1970 William M. Brinner 1969 R. Bayly Winder 1968 George Hourani 1967 Morroe Berger 1966 G.E. von Grunebaum (Honorary) References External links The MESA Debate: The Scholars, the Media, and the Middle East, video from the debate 22 November 1986, Boston MA. Participants: Bernard Lewis, Edward Said, Leon Wieseltier and Christopher Hitchens. The chairman: William H. McNeill Middle East Learned societies of the United States Middle Eastern studies in the United States Member organizations of the American Council of Learned Societies Organizations established in 1966 1966 establishments in the United States