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
Richard Brookhiser	Journalist	23-Feb-1955		National Review
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
Ernest J. Gaines	Novelist	15-Jan-1933		A Lesson Before Dying
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.	Author	16-Sep-1950		The Signifying Monkey
Richard Gilder	Business	c. 1932		Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Mary Ann Glendon	Diplomat	7-Oct-1938		US Ambassador to the Vatican
Vartan Gregorian	Educator	8-Apr-1934		President of Carnegie Corporation
Victor Davis Hanson	Historian	5-Sep-1953		Carnage and Culture
Don Henley	Musician	22-Jul-1947		The Eagles
Roger Hertog	Business	c. 1941		Reinvented The New York Sun
Hal Holbrook	Actor	17-Feb-1925		Mark Twain Tonight
Quincy Jones	Music Producer	14-Mar-1933		Musician, Composer, Producer
Donald Kagan	Historian	1-May-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	27-Mar-2012	The New Criterion
Erich Kunzel	Conductor	21-Mar-1935	1-Sep-2009	Conductor, Cincinnati Pops, 1977-2009
Madeleine L'Engle	Author	29-Nov-1918	6-Sep-2007	A Wrinkle In Time
Jim Lehrer	Journalist	19-May-1934		PBS NewsHour
Lew Lehrman	Business	15-Aug-1938		Rite Aid drugstore founder
Art Linkletter	TV Personality	17-Jul-1912	26-May-2010	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
Cynthia Ozick	Author	17-Apr-1928		The Puttermesser Papers
Les Paul	Guitarist	9-Jun-1915	13-Aug-2009	Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer
John Rawls	Philosopher	21-Feb-1921	24-Nov-2002	A Theory of Justice
John Searle	Philosopher	Dec-1932		Chinese Room Argument, Philosopher of Language
Ted Sorensen	Attorney	8-May-1928	31-Oct-2010	Aide to JFK
Thomas Sowell	Economist	30-Jul-1930		Conservative economist, Hoover fellow
Steven Spielberg	Film Director	18-Dec-1946		E.T.
Shelby Steele	Activist	1-Jan-1946		The Content of Our Character
Studs Terkel	Author	16-May-1912	31-Oct-2008	Working
John Updike	Novelist	18-Mar-1932	27-Jan-2009	Rabbit, Run
August Wilson	Playwright	27-Apr-1945	2-Oct-2005	The Piano Lesson
Tom Wolfe	Author	2-Mar-1931		Bonfire of the Vanities
Andrew Wyeth	Painter	12-Jul-1917	16-Jan-2009	American painter, Christina's World

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