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The University of Alberta Press, operating under the Vice- President (Student and Academic Services), acquires, publishes, and disseminates works of scholarly merit, and is recognized particularly for publishing in the following disciplines: history, literary criticism, classics, political science, Canadian studies, science, and interdisciplinary fields including Native studies, Slavic studies, and Middle East studies. It also has a commitment to publishing books of importance to western Canada. From 1969 to the appointment of a full-time executive editor in 1975, the Press was supervised by the University Press Committee. The first Director was appointed in 1977 (PACCR, 1989). Executive Editors: 1975-1979 Norma Gutteridge. Directors: 1977-1979 Leslie E.S. Gutteridge; 1979- Norma Gutteridge.