HENRY M. ROBERT III, DANIEL H. HONEMANN, THOMAS J. BALCH, DANIEL E. SEABOLD, and SHMUEL GERBER are authors of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, 12th Edition, the current and official manual adopted by most organizations to govern their meetings.
HENRY M. ROBERT III (1920–2019), a grandson of General Robert, began his association with Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised when he assisted his mother, Sarah Corbin Robert, in writing the 1970 edition. He held degrees in the Great Books Program of St. John’s College in Annapolis and in physics (Laval University, Quebec). He served as parliamentarian of the National Association of Parliamentarians and multiple other national and international organizations.
DANIEL H. HONEMANN, a Maryland attorney, now retired, was a partner in the law firm of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP. He is a graduate of McDaniel College and received his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law.
THOMAS J. BALCH is a practicing parliamentarian who formerly acted as a Washington, D.C.–based lobbyist and legislative analyst. He has served as parliamentarian of the National Association of Parliamentarians and as president of the American College of Parliamentary Lawyers. An attorney licensed to practice in Illinois, he is a graduate of Williams College and the New York University School of Law.
DANIEL E. SEABOLD is a mathematics professor at Hofstra University specializing in logic and set theory. He is a graduate of McDaniel College and received his doctorate in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley.
SHMUEL GERBER, a professional parliamentarian and copyeditor, received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from the College of Staten Island (City University of New York).