Scholars
Many notable scholars have served as executives of the APA, including Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, William Watson Goodwin, Herbert Weir Smyth, Paul Shorey, Lily Ross Taylor, Berthold Ullman, Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton, Gerald Else, Helen North, Bernard Knox, Charles Segal, and Emily Vermeule. Adam Blistein is the present Executive Director of the APA.
The APA is currently based at the University of Pennsylvania.
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