The Prairie Landscape

ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL SCHOLAR NAMED DIRECTOR OF ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

04/06/2001

CHICAGO -- The Illinois Humanities Council is pleased to announce that IHC scholar Tom Teague has been named as the Director of the Illinois State Historical Society. Mr. Teague is a member of the Illinois Humanities Council’s Road Scholars Speakers Bureau. The Road Scholars program makes high-quality public programs available to non-profit organizations free of charge. This program places humanities scholars like Mr. Teague in diverse communities throughout the state where they give presentations on a wide variety of topics.

The Illinois Humanities Council’s hugely successful Road Scholars Speakers Bureau reached approximately 10,000 people in 117 Illinois communities last year alone. Because projections for 2001 indicate a similar growth of interest, a new catalog is being published with 39 speakers offering 71 programs. Author of Searching for Route 66, Mr. Teague will offer two programs devoted to the past, present, and future of Route 66.

For more information or to receive an application for a humanities scholar to visit your community, call 312-422-5580; write the IHC at 203 North Wabash, Suite 2020, Chicago, IL 60601-2417; or access the IHC website at 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 more than 25 years ago as the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the IHC promotes greater understanding of, appreciation for, and involvement in the humanities by the citizens of Illinois, regardless of their economic resources, cultural background, or geographic location. The IHC is supported by state, federal, and private funds.

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