Dana Gioia

Dana Gioia

male, 58 years old
Sicilian-American, Stanford University alumni, Harvard University alumni, Magazine editor, from the San Francisco Bay Area, NationalEndowmentfortheArts…from the Greater Los Angeles Area
Michael Dana Gioia (born December 24, 1950) is an American poet who retired early from his career as a corporate executive at General Foods to...
Nancy Hanks

Nancy Hanks

female
Duke University alumni, Duke University, Old Post Office Building, NationalEndowmentfortheArts, kappa alpha theta, richard m. nixon
Nancy Hanks was the second chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. She was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon and served from 1969 to...
Jane Alexander

Jane Alexander

female, 70 years old
film actor, NationalEndowmentfortheArts, Law & Order cast, Tony Award winner, From Boston, actress
Jane Alexander (b. October 28 1939), is an award-winning American actress, author, and former director of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Bill Ivey

male
Vanderbilt University, NationalEndowmentfortheArts, Director of the Country Music Foundation, Arts Chairman
Bill Ivey was the seventh chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton and served from 1998 to 2001....
Karen Finley

Karen Finley

female, 53 years old
Spoken word poet, Third-wave Feminism, riot grrrl, American disco musician, from Evanston, Illinois, artist…Senate of the United States, The Truth Is Hard To Swallow, NationalEndowmentfortheArts
Karen Finley (b. 1956, Evanston, Illinois) is a controversial American performance artist, whose theatrical pieces and recordings have often been...
John Frohnmayer

John Frohnmayer

male
Oregon politician, politician, John E. Frohnmayer, University of Oregon, george h.w. bush, American…NationalEndowmentfortheArts
John E. Frohnmayer is a politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He was the fifth chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, a program of...
Slide Hampton

Slide Hampton

male, 77 years old
musician, NEA Jazz Master, from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, NationalEndowmentfortheArts, From Pittsburgh, American jazz trombonist…the cosby show
"Slide Hampton" is a jazz trombonist and arranger. He was born Locksley Wellington Hampton on April 21, 1932 in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, but...
Tim Miller

Tim Miller

male, 51 years old
immigration, John Frohnmayer, Whittier Public Library, NationalEndowmentfortheArts, whittier, American
Tim Miller (b. September 22, 1958, Pasadena, California) is an American performance artist, whose pieces frequently involve gay identity and...
Meredith Sue Willis

Meredith Sue Willis

female
Deep Revision, NationalEndowmentfortheArts, The New York Times Book Review, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, The San Francisco Chronicle, Trespassers…The Secret Super Powers of Marco, In the Mountains of America, the nation
Meredith Sue Willis (born 1946 in Clarksburg, West Virginia), is a writer and teacher probably best known as a member of the literary renaissance...
Toshiko Akiyoshi

Toshiko Akiyoshi

female, 80 years old
Bebop pianist, Hard-bop pianist, Japanese, American jazz bandleader, Women in jazz, Grammy…NationalEndowmentfortheArts
is a jazz pianist, composer/arranger and bandleader. She is among the first successful female instrumentalists in jazz. She is recognized as a...