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The President’s Committee Congratulates the 2007 National Medalist RecipientsIn a ceremony held at the White House in early November, twenty National Medals for the Arts and the Humanities were presented by the President to legendary artists, renowned scholars and institutions. The awards honor extraordinary contributions to the arts and humanities and are the highest recognition the U. S. bestows on its artists and scholars. The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) and its Chairman Adair Margo co-hosted the arts and humanities medals at the White House and provided private financial support for these Presidential honors. In addition to the ceremony, President's Committee member Elizabeth Dubin and her husband Richard held a dinner honoring this year’s humanities medal recipients where NEH Chairman Bruce Cole paid tribute to their extraordinary contributions to the cultural life of the nation. The National Humanities Medal honors individuals and organizations whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities, broadened citizens' engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand America's access to important humanities resources. The National Medal of Arts is awarded by the President to those who have
made extraordinary contributions to the creation, growth, and support
of the arts in the United States Recipients of the 2007 National Humanities MedalStephen Balch, founder and president of the National Association of Scholars Russell Freedman, biographer and children’s author Victor Davis Hanson, military historian and columnist Roger Hertog, philanthropist and businessman Ada Louise Huxtable, renowned architectural critic and writer Cynthia Ozick, novelist, short-story writer, and essayist Emeritus Richard Pipes, Harvard Professor and eminent historian of Russia and the Cold War Pauline Lois Miller Schultz, founder and curator of the Salt Creek Museum Henry Snyder, professor of history, emeritus, and director of the Center for Bibliographic Studies at the University of California, Riverside Ruth Wisse,
the Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative
Literature at Harvard University  Robert Edsel, President of the Monuments Men
Foundation for the Preservation of Art, accepts the 2007 National Medal
of the Humanities from President Bush. He is joined by WWII veterans
who served as Monuments Men.
The National Medal of Arts, established by Congress in 1984, is awarded by the President to those who have made extraordinary contributions to the creation, growth, and support of the arts in the United States.
Recipients of the 2007 National Medal of ArtsMorton Lauridsen, composer and former Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music N. Scott Momaday, author, essayist, poet, professor and painter Roy R. Neuberger, arts patron and enthusiast R. Craig Noel, founding director of the Old Globe Theatre Les Paul, musician and inventor of modern electric musical instruments and recording techniques Henry Steinway, arts patron and former president of Steinway & Sons George Tooker, painter Andrew Wyeth, painter  Artist Andrew Wyeth receives the 2007 National
Medal of the Arts from President Bush for his contributions to the arts.
The arts organization award was given to Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival a music competition and festival at the University of Idaho dedicated to teaching and preserving the heritage of jazz.
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