Announcements Archive 2006

Susan Feder appointed Program Officer for the Performing Arts
December 19, 2006

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has appointed Susan Feder to the position of Program Officer for the Performing Arts, effective January 1, 2007. For the past 20 years, Ms. Feder has served as vice president of G. Schirmer, Inc., where she developed the careers of many leading composers in America, Europe, and the former Soviet Union. Previously she was editorial coordinator of The New Grove Dictionary of American Music and program editor at the San Francisco Symphony. Ms. Feder is also vice president of the Amphion Foundation. Ms. Feder succeeds Catherine Maciariello, who served as Program Officer from 1996 to 2006.
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Philip E. Lewis appointed Vice President for the Liberal Arts Colleges Program
December 18, 2006

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has appointed Philip E. Lewis to the position of Vice President for the Liberal Arts Colleges Program, effective February 1, 2007. For more than 30 years, Mr. Lewis has been a faculty member of the Department of Romance Studies and has served in many leadership positions at Cornell University, including as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Lewis will succeed Mary Patterson McPherson, who served as Vice President since October 1997 and is scheduled to retire.
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2006 Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients Named
December 18, 2006

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has named four scholars for this year's Distinguished Achievement Awards. Intended to underscore the decisive contributions the humanities make to the nation’s intellectual life, the awards, amounting to as much as $1.5 million each, honor scholars who have made significant contributions to humanistic inquiry.
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"Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education" Wins 2006 American Education Research Association Outstanding Book Award
April 09, 2006

The American Education Research Association has named "Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education" by William G. Bowen, Martin A. Kurzweil and Eugene M. Tobin as the recipient of the prestigious 2006 Outstanding Book Award. The book was originally published in April 2005 by the University of Virginia Press and will be released in a paperback edition on April 30, 2006.
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