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Peter Hughes (D.Min, Meadville/Lombard, 1986), the chief editor, is a Unitarian Universalist minister, retired from parish ministry due to disability, and now researches and writes about early New England Universalist history. Several of his articles--on the origin of New England Universalism, the Restorationist controversy, and local church history--are published in the Journal of Unitarian Universalist History and the Unitarian Universalist Christian. He has prepared numerous short biographies in the course of research for a projected book on Adin Ballou.
Spencer Lavan (Ph.D, McGill University, 1970), a Unitarian Universalist minister and retired dean of Meadville/Lombard Theological School, is a distinguished historian of liberal religious movements in Asia. He wrote Unitarians and India (1977) and co-edited Alone Together: Studies in the History of Liberal Religion (1978). He is a contributor to the newly released American National Biography.
Andrew Hill (Univ. of Manchester, 1968) has been minister of the Unitarian church in Edinburgh since 1975. He has contributed articles to the New Dictionary of National Biography and is the author of The Unitarian Path (1994) and Celebrating Life: a Book of Special Services (1993). He is compiling a bibliography of British Unitarian history and preparing a book on Unitarian General Baptists.
Alice Blair Wesley (B.A. Univ. of Louisville, 1960; ISP, 1977), a retired Unitarian Universalist minister and an experienced editor, is the author of several articles published in various UU journals, such as UUMA Essays, Kairos, and the UU Christian, a book, and the pamphlet "Our Unitarian Universalist Faith: Frequently Asked Questions." She established and supported the existence of First Days Record, a monthly publication of writings by selected ministers. She was the Minns 2000-2001 lecturer.
Joan Goodwin (B.A. Barnard College, 1947), is the author of The Remarkable Mrs. Ripley: The Life of Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley (1998) and Giving Birth to Ourselves, A History of the Liberal Religious Educators Association (1999). She has served on the board of the UUHS and is currently chair of the board of the UU Women's Heritage Society.
Jim Nugent (Southern Illinois University), is a retired Unitarian Universalist communications/media specialist living in Park Forest, Illinois.
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