I was especially surprised and delighted to read that "neither Abrahams nor the AIR were ever associated with the Ig Nobel Prize." In 1991, I created and hosted the (now) annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremonies, which were held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the first four years and at Harvard University this past October.
Scherr also says that he was "the editor" of JIR "during the entire period" of JIR's existence. 'Taint so on either count. A look at the old JIR mastheads (available in any fine library) shows that Alexander Kohn and Harry Lipkin founded JIR in 1955 and were its coeditors until 1964. Alex was JIR's sole editor from 1964 to 1989. I served in that role from 1990 to 1994. Scherr's association with JIR didn't begin until 1964, when he bought the trademark and became the "publisher"; in 1989, he sold the journal to another ...
