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National Humanities Medal

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."

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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