Four senior members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have been awarded Walter Channing Cabot Fellowships for 1997-98.

The recipients are James Kugel, Harry Starr Professor of Classical, Modern Jewish, and Hebrew Literature and professor of comparative literature; Orlando Patterson, John Cowles Professor of Sociology; Theda Skocpol, professor of government and of sociology; and Werner Sollors, Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature and professor of Afro-American studies.

These fellowships are awarded annually by the FAS Dean to recognize achievements and scholarly eminence in the fields of literature, history, or art, "as such terms may be liberally interpreted." The fund was established in 1905 by Walter Channing Cabot's wife, Elizabeth Rogers Cabot, and their children.