President George W. Bush To Present National Humanities Medal to Hoover Institution in White House Ceremony.STANFORD, Calif. -- The White House has announced that President George W. Bush will present the Hoover Institution The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded by Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, his alma mater. The Institution was founded in 1919 and over time has amassed a huge archive of documentation related to President with a National Humanities Medal The National Humanities Medal honors individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities, broadened citizens’ engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand Americans’ access to important resources in the at the official awards ceremony in the Oval Office ceremony tomorrow. Hoover director John Raisian will accept the medal on behalf of the institution. The president will be joined by First Lady Laura Bush, Dana Gioia Michael Dana Gioia (born December 24, 1950) is an American poet and critic who retired early from his career as a corporate executive at General Foods to write full time. Since January 29, 2003, he has been chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, the United States , chairman, National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Independent agency of the U.S. government that supports the creation, dissemination, and performance of the arts. It was created by the U.S. , and Bruce Cole Bruce Cole is the eighth chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was born in Ohio and attended Case Western Reserve University. He earned his master's degree from Oberlin College and his doctorate from Bryn Mawr College. For two years he was the William E. , chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) U.S. independent agency. Founded in 1965, it supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. . "This is a distinct honor for the Hoover Institution and Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. ," said Hoover director John Raisian. "We have been honored recently with the awards that were bestowed on Hoover fellows Thomas Sowell and Shelby Steele. To have the medal awarded by the president to the Hoover Institution, as an institution, is a wonderful tribute and a huge source of pride for all of us." Research Fellow Shelby Steele received the medal in 2004, and Thomas Sowell, the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow in Public Policy, received the medal in 2002. The National Endowment for the Humanities notes in its release about the award: "The Hoover Institution became one of the first and most distinguished academic centers in the United States dedicated to public policy research. Today, with its world-renowned group of scholars and ongoing programs of policy-oriented research, the Hoover Institution puts its accumulated knowledge to work as a prominent contributor to the world marketplace of ideas This article is about the concept. For the public radio show and podcast, see The Marketplace of Ideas (radio program). The "marketplace of ideas" is a rationale for freedom of expression based on an analogy to the economic concept of a free market. defining a free society." Joining Hoover as winners of National Humanities Medals in 2006 are Fouad Ajami, Middle Eastern studies scholar, Washington, District of Columbia James Buchanan, economist, Fairfax, Virginia Nickolas Davatzes, historian, Wilton, Connecticut Robert Fagles, translator and classicist, Princeton, New Jersey Mary Lefkowitz, classicist, Wellesley, Massachusetts Bernard Lewis, Middle Eastern studies scholar, Princeton, New Jersey Mark Noll, historian of religion, Notre Dame, Indiana Meryle Secrest, biographer, Washington, District of Columbia Kevin Starr, historian, San Francisco, California The National Humanities Medal, first awarded in 1989 as the Charles Frankel Prize, honors individuals and organizations whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities, broadened citizens' engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand America's access to important humanities resources. |
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