Chet Newland is emeritus distinguished professor of public administration, University of Southern California. He is a past national president of ASPA (1981-82) and a former editor-in-chief of the Public Administration Review (1984-1990). He has been active in ASPA since the mid-1950s and has served as president of chapters in North Texas, Central Virginia, and Sacramento. Since 1975, Chet has been an active Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. In 2007, he was the recipient of the Dwight Waldo Award for lifetime teaching, practice, and scholarship. Fundamental themes of Chet Newland’s work have been the disciplined values and practices of constitutional democracy: Searches for Human Dignity and Reasonableness, under Rule of Law.