raft of Hope: A Political Companion to "Invisible Man," 2004
Contributing Editor, Books and Culture: A Christian Review
Articles:
Dr. Morel’s most recently published articles include:"Lincoln, God, and Emancipation: A Promise Fulfilled," Lincoln and Freedom: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment
"Lincoln's Political Religion and Religious Politics," Lincoln Revisited
"The Dred Scott Dissents: McLean, Curtis, Lincoln, and the Public Mind," Journal of Supreme Court History
Dr. Morel has also written for
The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association
Lincoln Lore
Los Angeles Times
Christian Science Monitor
First Things
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
Commentary
Public Speaking
Positions Past and Present
Board Member, Lincoln Studies Center (Knox College)
Trustee, Supreme Court Historical Society
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Executive Committee
Michael Burlingame, Vice President
Michael Burlingame has recently pubished his two volume work, Abraham Lincoln: A Life, December 2008.
Degrees:
B.A., Princeton University, 1964
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1971
Publications:
Books: authored
The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994Abraham Lincoln: A Life, 2 volumes, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
Books: edited
Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Southern Illinois University Press, 2007Dispatches from Lincoln's White House: The Anonymous Civil War Journalism of Presidential Secretary William O. Stoddard, by William O. Stoddard, University of Nebraska Press, 2002
"Lincoln's Humor" and Other Essays by Benjamin P. Thomas, University of Illinois Press, 2002
The Real Lincoln: A Portrait by Jesse W. Weik (an expanded edition), University of Nebraska Press, 2002
At Lincoln's Side: John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings, Southern Illinois University Press, 2000
Inside the White House in War Times: Memoirs and Reports of Lincoln's Secretary, by William O. Stoddard, University of Nebraska Press, 2000
With Lincoln in the White House: John G. Nicolay's Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings, 1860-1865, Southern Illinois University Press, 2000
A Reporter’s Lincoln by Walter B. Stevens (an expanded edition), University of Nebraska Press, 1998
Lincoln's Journalist: John Hay's Anonymous Writings for the Press, 1860-1864, Southern Illinois University Press, 1998
Lincoln Observed: Civil War Dispatches of Noah Brooks, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998
Inside Lincoln's White House, the Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay, Southern Illinois University Press, 1997
An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln: John G. Nicolay’s Interviews and Essays, Southern Illinois University Press, 1996
Positions Past and Present:
Professor, History Department, Connecticut College, 1968-2001
Awards and Recognition:
Lincoln Diploma of Honor from Lincoln Memorial University, 1998
Abraham Lincoln Association Prize, 1996
Member of the Executive Committee, Abraham Lincoln Association (Springfield)
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Executive Committee
John R. Sellers, Chairman and Past President
John Sellers is Historical Specialist, Civil War & Reconstruction, for the Library of Congress. Dr. Sellers is the curator of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln in the Library of Congress.
Degrees:
B.Div., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
M.A., PhD., Tulane University
Publications:
"The Common Soldier in the American Revolution" 1976
"Manuscript Sources in the Library of Congress for Research on the American Revolution," 1975
Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, 1981
"Civil War Manuscripts: A Guide to Collections in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress," 1986
Dr. Sellers has played a major role in the digitization and online presentation of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln.
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Executive Committee
Donald R. Kennon, Treasurer
Donald Kennon has been Chief Historian of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society since 1987. Dr. Kennon's duties include directing the Capitol Historical Society’s symposia, publications, and educational outreach programs, and writing and lecturing about the history of Congress and the Capitol.
Degrees:
Publications:
The Committee on Ways and Means: A Bicentennial History, 1789-1989 , Government Printing Office, 1989
Seven edited volumes of the Capitol Historical Society’s symposia publications with the University Press of Virginia and Ohio University Press
Past and Present Positions:
Chief Historian, Capitol Historical Society
Associate Historian, Capitol Historical Society, 1981-87
The Abraham Lincoln Institute Executive Committee
Clark Evans, General Secretary
Clark Evans is the Senior Reference Librarian in the Rare Book Reading Room at the Library of Congress, home of the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana.
In 2004, Mr. Evans completed 30 years of service with the Library of Congress.
Publications:
Public Speaking:
Lincoln Memorial University
Maryland Historical Society
Popular Culture Association
The Surratt Society
Past and Present Positions:
President of the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, two terms: 1990-1992