Dr. Anne Mayhew Commission for Women's 2001 Notable UT Woman Co-Recipient

BIOGRAPHY

A Texas native, Anne Mayhew received both the Bachelor of Arts (1958) and Ph.D. (1966, Economics) degrees from the University of Texas. In 1958-1959, she was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and pursued graduate studies in Anthropology at the University of Chicago. After serving from 1965 to1968 as Assistant Professor of Economics and Education at the University of Illinois, Dr. Mayhew joined the University of Tennessee faculty as Assistant Professor of Economics and History. She was promoted to associate professor in 1972 and full professor in 1981. She chaired the Department of Economics from 1986 to 1992. Dr. Mayhew now holds the position of Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and is Dean of Graduate Studies at the University.

During 1984-1985 Anne Mayhew served as president of the UT chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), and in 1990 was elected president of the Faculty Senate. Nationally prominent among professors of Economics, Dr. Mayhew was on the board of directors of the Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE) from 1983 to 1985, vice-president of the group in 1985, and its president in 1986. She was also Vice President of the Western Social Science Association (1988-1989) and President of the Association for Institutional Economics (1991-1992).

In an academic career spanning more than thirty years, Anne Mayhew has garnered many honors: she was selected the University Macebearer in 1991, and received a Chancellor's Citation for Extraordinary Service to the University in 1996. This year she is the recipient of the Veblen-Commons Award given by the Association for Evolutionary Economics.

Dr. Mayhew is the author of numerous scholarly articles in publications such as The Journal of Economic History, Journal of Economic Issues, and the History of Political Economy. She has also authored many book chapters and encyclopedia entries, and written more than forty book reviews for various journals. She was on the editorial board of the Journal of Economic Issues (1983-1985), and was editor of the publication from 1991 to 2000.

One of Anne Mayhew's colleagues writes that

"[She] has been an acute assessor of the status of women on this campus and a fearless advocate of improving that status. Her research interests have also dealt with issues of comparable worth in job classification."
Another colleague describes her as a woman of ethics.

"She has an innate and clear sense of what is right and what is wrong, and any decision she makes is based, first, in that solid core. . . . An active advocate for the faculty, the academy and the University, she has given her full professional career to serve the University of Tennessee, and has always given more than was asked or required. As a role model for other women at UT she has also been exemplary. She's encouraged the scholarship applicant, written the reference, advised on the career change, reviewed the curriculum vita, made the presentation in the midst of an already over-filled week, and taken the moment to send the congratulatory email, or the message of encouragement. . . . A writer and editor, a teacher and advisor, a researcher, an administrator, colleague and friend, Anne Mayhew is, truly, a notable woman."

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