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Banquet Luncheon and Awards Presentation

March 10, 2009

Barry R. Gross Memorial Award to Carol Iannone,
Editor-at-Large, Academic Questions, NAS

NAS Award for Service to the Humanities to Bruce Cole,
Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities

Peter Shaw Memorial Award to Victor Davis Hanson,
Fellow, Hoover Institution

Sidney Hook Memorial Award to Ward Connerly,
Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute

Barry R. Gross Memorial Award to Carol Iannone Video

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NAS Award for Service to the Humanities to Bruce Cole, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities

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Peter Shaw Memorial Award to Victor Davis Hanson, Fellow, Hoover Institution

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Sidney Hook Memorial Award to Ward Connerly, Chairman, American Civil Rights Institute

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Individually and collectively, Carol Iannone, Bruce Cole, Victor Davis Hanson and Ward Connerly remind us that our constitutionally guaranteed liberties require eternal vigilance. Thank you for making the videos of the NAS Award Presentations to these outstanding Americans available for viewing.

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Banquet Luncheon and Awards Presentation
March 10, 2009
At our national conference in January, NAS presented awards to outstanding individuals who contributed to the defense of academic freedom, intellectual culture, and education reform. This year's recipients were Carol Iannone, Bruce Cole, Victor Davis Hanson, and Ward Connerly.
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Panel 4: Are the Dorms Being Politicized?
February 24, 2009
Video: The final panel at January's national NAS conference was based on our initiative, "How Many Delawares?" The panel was moderated by Velma Montoya and included speakers Adam Kissel, John K. Wilson, and Jan Blits.

Panel 3: The Military and Academe
February 19, 2009
Video: At our national conference we held a panel to discuss the relationship between the military and higher education. General Josiah Bunting chaired the panel, which included speakers Edward Lengel, Brig Gen Charles F. Brower IV, and Allan Silver.
1 comment - Last on 02/23/2009

Panel 2: The Changing Economic and Technical Landscape of Higher Education
February 11, 2009
Video: Panel 2 at the January NAS conference, chaired by Herbert London, included Andrew Gillen (representing Richard Vedder), Richard Bishirjian, and Scott Jaschik.

Debate: The Meaning of Academic Freedom
January 30, 2009
Video: NAS president Peter Wood and AAUP president Cary Nelson debated the definition of our core principle.
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Panel 1: The Changing Political Landscape of Higher Education
January 29, 2009
The first panel at the recent NAS conference, moderated by Anne Neal, included Abigail Thernstrom, Greg Lukianoff, Terry Hartle, and Diane Auer Jones.

NAS Conference Keynote Speaker: "Western Culture is Unique"
January 20, 2009
Video: Victor Davis Hanson, champion of Western civilization, addressed the NAS conference on January 9, 2009.
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