Academe and Beyond

The articles in this special issue honoring Herrick Chapman convey the many ways that he is a role model as a scholar, teacher, and mentor. The ability to excel in all these areas is exceedingly rare. As John Henry Newman observed: “To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.” In addition to a career with a significant scholarly impact, Herrick's exceptional compassion and dedication to students at New York University earned him the American Historical Association's prestigious Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award in 2021. His fine example shows us the ripple effect or rayonnement of effective mentoring, beyond academe and one's own students, serving a broader public good.