The Francis Alison Society was formed on 21 May 1990 by ten professors of the University of Delaware who had received the Francis Alison Award from 1980 to 1989. The purpose of the Society is to promote academic excellence at the University of Delaware by providing an agency through which the members of the Society may give advice and counsel or undertake activities for the benefit of the University of Delaware. Among other activities, the Society has established a fund to recognize annually an assistant professor with its Gerard J. Mangone Young Scholars Award. For further information, contact Dr. Donald L. Sparks, Secretary, 153A Townsend Hall or dlsparks@udel.edu.