HONOR

Awarded since 1997 to those "whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities, broadened our citizens' engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand Americans' access to important resources in the humanities."

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Fouad Ajami	Author	9-Sep-1945		Director of Middle East Studies, SAIS
Stephen E. Ambrose	Author	10-Jan-1936	13-Oct-2002	Band of Brothers
Joan Ganz Cooney	Film/TV Producer	30-Nov-1929		Producer of Sesame Street
Midge Decter	Journalist	25-Jul-1927		Neoconservative maven
E. L. Doctorow	Author	6-Jan-1931		The Book of Daniel
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.	Author	16-Sep-1950		The Signifying Monkey
Vartan Gregorian	Educator	8-Apr-1934		President of Carnegie Corporation
Don Henley	Musician	22-Jul-1947		The Eagles
Hal Holbrook	Actor	17-Feb-1925		Mark Twain Tonight
Quincy Jones	Music Producer	14-Mar-1933		Musician, Composer, Producer
Donald Kagan	Historian	1932		The Great Dialogue
Garrison Keillor	Radio Personality	7-Aug-1942		A Prairie Home Companion
Barbara Kingsolver	Author	8-Apr-1955		Prodigal Summer
Maxine Hong Kingston	Author	27-Oct-1940		The Woman Warrior
Hilton Kramer	Critic	25-Mar-1928		The New Criterion
Madeleine L'Engle	Author	29-Nov-1918	6-Sep-2007	A Wrinkle In Time
Jim Lehrer	Journalist	19-May-1934		Lehrer News Hour on PBS
Art Linkletter	TV Personality	17-Jul-1912		Kids Say the Darndest Things
William Manchester	Author	1-Apr-1922	1-Jun-2004	The Arms of Krupp
Paul Mellon	Philanthropist	11-Jun-1907	1-Feb-1999	Yale Center for British Art benefactor
Toni Morrison	Author	18-Feb-1931		Beloved
John Rawls	Philosopher	21-Feb-1921	24-Nov-2002	A Theory of Justice
John Searle	Philosopher	Dec-1932		Chinese Room Argument, Philosopher of Language
Thomas Sowell	Economist	30-Jul-1930		Conservative economist, Hoover fellow
Steven Spielberg	Film Director	18-Dec-1946		E.T., 1941
Shelby Steele	Activist	1-Jan-1946		The Content of Our Character
Studs Terkel	Author	16-May-1912		Wrote working class book Working
John Updike	Novelist	18-Mar-1932		Novelist, Rabbit, Run etc
August Wilson	Playwright	27-Apr-1945	2-Oct-2005	The Piano Lesson
Tom Wolfe	Author	2-Mar-1931		Bonfire of the Vanities

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