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The Academy of Political Science was founded in 1880 by Columbia University. Its original purpose was to foster cooperation between the Columbia University Law School and the Columbia University Graduate School of Political Science.
The Political Science Quarterly is the Academy of Political Science's flagship journal, first published in 1886. It remains the primary vehicle for the Academy's scholarly work on political institutions, public policy, and governance.
The Academy of Political Science is headquartered at The Interchurch Center in New York City.
At an Academy of Political Science luncheon at the Hotel Astor in 1921, President Harding spoke to 1,400 guests and declared his intention for a drastic reorganization of government and radical cutting of expenditures. He asserted that federal, state, and municipal governments had been "spending without a thought of the morrow."
Honorary members of the Academy of Political Science board include former President Jimmy Carter, former Secretaries of State George P. Shultz and Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, and former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
In 1917, the Academy of Political Science co-organized a National Conference on the Foreign Relations of the United States with the American Society of International Law. The New York Times called it the most notable unofficial gathering of authorities on international law and trade, diplomats, statesmen, journalists, publicists, and politicians ever held in the country.