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October 23, 1989
Draft Three
HUMAN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
ROOSEVELT ROOM
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1989
Secretary Cavazos, Members of the National Council for the
Humanities, distinguished educators and honorees.
I want to welcome you to the White House. And say what a
pleasure it is to be in such distinguished company. ( (Today, I
feel like a Little Leaguer standing in the locker room of the
World Series champion) ) //
Let me also say what a great honor it is to be able to honor
you -- the first recipients of the National Endowment for the
Humanities' Charles Frankel Prize.
You know, a -th Century prophet once said, "The ink of the
scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr." And it was
that same nobility that moved Emerson to write, "The scholar is
the student of the world."
Well, the Frankel Prize was created this year to recognize
those who have led a lifetime of study. And whose scholarship
has brought history, literature, philosophy, and other humanities
disciplines to a local, national, or often global audience.
Together, you've linked the humanities with farms, inner
cities, and gentle small towns. Reaffirming the magic of the
spoken and written word. And fostered a variety of public
2
programs in museums, libraries, and schools. Showing how higher
learning can spur Nation and neighbor.
As a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Daniel Boorstein has
told the American Story to millions around the globe. Not to
mention his role as Librarian of Congress Emeritus. And as
president of the Field Museum of National History, Willard Boyd
has made world-renowned collections available to more Americans
each year.
Then, there's Americo Parades. Author. Folklorist.
Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas. Making this
Nation more conscious of Mexican-American culture. And Patricia
Bates, a national consultant on reading programs. Her scholar-
led teaching and discussion groups have become a model for
thousands of programs across the country.
And, finally, Clark Jenkinson. His characterization of
Thomas Jefferson has enchanted audiences from schoolkids to
senior citizens. And he's led the revival of the Chautauqua --
that institution which teaches the ideas, and lives, of giant
figures in history, philosophy, politics, and the arts.
((You know, the story goes that Benjamin Franklin was dining
out in Paris. And one of the other diners posed a question:
"What condition of man most deserves pity?" Each guest gave an
example of what that condition may be. Then came Franklin's turn
-- and here was his answer: "A lonesome man on a rainy day who
does not know how to read."))
//
3
Well, for decades you have shown the value of reading. And
thinking. Of probing. And questioning. And by instilling a
greater understanding of the text, themes, and ideas of the
humanities, you've inspired countless others to do the same.
For that, my congratulations. And a tip of the tassle, too,
to these other parties. To the hundreds of other nominees
considered by the endowment. The 26 members of the National
Council on the Humanities, which reviewed the nominations. And,
yes, NEH Chairman Lynn Cheney, who make the final selections.
Your selections reaffirm the reason for these ceremonies --
and in closing, let me salute it. For the life of Charles
Frankel reflects what Samuel Johnson called "the salutary
influence of example."
Charles Frankel was a professor at Columbia. And assistant
secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs. He was
a network television writer, host, and narrator. And author of
12 books, including "The Case for Modern Man."
Moreover, as the first president and director of the
National Humanities Center, Charles Frankel made a case for the
best in man. Through his values and idealism. Through enduring
scholarship and concern.
In honoring him, we honor the concepts of teaching and
learning -- in short, how knowledge can lead the way. So let me
present the first Charles Frankel Prizes for distinguished
service to the humanities. And say on behalf of every citizen:
4
God bless you and the America that is so proud of what you've
done.
# # # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM
10/12/89
TO:
DAVUD DEMAREST
FROM:
JOSEPH W. HAGIN
SUBJECT:
APPROVED PRESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY
EVENT:
Present National Endowment for the Humanities
Charles Frankel Prize to its first five Recipients
DATE:
November 6, 1989 - Monday
TIME:
3:00 pm
DURATION:
10 minutes
LOCATION:
Roosevelt Room
ATTIRE:
Business Suit
REMARKS REQUIRED: Brief Remarks
MEDIA COVERAGE: Press Pool
FIRST LADY
PARTICIPATION: TBD
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:
CONTACT:
,
TELEPHONE: OFFICE
HOME
NOTE: PROJECT OFFICER, SEE ATTACHED CHECKLIST
Ed Rogers
Marlin Fitzwater
David Bates
James Cicconi
David Demarest
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Fred McClure
Jean Lamb
USSS PPD
Susan Porter Rose
Sig Rogich
Gary Walters
Patty Presock
John Keller
WHCA Audio/Visual
Chriss Winston
Tim McBride
WHCA Operations
Laurie Firestone
J. Bonnie Newman
C. Boyden Gray
William Kristol
Paul Bateman
Bruce Zanca
Jackie Kennedy
(Smith/Blessey)
October 30, 1989
Draft Three
HUMAN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
ROOSEVELT ROOM
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1989
Secretary Cavazos, Members of the National Council for the
Humanities, distinguished educators and honorees.
I want to welcome you to the White House. And say what a
pleasure it is to be in such distinguished company. ( (Today, I
feel like a Little Leaguer standing in the locker room of the
World Series champion)) //
Let me also say what a great honor it is to be able to honor
you -- the first recipients of the National Endowment for the
Humanities' Charles Frankel Prize.
You know, that great observer of America, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, once wrote, "The scholar is the student of the world."
Well, the Frankel Prize was created this year to recognize
those who have led a lifetime of study. And whose scholarship
has brought history, literature, philosophy, and other humanities
disciplines to a local, national, or often global audience.
Together, you've linked the humanities with farms, inner
cities, and gentle small towns. Reaffirming the magic of the
spoken and written word. And fostered a variety of public
programs in museums, libraries, and schools. Showing how higher
learning can spur Nation and neighbor.
2
As a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Daniel Boorstein has
told the American Story to millions around the globe. Not to
mention his role as Librarian of Congress Emeritus. And as
president of the Field Museum of National History, Willard Boyd
-- former President of the University of Iowa -- made world-
renowned collections available to more Americans each year.
Then, there's Americo Parades. Author. Folklorist.
Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas. Making this
Nation more conscious of Mexican-American culture. And Patricia
Bates, a national consultant on reading programs. Her scholar-
led teaching and discussion groups have become a model for
thousands of programs across the country.
And, finally, Clark Jenkinson. His characterization of
Thomas Jefferson has enchanted audiences from schoolkids to
senior citizens. And he's led the revival of the Chautauqua --
that institution which teaches the ideas, and lives, of giant
figures in history, philosophy, politics, and the arts.
( (You know, the story goes that Benjamin Franklin was dining
out in Paris. And one of the other diners posed a question:
"What condition of man most deserves pity?" Each guest gave an
example of what that condition may be. Then came Franklin's turn
-- and here was his answer: "A lonesome man on a rainy day who
does not know how to read. ")). //
Well, for decades you have shown the value of reading. And
thinking. Of probing. And questioning. And by instilling a
3
greater understanding of the text, themes, and ideas of the
humanities, you've inspired countless others to do the same.
For that, my congratulations. And let me commend, too, the
hundreds of nominees considered by this endowment. The 26
members of the National Council on the Humanities, which reviewed
the nominations. And, yes, NEH Chairman Lynn Cheney, who made
the final selections. Each of you reflects that Samuel Johnson
called "the salutory influence of example." Each of you
underscores the reason we gather today.
That reason, of course, is a life. A very special life.
The life of Charles M. Frankel. Professor at Columbia. And
assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural
affairs. Network television writer, host, and narrator. And
author of 12 books, including "The Case for Modern Man."
As the first president and director of the National
Humanities Center, Charles Frankel symbolized the best in man.
He symbolized it through his values and idealism. And through
enduring scholarship and concern.
In honoring him, we honor the concepts of teaching and
learning -- in short, how knowledge can lead the way. So let me
present the first Charles Frankel Prizes for distinguished
service to the humanities. And say on behalf of every citizen:
America thanks you, God bless you, and God bless the Nation that
is so proud of what you've done.
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Well, for decades you have shown the value of reading. And
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the Humanities in 1986 and 1987. He has been on the advisory
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THE HOME BOOK
OF
QUOTATIONS
Classical and Modern
SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY
BURTON STEVENSON
Editor The Home Book of Verse
I can tell thee where that saying was born
SHAKESPEARE. Twelfth Night
Acti,sc.5,1.9
TENTH EDITION
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
NEW YORK
1967
588
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EX
1
For years beyond our ken,
What is shown by example, men think they
The light he leaves behind him lies
Illustrious predecessor
may justly do. (Quod exemplo fit, id etiam
HENRY FIELDING, (
Upon the paths of men.
jure fieri putant.)
Jan., 1752.
LONGFELLOW, Charles Sumner.
1
CICERO, Epistolæ ad Atticum Bk. iv, epis. 3.
13
Example is a lesson
Nor knowest thou what argument
Lives of great men all remind us
GILBERT WEST, Edi
Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent.
We can make our lives sublime,
EMERSON, Each and All.
And, departing, leave behind us
II-Exam]
2
Foctprints on the sands of time.
How soon are those streets made clean,
LONGFEI.LOW, A Psalm of Life. (1838)
See also Prea
where every one sweeps against his own door.
Words
We should endeavor to do something so that we
2
THOMAS FULLER, Pisgah Sight. Bk. iii, ch. 1.
may say that we have not lived in vain, that we
Words but direct, e
3
may leave some impress of ourselves on the
Since truth and constancy are vain,
SIR WILLIAM ALI
sands of time.
Ninth Hour. St.
Since neither love, nor sense of pain,
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, Letter, to his Minister
Precepts may lead b
Nor force of reason, can persuade,
of the Interior. (This alleged letter was
H. G. BOHN, Hand
Then let example be obey'd.
published 1 Feb., 1868.)
3
GEORGE GRANVILLE, To yra.
Everything passes and vanishes;
One example is
4
Everything leaves its trace;
twenty precepts wri
Example is the greatest of all the seducers.
And often you see in a footstep
ROGER ASCHAM, T
(L'exemple est le plus grand de tous les sé-
What you could not see in a face.
4
ducteurs.)
WILLIAM ALLINGHAM, Blackberries.
This noble example
COLLIN D'HARLEVILLE, Mœurs du Jour. Bk. ii, 5.
14
That first he wr
5
Let your light so shine before men, that they
For each man to be a standard to himself is
taught.
may see your good works, and glorify your
most excellent for the good, but for the bad
Out of the gospel h
Father which is in heaven.
it is the worst of all things.
New Testament: Matthew, v, 16.
And this figure he
HOMER. (Contest of Hesiod and Homer. Sec.
15
That if gold rust, V
320.)
I am myself tormented, see! by the fear of
For if a priest be f
6
my own example. (Exemplique metu tor-
No wonder is a lev
The tender mind is oft deterred from vice by
queor, ecce, mei.)
CHAUCER, Cantert
another's shame. (Teneros animos aliena
OVID, Amores. Bk. i, eleg. 4, 1. 45.
But Cristes lore, an
opprobria sæpe Absterrent vitii..)
Every one is bound to bear patiently the results
He taught, but first
HORACE, Satires. Bk. i, sat. 4, 1. 128. See also
of his own example. (Sua quisque exempla debet
CHAUCER, Canterl
under EXPERIENCE.
æquo animo pati.)
5
7
PHEDRUS, Fables. Bk. i, fab. 26, 1. 12.
Himself a wand're
I have ever deemed it more honorable and
16
His silly sheep, wh
more profitable, too, to set a good example
Example does the whole. Whoever is fore-
COWPER, The Pro
than to follow a bad one.
most
6
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Writings. Vol. xiv, p. 222.
Still leads the herd.
Examples work m
8
SCHILLER, Wallenstein. Act i, SC. 4.
than precepts.
The salutary influence of example.
17
FIELDING, Joseph
SAMUEL JOHNSON, Lives of the Poets: Milton.
Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,
Example is always 1
9
Not light them for themselves; for if our vir-
SAMUEL JOHNSON
I do not give you to posterity as a pattern
tues
Example prevails m
to imitate, but as an example to deter.
Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike
FRANCIS OSBORN
JUNIUS, Letters. No. 12.
As if we had them not.
(1656)
10
7
So nature ordains: evil examples in the
SHAKESPEARE, Measure for Measure. Act i, SC.
Content to follow
1, 1. 33.
household corrupt us more readily and
18
HOMER, Iliad. BH
promptly, since they insinuate themselves
I bid him look into the lives of all men, as
Allur'd to brighter
into our minds with the force of authority.
into a mirror, and to take example to himself
GOLDSMITH, The
(Sic natura jubet: velocius et citius nos Cor-
8
from others. (Inspicere tanquam in speculum,
Precept begins, e:
rumpunt vitiorum exempla domestica, magnis
in vitas omnium Jubeo; atque ex aliis sumere
cum subeant animos auctoribus.)
cepte commence,
exemplum sibi.)
UNKNOWN. A F1
JUVENAL, Satires. Sat. xiv, 1. 31.
TERENCE, Adelphi, 1. 415. (Act iii, SC. 3.)
9
11
19
Example is a dangerous lure:
The path of prec
I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men
short and effect
Where the wasp got through the gnat sticks
in receiving from the people the sacred
præcepta, breve e
sure.
trust confided to my illustricus predecessor.
SENECA, Epistula
(L'exemple est un dangereux luerre:
MARTIN VAN BUREN, Inaugural Address. 4
10
Où la guêpe a passé, le moucheron demeure.)
March, 1837, referring to Andrew Jackson.
For what his wis
LA FONTAINE, Fables. Bk. ii, fab. 16.
Illustrious predecessor.
forced,
12
EDMUND BURKE, Thoughts on the Cause of
So, when a great man dies,
More potent still
the Present Discontents. Vol. i, p. 456.
THOMSON, The
THE LITTLE, BROWN
BOOK OF
Ba ANECDOTES
§
CLIFTON FADIMAN
GENERAL EDITOR
LB
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LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
BOSTON
TORONTO
FRANKLIN
220
221
ary states of America offered a great spectacle.
9 When Franklin was in France, he fre-
painters 1
"Yes," Franklin agreed, "but the spectators
quently used to play chess with the elderly
in such n
don't pay."
Duchess of Bourbon. On one occasion Frank-
mine who
lin put her king in check and then took it. "We
added, tl
6 Shortly after Washington's victory at
do not take kings so," remonstrated the duch-
mention
Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin, as America's
ess. "We do in America," replied Franklin.
and neve
minister in Europe, attended a dinner in Paris at
nation, b
which the French foreign minister and the Brit-
10 Franklin was taken to a meeting of the
ish ambassador were also present. The French-
French Academy at which Voltaire was also
13 At 1
man proposed a toast to his king: "Louis XVI,
present. The members of the Academy all
Conventi
who like the moon fills the earth with a soft
wished to see the two famous men introduced
doctor, d
benevolent glow." The British ambassador fol-
to each other, and there was a buzz of expecta-
"A rep
lowed with: "George III, who like the noonday
tion as the introduction was made. The two
replied.
sun spreads his light and illumines the world."
bowed and spoke, as politeness demanded, but
Franklin rose and said, "I give you George
the onlookers, who felt they were witnessing a
14 An
Washington, general of the armies of the
historic moment, thought there ought to be
his stay ii
- United States, who, like Joshua of old, com-
something more. The great men, slightly em-
had recei
manded both the sun and the moon to stand
barrassed and puzzled, took each other by the
handsom
still, and both obeyed."
hand. Still the onlookers felt cheated and the
oddly an
{Several authorities have commented on
noise increased. "II faut s'embrasser, à la fran-
of the nar
the inherent unlikeliness of this sequence
çaise," someone explained. So Franklin and
been con
of toasts. After all, the United States and
Voltaire threw their arms around each other
your hou
France were allies at the time of Frank-
and kissed each other on the cheeks, to
rent a sp
lin's residence in Paris, and neither
the tumultuous applause of the Academy
street."
George III nor Louis XVI seems a partic-
members. One witness exclaimed, "Qu'il était
ularly obvious candidate for comparison
charmant de voir embrasser Solon et Sophocle!"
15 Seei
with their respective celestial bodies.
(How delightful to see Solon and Sophocles
tion durir
Could it be an adaptation of a possible
embracing!) and these words spread through-
raise him
earlier toast from the period of the Seven
out Europe as epitomizing this momentous en-
hoping, a
Years' War, with Louis XV of France
counter.
"A dying
[sun], Maria Theresa of Austria [moon],
{The allusion to Solon, the great lawgiver
Franklin.
and Frederick the Great of Prussia
of ancient Athens, was a tribute to
[Joshua]?}
Franklin's part in shaping the 1776 Penn-
sylvania constitution.}
FRANK
7 When Franklin was dining out in Paris, one
ish diplo
of the other diners posed the question: "What
11 At a meeting of a Parisian literary society
1939 and
condition of man most deserves pity?" Each
Franklin found himself a bit at sea as flowery
States (19
guest proposed an example of such a pitiable
compliments in French were exchanged. He
1 In De
condition. When Franklin's turn came, he of-
decided that it would be safest to clap only
station te
fered: "A lonesome man on a rainy day who
when he saw a lady of his acquaintance ap-
capital, a
does not know how to read."
plauding. After the gathering was over, Frank-
Christmas
lin's little grandson said, "But, Grandpapa, you
and broac
8 Franklin was walking with friends along the
always applauded, and louder than anyone else,
ing week.
banks of a small stream. The wind that day was
when they praised you."
claimed tl
strong enough to form waves on the surface of
all people
the water. Announcing that he had the power
12 According to the American Jest Book
the Russia
to calm the waves, Franklin walked a little way
(1789): "[On the day the Constitutional Con-
of you to
upstream and solemnly waved his walking stick
vention agreed to the new constitution to
Oliver. "I
three times over the water. His companions
present to the public] Dr. Franklin asked a gen-
fruit."
watched in amazement as the surface of the
tleman who sat next to him, whether he had
stream became as smooth as glass. Franklin
taken notice of the picture of the sun in the
later enlightened them: he had shaken a few
recess at the back of the president's chair? He
FREDER
drops of oil from the hollow joint of his bam-
replied that he had, but not with a particular
boo cane.
attention. The doctor then observed that
86), king
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THE HOME BOOK
OF
QUOTATIONS
Classical and Modern
SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY
BURTON STEVENSON
Editor The Home Book of Verse
I can tell thee where that saying was born
SHAKESPEARE, Twelfth Night
Acti,sc.5,1.9
TENTH EDITION
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
NEW YORK
1967
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1762
SCANDAL
SCHOLAR
SCH
And blackens goodness in its grave.
1
Convey a libel in a frown,
WILLIAM WATSON, The Woman with the Ser-
He [the scholar] must
And wink a reputation down;
pent's Tongue.
modest, and charitable
Or, by the tossing of a fan,
To think that such as she can mar
solitude as a bride.
Describe the lady and the man.
Names that among the noblest are!
acquainted with his 1
SWIFT, Journal of a Modern Lady, 1. 188.
That hands like hers can touch the springs
EMERSON, Nature,
That move who knows what men and things!
Ladies, your most obedient.-Mercy on me! here
Literary Ethics.
That on her will their fates have hung!
is the whole set! a character dead at every word,
I suppose.
To talk in public, to
The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue.
WILLIAM WATSON, The Woman with the Ser-
SHERIDAN, The School for Scandal. Act ii, SC. 2.
and to hear, to inquire
is the business of a scl
pent's Tongue. Richard Le Gallienne wrote
See also under REPUTATION.
SAMUEL JOHNSON, R
a réplique to this poem, "The poet with the
coward's heart."
SCHOLAR
Where should the scho
society? in the green
Skill'd by a touch to deepen scandal's tints
See also Learning, Study
where he can hear the
With all the kind mendacity of hints,
6
The rich physician. honour'd lawyer ride,
in the dark, gray tow
While mingling truth with falsehood-sneers with
feel the throbbing hear
smiles—
Whilst the poor scholar foots it by their side.
LONGFELLOW, Hyper
A thread of candour with a web of wiles;
(Dat Galenus opes, dat Justinianus honores,
2
A plain blunt show of briefly-spoken seeming,
Sed genus et species cogitur ire pedes.)
Hell is paved with th
To hide her bloodless heart's soul-harden'd
ROBERT BURTON, Anatomy of Melancholy. Pt.
GILES FIRMIN, The
scheming;
i, sec. ii, mem. 3, subs. 15. A footnote refers
HELL: ITS PAVEMI
A lip of lies; a face form'd to conceal;
to Buchanan, eleg. lib.
3
And, without feeling, mock at all who feel;
With a vile mask the Gorgon would disown,-
And to this day is every scholar poor;
The world's great m
Gross gold from them runs headlong to the boor.
been great scholars,
A cheek of parchment, and an eye of stone.
ROBERT BURTON, Anatomy of Melancholy. Pt.
great men.
BYRON, A Sketch from Private Life, 1. 55.
i, sec. ii, mem. 3, subs. 15.
O. W. HOLMES, The
Her mouth is a honey-blossom,
No doubt, as the poet sings;
Mark what ills the scholar's life assail,
Table. Ch. 6.
4
But within her lips, the petals,
Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
The classic scholar
Lurks a cruel bee that stings.
SAMUEL JOHNSON, The Vanity of Human
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, The Sarcastic Fair.
Wishes, 1. 157.
most nuptial to the 1
7
hymns to his conser
1
The scholar who cherishes the love of com-
GEORGE MEREDITH,
He rams his quill with scandal, and with
scoff,
fort, is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
5
The ink of the schc
But 'tis so very foul. it won't go off.
CONFUCIUS, Analects. Bk. xiv, ch. 3.
8
the blood of the ma
YOUNG, Epistles to Pope. Epis. i, 1. 199.
I offer perpetual congratulation to the
MOHAMMED, Tribut
6
scholar; he has drawn the white lot in life.
V-Scandal and Women
2
EMERSON, Lectures and Biographical Sketches:
A mere scholar, a m
Nut while the two-legged gab-machine's so
The Man of Letters.
ROBERT BURTON, Th
Pt. i, sec. ii, meml
plenty.
I cannot forgive a scholar his homeless despond-
A mere scholar is a
J. R. LOWELL, Biglow Papers, Ser. ii, No. 11.
ency.
3
EMERSON, Lectures and Biographical Sketches:
proverb.
SUSANNAH CENTLIVI
From loveless youth to unrespected age,
The Man of Letters.
No passion gratified except her rage:
9
A scholar at court is al
So much the Fury still outran the Wit,
Every man is a scholar potentially, and does
JOHN CLARKE, Para
The pleasure miss'd her, and the scandal hit.
not need any one good so much as this of
This scholar, rake, (
Who breaks with her provokes revenge from
right thought.
and poet.
EMERSON, Lectures and Biographical Sketches:
DAVID GARRICK, Ju
Hell,
But he's a bolder man who dares be well.
The Man of Letters.
He was a rake amor
POPE, Moral Essays. Epis. ii, 1. 125.
Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar?
among rakes.
4
It is this: Every man I meet is my master in
MACAULAY, Essays:
Her tea she sweetens, as she sips, with
some point, and in that I learn of him.
Referring to Sir
7
scandal.
EMERSON, Letters and Social Aims: Greatness.
SAMUEL ROGERS, Written to be Spoken by
10
He is yet a scholar,
Mrs. Siddors.
The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise,
there is nothing so
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
and to guide men by showing them facts
better.
amidst appearances.
PLINY, of Isæus,
FIELDING, Love in Several Masques. Act iv, SC. 2.
EMERSON, Nature, Addresses, and Lectures:
TON, Anatomy
Scandal's the sweetener of a female feast.
The American Scholar.
15.)
YOUNG, Love of Fame. Sat. vi, 1. 353.
8
5
The scholar is the student of the world; and of
Love seldom haunts
Nor do they trust their tongues alone,
what worth the world is, and with what em-
ing lies,
But speak a language of their own;
phasis it accosts the soul of man, such is the
And Venus sets ere
worth, such the call of the scholar.
Can read a nod, a shrug, a look,
EMERSON, Nature, Addresses, and Lectures:
Those play the sch
Far better than a printed book;
Literary Ethics.
men,
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SCHEDULE PROPOSAL
SEPTEMBER 13, 1989
TO:
JOSEPH HAGIN
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR APPOINTMENNTS AND SCHEDULING
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
SIM
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
SICHAN SIV
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR PUBLIC LIAISON
KATHY JEAVONS
V45
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC LIAISON
REQUEST:
For the President to present the National
Endowment for the Humanities' Charles Frankel
Prize to its first five recipients.
PURPOSE:
To honor these distinguished scholars who
have brought to American audiences a greater
understanding of the texts, themes and ideas
of the humanities.
BACKGROUND:
The NEH's Charles Frankel Prize is to be
awarded to persons who have made outstanding
contributions to the public's understanding
of the humanities. This year's recipients
are Daniel Boorstin, Willard Boyd, Americo
Paredes, Patricia Bates, and Clay Jenkinson.
DATE AND TIME:
November 6, 1989
5:00 PM (15 minutes)
LOCATION:
Indian Treaty Room
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
The Frankel Prize recipients
Members of the National Council on the
Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities Staff
Selceted guests - educators and citizens from
across the country
SEQUENCE:
-- The President enters the Indian Treaty
Room and proceeds to podium.
-- The President makes brief remarks.
-- The President presents the Frankel Prize
to the five recipients.
-- Photo opportunity.
-- The President departs the Indian Treaty
Room.
MEDIA:
Press pool.
Kathy,
went to Cicconi
citicre
9/14
SB
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 29, 1989
TO:
SICHAN
FROM:
KATHY
RE:
National Endowment on the Humanities
As indicated in the attached letter, the National Endowment
for the Humanities would very much like to hold an event at the
White House to honor the recipients of the Charles Frankel Prize,
a national award recognizing scholars who have brought to
national, regional or local audiences a greater understanding of
the texts, themes and ideas of the humanities.
The five individuals to be honored this year are Daniel
Boorstin, Willard Boyd, Americo Paredes, Patricia Bates, and Clay
Jenkinson; they will be honored here in Washington November 6 and
7, 1989. Others in attendence at an event would be members of
the National Council on the Humanities (educators and citizens
from across the country) and a few of the Endowment's staff.
I would like to propose that we host a small reception for
the organization (they would number about 50) in the Indian
Treaty Room on the afternoon of November 6 or 7. Since the NEH
is a federal agency, I do not forsee any ethical problems in
doing so; and, the NEH is more than willing to pay for any White
House Mess bills.
I would also propose that we invite either the President,
Mrs. Bush, or the Vice President to drop by to demonstrate the
Administration's interest in and support of the NEH.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
786-0320 0273
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
August 2, 1989
Kathy Jeavons
Assistant Director
Public Liaison, Room 129
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Ms. Jeavons:
The National Endowment for the Humanities is planning to
honor the five recipients of the Charles Frankel Prize in
conjunction with the quarterly meeting of the National Council
on the Humanities, November 6 and 7. Would it be possible to
have an event at the White House?
The Charles Frankel Prize recipients, the first to receive
the award, have distinguished themselves by making subjects such
as history and literature accessible to large public audiences.
In a variety of ways, they have brought important books and
knowledge of major figures and events to millions of Americans,
including school children and people in small towns.
The five to be honored are Daniel Boorstin, Willard Boyd,
Americo Paredes, Patricia Bates, and Clay Jenkinson. I have
enclosed a press release announcing the Prize, the biographies
of the 1989 recipients, and a fact sheet about the Charles
Frankel Prize competition.
Besides the five guests of honor, it would be fitting for
the members of the National Council on the Humanities, a group of
educators and citizens from across the country and a few of
the Endowment's staff to attend--about forty people. The
event could be larger, including people from schools, colleges,
museums, libraries and historical organizations either from
the area or around the nation. In any case, we would be
especially honored if the President and/or Mrs. Bush could
schedule a few minutes for photos and remarks.
We at NEH, as well as all of the people who have benefited
from the work of the Frankel Prize recipients, would very much
appreciate the prestige and national recognition that a White
House event can give. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely yours,
Celeste Colgan
Deputy Chairman
Enclosures
FACTS
National Endowment
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THE CHARLES FRANKEL PRIZE COMPETITION
PURPOSE: The Charles Frankel Prize recognizes scholars in the
humanities who have brought to general audiences -- national, regional or
humanities. local -- a greater understanding of the texts, themes and ideas of the
WHO IS ELIGIBLE: U.S. citizens who have records of scholarly
achievement are eligible for the prize, as are scholars of other countries
who have maintained resident alien status in the United States for at
least the past three consecutive years. An advanced degree in the
humanities is not a requirement. Nominees may be members of college or
university faculties or administrations or they may be affiliated with
museums, historical societies, radio or television stations, film
production companies or other educational institutions or organizations.
They may also be independent scholars. They may not be paid employees of
the federal government or state humanities councils.
QUALIFICATIONS: The Charles Frankel Prize will be awarded to persons
who have made outstanding contributions to the public's understanding of
the humanities. Such contributions might include: scholarly participation
in the planning, scripting and production of a film or television
documentary; planning or acting as curator for a major interpretive
exhibition; designing and conducting reading-discussion programs for local
libraries or community organizations; or writing a book that combines
sound humanities scholarship with significant appeal for general
audiences. The principal criteria for selection are the excellence of the
contribution and the quality of the scholarship behind it.
NOMINATING PROCEDURES: Organizations that conduct public humanities
programs, including museums, libraries, historical societies, public
television and radio stations, film and video production companies and
state humanities councils, may nominate an individual for consideration.
Also invited to submit nominations are individuals who have served on the
National Council on the Humanities, the Endowment's presidentially
appointed board of 26 advisors. NEH will accept only one nomination per
organization or individual, and organizations may nominate members of
their own staffs. Nominators should submit a letter describing the
candidate's qualifications and a biographical summary of no more than two
pages.
AWARDS: Up to five prizes will be awarded each year, beginning in
1989. The honor carries a stipend of $5,000, plus reimbursement for
expenses to attend a ceremony for the winners.
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SELECTION PROCESS: Nominations will be reviewed by members of the
National Council on the Humanities, the Endowment's presidentially
appointed board of 26 advisors, which will make recommendations to the NEH
Chairman. By law, only the Chairman can make awards.
ABOUT CHARLES FRANKEL: Charles Frankel (1917-79) was a teacher,
statesman and author known for his commitment to scholarship and public
affairs. He was a professor of philosophy at Columbia University
(1939-79), assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural
affairs (1965-67) and president and director of the National Humanities
Center at Research Triangle Park, N.C. (1977-79). Frankel also taught
briefly at the University of Paris (1953-54) and the University of Dublin
(1954), chaired the U.S. delegation to the UNESCO General Conference
(1976), hosted the CBS-TV series The World of Ideas (1959) and served as
the writer, host and narrator of the film In Pursuit of Liberty (1979).
He authored 12 books, including The Case for Modern Man (1956), The Love
of Anxiety and Other Essays (1965) and High on Foggy Bottom: An Outsider's
Inside View of Government (1969), and he edited or contributed to several
other volumes. Frankel also wrote scores of articles for scholarly
journals and general interest publications such as Life and The New York
Times Magazine.
IMPORTANT DATES: The deadline for receipt of nominations for the 1990
Charles Frankel Prize competition is Dec. 15, 1989. Winners will be
announced publicly in June 1990, with a ceremony planned for November
1990.
MAILING ADDRESS: Send nominations to this address:
NOMINATION: Charles Frankel Prize
National Endowment for the Humanities
Washington, D.C. 20506
FURTHER DETAILS: Contact NEH's Office of Publications and Public
Affairs at 202/786-0438.
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Daniel J. Boorstin
Historian, educator and author, Librarian of Congress Emeritus
Daniel J. Boorstin was sworn in as Librarian of Congress on Nov. 12, 1975,
and directed the Library for 12 years. He is widely credited with
increasing public awareness of the Library and enlisting Congressional
support for the Library and its programs. He initiated the Center for the
Book, established by an act of Congress in 1977, and the Council of
Scholars. Boorstin retired from the office of the Librarian in 1987 to
devote more time to writing and lecturing. He had been the director of
the National Museum of American History and senior historian of the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Before that he was the
Preston and Sterling Morton Distinguished Service Professor of History at
the University of Chicago, where he taught for 25 years. He currently
serves as editor-at-large for Doubleday.
Born in Atlanta, Ga., and raised in Tulsa, Okla., Boorstin graduated
with highest honors from Harvard College and received his doctorate from
Yale. As a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College in Oxford, England, he won a
coveted "double first" in two degrees in law and was admitted as a
barrister-at-law of the Inner Temple in London. He is also a member of
the Massachusetts Bar. He has been visiting professor at the University
of Rome, the University of Geneva, the Kyoto University in Japan and the
University of Puerto Rico. He was the first incumbent of a chair in
American history at the Sorbonne in Paris and Pitt Professor at Cambridge
University.
Boorstin's many books include the trilogy The Americans: The Colonial
Experience (1958), which won the Bancroft Prize; The Americans: The
National Experience (1965), which won the Parkman Prize; and The
Americans: The Democratic Experience (1973), which won the Pulitzer Prize
and the Dexter Prize. His other books include: The Mysterious Science of
the Law (1941); The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson (1948); The Genius of
American Politics (1953); The Image (1962; 25th anniversary edition,
1987); The Republic of Technology (1978); and Hidden History (1987), a
collection of his essays. His textbook for high schools, A History of the
United States (1980, 1984), with Brooks M. Kelley, has been widely
adopted. He is the editor of An American Primer (1966) and the 30-volume
series The Chicago History of American Civilization and the author of The
Landmark History of the American People for young readers (new ed. 1987).
The Discoverers (1983), Boorstin's best-selling history of man's
search to know the world and himself, was awarded the Watson Davis Prize
of the History of Science Society. His books have been translated into
many languages. He is now at work on a companion to The Discoverers to be
called The Creators, a history of man's achievements in the arts.
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Willard L. Boyd
Willard L. "Sandy" Boyd, the president of Chicago's Field Museum of
Natural History, is well known locally and nationally for his strong and
imaginative advocacy for expanding the educational potential of museums
and other cultural institutions.
Since his arrival at the Field Museum in 1981, Boyd has worked to make
the cultural and educational resources in its world-renowned collections
available to the widest possible audiences. Under Boyd's direction, the
museum's recently mounted exhibitions encourage visitors' active
participation by presenting artifacts and ideas in a variety of innovative
ways. A community outreach program begun last year is introducing
Chicago's underserved inner-city citizens to the museum by means of
workshops conducted on-site in the neighborhoods.
Under Boyd's leadership, the Field Museum's programs have met with
enthusiastic public response as well as increased attendance. Last year,
more than 1.3 million people visited the museum, according to the
institution's own figures, and many more participated in seminars, trips
and programs offered by the museum's education department.
A native of St. Paul, Minn., Boyd received his undergraduate and first
law degrees from the University of Minnesota and received advanced law
degrees from the University of Michigan. After briefly practicing law
with a Minneapolis firm, Boyd took a position as an instructor at the
University professor. of Iowa Law School in 1954. In ten years he advanced to full
Boyd served as vice president for academic affairs at the University
of Iowa from 1964 to 1969. He became president of the University in 1969,
a 1981. post in which he served until his appointment to the Field Museum in
Boyd is currently chairman of the National Museum Services Board, the
policy-making body for the federal Institute of Museum Services. He has
also served as chairman of the American Association of Universities and
chairman of the Center for Research Libraries.
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Americo Paredes
Americo Paredes, professor emeritus of English and Anthropology at the
University of Texas at Austin, has promoted public understanding of the
cultures of Mexican-Americans and the Southwestern United States for more
than 30 years.
A much-honored teacher and scholar, Paredes has consistently found
avenues to share his scholarship with the public. He is the author,
co-author and editor of several books, reviews and essays written for
academic and general audiences. Paredes has also contributed to numerous
public conferences, symposia, workshops and other public projects. He has
lectured throughout the United States and abroad and has participated in
many television and radio programs on folkore and culture.
Paredes is probably best known for With His Pistol in His Hand: A
Border Ballad and Its Hero (1958), which became a popular success as well
as a seminal work in American folklore and anthropology. With funds from
the National Endowment for the Humanities, the book was produced in 1982
as a dramatic film seen theatrically and on the Public Broadcasting
System, entitled The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.
Born in Brownsville, Texas, Paredes received his bachelor's, master's
and doctoral degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. He taught at
the university from 1951 until his retirement in 1984. He created the
Folklore Archive and served as its archivist from 1957 to 1967. He was
also director of the Center for Intercultural Studies in Folklore and Oral
History, director of the Center for Mexican American Studies and director
of the Center for Intercultural Studies in Folklore and Ethnomusicology,
and he served in a number of other academic and administrative positions.
Paredes has received many awards, including fellowships from the
American Folklore Society and the Sociedad Folklorica de Mexico, a
Guggenheim fellowship, membership in the National Humanities Faculty, and
other honors for scholarly and literary achievement. He has been elected
to the North American Academy of the Spanish Language and has been
recognized for his achievements by the Texas House of Representatives. In
1987 the University of Texas honored him with the creation of the Americo
Paredes Distinguished Lecture Series.
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Patricia L. Bates
Patricia L. Bates, a national consultant on reading programs who is
currently adult program coordinator with Maryland's Howard County Library,
developed a model for library reading and discussion groups led by
humanities scholars that has spread nationwide.
Bates, who grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., graduated from St. John's
University in New York. A homemaker and mother, Bates started an informal
book discussion group that met at her home in Rutland, Vt., in 1971. She
credits her experience as a volunteer for the Crossroads Arts Council with
providing her with skills that she later used in establishing and running
library programs.
In 1975 Bates took a part-time job as program director at the Rutland
Library, where she used funds provided by the Vermont Council on the
Humanities to develop a series of forums on First Amendment rights and
capital punishment. The success of these forums prompted her to apply to
the Vermont Council in 1978 for funds to conduct a reading and discussion
program organized around a theme, "Women and Literature." The series,
conducted in 1978 and 1979, was an overwhelming success. By hiring
scholars to lecture on each book and by allowing time for discussion of
the books, she developed a program that has served as a model for reading
and discussion programs in communities throughout the United States.
She obtained a grant in 1980 from the National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH) to expand the reading and discussion programs to serve 50
Vermont libraries and to establish a system whereby other libraries could
create their own programs. The expanded series allowed more than 6,000
Vermont library patrons to attend lecture-discussions by 240 humanities
scholars. A subsequent NEH grant supported expansion of the program to 50
more libraries in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. In 1983 the American
Library Association received Endowment funds to initiate "Let's Talk About
It," a reading and discussion series based on the Vermont model, in 30
states. Today similar reading and discussion programs are active in all
50 states.
Bates earned a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Dartmouth
College in 1984. She is currently working to expand reading and
discussion programs at libraries and at sites for older citizens
throughout the state of Maryland.
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Clay S. Jenkinson
Clay S. Jenkinson, the director of the Great Plains Chautaugua Society
who is widely known for his historical characterization of Thomas
Jefferson, spearheaded the revival of Chautauqua, an institution which
serves to educate the general public about the ideas and lives of
outstanding figures in history, philosophy, the arts and politics.
A native of North Dakota, Jenkinson received a B.A. in English from
the University of Minnesota in 1977 and was named a Danforth Fellow. A
Rhodes Scholar, he holds an M.A. degree and has completed the requirements
for a D.Phil. in English literature from Oxford University. Jenkinson has
taught at Pomona College in California and designed humanities courses and
lectures for the law school at the University of North Dakota.
Jenkinson began participating in public humanities programs sponsored
by the North Dakota Humanities Council in 1974. While at Oxford, he
prepared a humanities guide to the film Northern Lights for the council
and later directed a statewide discussion series about the film.
In 1984 as part of a project supported by the National Endowment for
the Humanities, Jenkinson created a historical characterization of Thomas
Jefferson. Since then, he has brought the ideas of Jefferson to life
before schoolchildren, members of Congress, federal judges and general
audiences in a wide variety of public forums. Jenkinson has also
developed historical characterizations of explorer Meriwether Lewis,
frontier newspaperman A.C. Packard of the Dakota Territory and American
novelist Hamlin Garland.
Since 1981 Jenkinson has served as director and principal humanist of
the Great Plains Chautauqua. From its beginning in North Dakota eight
years ago, the Great Plains Chautauqua has expanded to four states,
bringing 50 humanities scholars to 175 communities. The program, which is
usually held outdoors in a tent, consists of historical characterizations
by several humanities scholars, one presentation per evening. After an
"in-character" presentation by the scholar, the audience is invited to ask
questions, which the scholar answers "in character" based on the scholar's
knowledge of the figure's life and ideas. As the event comes to an end,
the audience asks additional questions of the scholar as scholar (not as
the character portrayed). The scholar's responses often suggest ways that
the study of individual historical figures leads to greater understanding
of the past.
Jenkinson is currently establishing a series of national humanities
programs. He is beginning his studies toward a doctorate in Greek and
Latin at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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HUMANITIES ENDOWMENT ANNOUNCES CHARLES FRANKEL PRIZE WINNERS
Awards Honor Contributions to Public Understanding of History, Literature
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
today announced the first winners of the Charles Frankel Prize, honoring
five Americans for their efforts to bring history, literature, philosophy
and other humanities disciplines to general audiences.
The recipients are Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress
Emeritus and the author of several widely read books on American history
and culture; Willard L. Boyd, president of the Field Museum of Natural
History in Chicago and a leader in the effort to expand the educational
potential and cultural diversity of the nation's museum programs; Americo
Paredes, professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin and the
creator of numerous public programs on folklore and Mexican-American
culture; Patricia L. Bates, a national consultant on reading programs
who developed a model for scholar-led reading and discussion groups now
used in libraries across the United States; and Clay S. Jenkinson, a
leading figure in the revival of the Chautauqua, an institution which
serves to educate the general public about the ideas and lives of
outstanding figures in history, philosophy, the arts and politics.
"The Endowment is proud to honor these five distinguished Americans
for their efforts to help diverse audiences understand the great texts,
themes and insights of the humanities," said NEH Chairman Lynne V.
Cheney. "At the same time that they have contributed to our cultural life
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in a rich variety of ways, they share the same devotion to scholarship and
citizenship exemplified by Charles Frankel."
The awards, each of which carries a stipend of $5,000, are named for
the late Charles Frankel (1917-79), Columbia University professor,
assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs and
first president and director of the National Humanities Center. This
year's recipients will be honored at a November 1989 ceremony in
Washington, D.C.
The 1989 Frankel Prize recipients have brought the humanities to U.S.
citizens with books and films and in a variety of public programs at
museums, libraries, universities and other sites.
In addition to his distinguished tenure at the Library of Congress,
Daniel J. Boorstin is best known as an American historian whose books have
been read by millions around the world. His works include The Republic of
Technology, Democracy and Its Discontents, The Image: A Guide to Pseudo
Events in America and the The Discoverers, which won the Dexter and
Pulitzer prizes. While at the Library of Congress, Boorstin created the
Center for the Book, a privately supported effort to promote reading, as
well as the Council of Scholars.
Museum president Willard "Sandy" Boyd is a prominent national advocate
for making museum programs more accessible to the public and has been
widely praised for his success in turning the Field Museum of Natural
History into an educational enterprise that appeals to the diverse
segments of Chicago's multi-ethnic population. Boyd is also chairman of
the National Museum Services Board, the policy-making body for the federal
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Institute of Museum Services, as well as president emeritus of the
Univerity of Iowa.
Professor Americo Paredes is an author and folklorist who has brought
awareness and understanding of folklore and Mexican-American culture to a
wide variety of audiences, using books; radio, television and film;
conferences and workshops; lectures; and other public programs. His book
With His Pistol in His Hand: A Border Ballad and Its Hero was the basis of
the feature film The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.
Patricia Bates, a national consultant on reading programs who is
currently the adult program coordinator in Maryland's Howard County
Library, has created scholar-led reading and discussion programs that have
become models for thousands of programs across the country. Her work is
widely credited with revitalizing libraries as centers for community
learning. Bates personally organized more than 750 book-discussion
sessions in public libraries and other sites in five states.
Clay Jenkinson is known throughout the country for his work in
reviving the Chautauqua movement and for his historical characterization
of Thomas Jefferson. For the last five years, he has brought Jefferson to
life for a wide range of audiences across the nation, including
schoolchildren, senior citizens, U.S. Congressmen, farmers, lawyers,
professors and homemakers. Currently at work on a second doctoral degree
at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Jenkinson has also served for
several years as the director of the Great Plains Chautauqua Society,
helping to bring scholars skilled in historical characterization to
audiences in several Plains states.
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NEH announced the Charles Frankel Prize competition last October, soon
after the release of the Endowment's congressionally mandated report,
Humanities in America, which described a recent dramatic increase in the
American public's interest in literature, history, philosophy and other
humanities disciplines. Among its recommendations, the report urged
recognition of scholars who provide high-quality programs for general
audiences.
The five recipients were chosen from hundreds of nominations received
by the Endowment from state humanities councils, museums, libraries,
historical societies, public television and radio stations, nonprofit
media production companies and other sources. The National Council on the
Humanities, the group of 26 distinguished citizens appointed by the
President to advise the Endowment, reviewed the nominations and made
recommendations to the NEH Chairman, who made the final selections.
The deadline for next year's Frankel Prize competition is
Dec. 15, 1989. Organizations and institutions that conduct public
humanities programs are encouraged to submit nominations. Nominators, who
may submit only one name for consideration, are being asked to submit a
biographical summary of the candidate and a letter of no more than two.
pages describing his or her qualifications. Correspondence should be sent
to:
NOMINATION: Charles Frankel Prize
National Endowment for the Humanities
Washington, D.C. 20506
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal
agency that supports scholarship, education, preservation and public
programs in the humanities.
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NOTE: Biographies of each of the 1989 Charles Frankel Prize recipients
and a fact sheet on the competition accompany this release.