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ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL CONDUCTS FALL BOARD MEETING AT THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY IN SPRINGFIELD

09/09/2005

CHICAGO -The Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) Board of Directors will hold its fall board meeting at the new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield (112 North Sixth Street) on Friday, September 30, 2005. The Board will convene in the morning in the Lincoln Reception Room. Items on the agenda for this meeting include a discussion of the FY2006 budget and a review of major grant proposals. In addition, IHC board and staff will have the opportunity to tour the new Library and Museum.

Currently, 28 members comprise the Illinois Humanities Council Board of Directors. They are:

Arthur M. Sussman, Chair (Chicago); Danielle S. Allen (Chicago);

Marti Belluschi (Chicago); Brian F. Bergheger (Elmhurst); Matti Bunzl (Champaign); Frank Cizon (Chicago); Curt Columbus (Chicago); John L. Fascia (Clarendon Hills); Stuart Flack (Chicago); The Honorable Joan B. Gottschall (Chicago); Alton B. Harris (Chicago); Kathryn M. Harris (Springfield); Clark Hulse (Chicago); J. Paul Hunter (Chicago); Cheryl Johnson-Odim (Evanston); Greg Koos (Bloomington); Maria Pèrez Laubman (Grayslake); Grayson Mitchell (Chicago); Constance Mortell (Chicago); Gayl S. Pyatt (Pinckneyville); Gordon Quinn (Chicago); Barrett Rochman (Carbondale); Patricia Jean Simon (Makanda); Rolf Thienemann (Rockford); Nancy Tom (Chicago); 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 by all Illinoisans, regardless of their economic resources, cultural background, or geographic location. The IHC is supported by state, federal, and private funds.

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