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ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL CONDUCTS SPRING BOARD MEETING AT THE JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION

04/02/2008

ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL CONDUCTS SPRING BOARD MEETING AT THE JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION

CHICAGO -The Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) Board of Directors will hold its spring Board meeting at The MacArthur Foundation (140 S. Dearborn St., Chicago) on Friday, April 25, 2008. The Board will convene at 9:00 a.m. in the James Furman Lecture Room of the Conference Center.

The agenda will include grant review, election of officers and the presentation of a slate of nominees to the board, the IHC Treasurer's report, an update on 2009 federal and state funding, and a presentation on Literature and Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare, the Council’s discussion-based program for healthcare workers.

Currently, 32 members comprise the Illinois Humanities Council Board of Directors. They are:

Arthur M. Sussman, Chair (Chicago); Danielle S. Allen (Chicago); Marti Belluschi (Chicago); Matti Bunzl (Champaign); Frank Cizon (Chicago); Michael C. Dorf (Chicago); Deborah Epstein (Chicago); John L. Fascia (Clarendon Hills); Stuart Flack (Chicago); The Honorable Joan B. Gottschall (Chicago); Alton B. Harris (Chicago); Clark Hulse (Chicago); J. Paul Hunter (Chicago); Cheryl Johnson-Odim (Evanston); Falona Joy (Evanston ); Gary Koch (Springfield); Greg Koos (Bloomington); Robert F. Lipman (Chicago); Grayson Mitchell (Chicago); Constance Mortell (Long Island City, NY); Anita Nagler (Chicago); James M. Newcomb (Chicago); Gayl S. Pyatt (Pinckneyville); Gordon Quinn (Chicago); Patricia Jean Simon (Makanda);Rolf Thienemann (Rockford); David Thigpen (Chicago); Nancy Tom (Chicago); George Van Dusen (Skokie); Willard E. White (Riverside); John A. Wing, (Evanston); and Miriam Zayed (Orland Park).

The IHC accepts public nominations for new Board members throughout the year.

For more information about the IHC, call (312) 422-5580 or visit www.prairie.org.

The Illinois Humanities Council is a nonprofit educational organization (501 {c} 3) dedicated to fostering a culture in which the humanities are a vital part of the lives of individuals and communities. Organized in 1973 as the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the humanities, the IHC creates programs and funds organizations that promote greater understanding of, appreciation for, and involvement in the humanities. The IHC is supported by state, federal, and private funds.

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