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Southern Register: Center Director Honored (528 words) |
 | Ferris, one of five recipients of the 1995 Charles Frankel Prize in the Humanities, was presented the award October 5 on the White House South Lawn. |
| The Charles Frankel Prize, originated by the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1989, honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the public's understanding of history, literature, philosophy, and other humanities disciplines. |
| Each year the Frankel Prize winners are chosen from nominations received by NEH from state humanities councils, museums and historical societies, libraries and archives, public television and radio stations, and colleges and universities. |
| DOROTHY LOUISE BURNETT PORTER WESLEY (1905-1995): BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION (884 words) |
| Honorees are the 12 recipients of the 1994 National Medal of the Arts, selected by President Clinton in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, and the five recipients of the 1994 Charles Frankel Prize in the Humanities, chosen by the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
| The Prize commemorates the late Charles Frankel, an eminent professor of philosophy at Columbia University, assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs, and first director of the National Humanities Center in North Carolina, whose life and work exemplify the integration of scholarship and public service. |
| The Frankel Prize recipients were selected by Humanities Chairman Sheldon Hackney from recommendations made by the National Council on the Humanities. |
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