Professional & Service Activity

• International Shaw Society (ISS)
  Founding Member, 2002-3000

  Description: ISS GOALS & MISSION The International Shaw Society will provide a means for those interested in the life, times, works, and career of Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw and his circle to organize their activities and interests, exchange information and ideas, and promote an interest in Shaw worldwide. ISS HISTORY Founding of The International Shaw Society was first discussed at a Shaw Conference at Marquette University in April of 2000, and the ISS was successfully founded in principle at a “Shaw Summit” on August 24th, 2002, at the Shaw Festival Theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, with the details of its scope and operation yet to be worked out. To discuss and vote on such matters, a second “Shaw Summit” was held in the new Shaw Festival Theatre Library in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, on August 20th, 2003. A decision was made at that time to apply for not-for-profit, tax-exempt status, and Professor Richard Dietrich of the University of South Florida was elected Acting President to oversee the transformation of the ISS into a full-fledged, legally-established, dues-paying literary society. As of January 30, 2004, the ISS was so established. For more: http://www.shawsociety.org/