Brian J. Glenn, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Government, presented a paper titled, "The Lessons and Legacies of State Old Age Pensions" at the biannual Policy History Conference at the University of Virginia. The paper examines the remarkably successful campaign by the Fraternal Order of Eagles to bring non-contributory pensions to the elderly prior to the Social Security Act of 1935. The conference also hosted two panels on Glenn's co-edited project on conservatives and American political development.
