Sixty Years of NAMES: A Journal of Onomastics

Nuessel, Frank

doi:10.1179/0027773812z.00000000036

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2013

DOI: 10.1179/0027773812z.00000000036

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Sixty Years of NAMES: A Journal of Onomastics

Frank Nuessel

Abstract: This succinct history of NAMES: A Journal of Onomastics discusses its founding in Detroit, Michigan, December 29 1951 and the subsequent creation and publication of its academic journal NAMES in 1953. It provides an enumeration of the Society’s founders and officers, the contents of the first issue, and a listing of famous and frequent contributors to the journal. Maney Publishing is now digitizing all of the contents of NAMES from the first issue (March 1953) to date, which will make these valuable research a… Show more

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On 29 December 1951, the American Name Society (ANS) was officially founded (Morgan, 1970). Less than two years later, the scholarly journal NAMES was established (Morgan, 1970). The German toponymist, Dr. Erwin Gustav Gudde (1889-1969) served as the first editor (Nuessel, 2013). Since those early days, the journal has had 12 separate editors who've each placed their personal stamp upon the publication. Of these scholars, one who has undisputedly had the greatest impact upon NAMES is Dr. Frank Nuessel who served as journal Editor-in-Chief for an astounding 11 years. Thanks to his uncompromising professionalism and scholarship, during his tenure, NAMES has grown to become one of the leading scholarly publications in onomastic research in the world today. In the winter of 2019, Professor Nuessel will formally step down as the Editor-in-Chief and will officially pass on the editorship to me. 1 My personal and professional goal is to continue Frank's legacy of excellence. Although the ANS was founded and based in the United States, both the Society and its journal have always had a truly global focus, devoted to exploring names and naming practices around the world. As former ANS President Dr. Leonard Ashley explained in 2002: "the American Name Society is the American society for the study of names, but studies of names everywhere, and in all aspects" (68). Over the past decade, this international profile has significantly increased, thanks in no small measure to the growing diversity of NAMES readers and contributors. As the newly elected Editor-in-Chief, one of my primary aims is to continue to nurture and expand this cultural and linguistic legacy. I had that goal in mind as I assembled the new Editorial Board. It was of paramount importance to me to gather a team that represented a broad cross-section of not only professional expertise, but also cultural and linguistic perspectives. The new Board members are presented in Table 1. Long-time journal subscribers will doubtlessly recognize the names of many senior ANS members who served on the previous Editorial Board. However, the list also includes the names of onomastic scholars who will be joining the Board for the first time. The resulting blend of old and new reflects my primary mission as incoming Editor-in-Chief: maintaining the journal's tradition of excellence, while integrating exciting innovations. Towards that end, in close

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