Talk:Richard W. Bailey

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I am about to add sources and other information which should validate the subject of this entry as notable individual.

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Washtenaw Community College Trustee, 1974-present; Treasurer (1977-79), Secretary (1979-81), Vice-Chair (1981-85), and Chair of the Board (1985-94, 1999-2000). Named honorary faculty member, 2002. The Richard W. Bailey Library was named for him in 2005.

Dictionary Society of North America, President (2001-2003). Fellow, 2005-present.

American Dialect Society Vice-President (1985-87), President (1987-89)

University of Michigan Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, U-M, 1989 Regents' Award for Distinguished Public Service, 1992 U-M Press Book Award, 1993, 1998 D'Arms Award for Graduate Mentoring, 2001

Selected Publications

Rogue Scholar The Sinister Life and Celebrated Death of Edward H. Rulloff University of Michigan Press, 2004

Images of English: A cultural history of the the language, University of Michigan Press, 1991

Nineteenth Century English, 1998 UM Press

Associate Editor, The Oxford Companion to the English Language Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.

BarbaraEllen 23:50, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

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Try to add some book reviews of his books, and a reference to the naming of the library for him. But it wont be deleted. DGG (talk) 02:45, 15 November 2007 (UTC)