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For Immediate Release
OFFICE OF THE FIRST LADY
November 10, 2005

Guest List for the NEA-NEH 40th Anniversary Dinner Hosted by the President and Mrs. Bush

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THE PRESIDENT and MRS. BUSH

Professor Fouad Ajami, Director, Middle East Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University
Mrs. Michelle Ajami

Mr. Louis S. Auchincloss, Author
Mrs. Tracy Auchincloss (Daughter-in-law)

Dr. Stephen H. Balch, President, National Association of Scholars
Mrs. Maria S. Balch

President George W. Bush welcomes guests in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, at the dinner celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.  White House photo by Paul MorseDr. Walter Berns, American Enterprise Institute
Mrs. Irene Berns

Mr. Albert J. Beveridge III, President, National Trust for the Humanities
Mrs. Madzy Beveridge

Colonel Matthew Bogdanos
Mrs. Claudia Bogdanos

Ms. Eva Brann, Tutor, St. John's College
Mr. Christopher Nelson, President, St. Johns College (Guest)

Mr. Josiah Bunting III, President, The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Mrs. Diana Bunting

Mr. David Burke, Managing Director, Depfa Bank PLC
Ms. Jane Green, Author

The Honorable Andrew H. Card, Jr., Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff
The Reverend Kathleene B. Card, Trinity United Methodist Church

The Honorable Richard Cheney, Vice President of the United States
The Honorable Lynne V. Cheney

Mr. Ron Chernow, Author, Alexander Hamilton

Mr. Van Cliburn, Concert Pianist, Former Member, National Council on the Arts
Mr. Thomas L. Smith (Guest)

The Honorable Bruce M. Cole, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
Mrs. Doreen Cole

Dr. Theodore Crackel, Editor-In-Chief, Papers of George Washington
Ms. Mary-Jo Kline

Mr. James DePreist, Director of Conducting and Orchestral Studies, Juilliard School
Mrs. Jinette DePreist

Mr. Michael Dirda, Columnist, Washington Post Book World
Mrs. Marian Dirda, Paper Conservator, National Gallery of Art

Mr. Stephen Donovan, Retired Executive, Procter & Gamble
Mrs. Nancy Donovan, President, Ames Travel

Mr. Paquito D'Rivera, Jazz Musician
Ms. Brenda Feliciano

The Honorable Elizabeth Myerberg Dubin, Member, President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Mr. Richard N. Dubin

Mr. Robert Duvall, Actor, Writer and Director
Mrs. Luciana Duvall

The Honorable James E. Farmer, Member, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, General Motors Acceptance Corp
The Honorable Debbie Allen, Member, President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, Artist Director, The Debbie Allen Dance Academy (Guest)

The Honorable Jaime Fonalledas, Jr., Member, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, Empresas Fonalledas, Inc.
The Honorable Zoraida Fonalledas

Mrs. Alice Carrington Foultz, Owner, Carrington Gallery Art Consulting
Mr. Eric Foultz, Client Navigator, Navitas Limited, Ltd.

The Honorable Frank E. Fowler, Member, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Mrs. Gay Fowler

Professor John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of History, Yale University

This is a view of the table settings in the State Dining Room, for the Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005 White House dinner, celebrating the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities 40th Anniversary. Chosen by Mrs. Laura Bush, the centerpieces are autumnal roses displayed in vermeil vases to compliment the Reagan China.  White House photo by Paul MorseMs. Toni Dorfman, Associate Professor of Theater Studies, Yale University

Mr. Leonard Garment, Chairman of the Board, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
Mrs. Suzanne Garment

Mr. Eric Gibson, Leisure & Arts Features Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Mrs. Kay Gibson

Mr. Richard Gilder, Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC
Ms. Britt-Louise Gilder (Daughter)

Mr. Derek Gillman, President and the Edna S. Tuttleman Director, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Mrs. Yael Gillman

The Honorable Dana Gioia, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
Mrs. Mary Gioia, Spouse of Mr. Dana Gioia

Professor Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard University
Mr. Edward R. Lev

Mr. Sheldon Grossman
Mrs. Maurizia Grossman

Mrs. Cheryl Hurley, President, The Library of America
Mr. Kevin Hurley, Managing Director, Bridgeworth Capital Management

Mr. Alberto Ibarguen, President and CEO, John S. & James L. Knight Foundation
Mrs. Angelica Ibarguen, Chief, Human Capital Officer, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Sister)

Mr. Marc C. Johnson, Chairman of the Board of the Federation of State Humanities Councils, Chairman of the Idaho Humanities Council
Dr. Patricia Johnson

Mr. Robert M. Johnson, President, The Johnson Group
Mrs. Joyce A. Johnson

Mr. Leigh Keno, Antiques Expert, Author and Television Host
Ms. Jasmin Espanol (Guest)

Mr. Leslie Keno, Antiques Expert, Author and Television Host
Mrs. Emily Keno

Dr. Alan Charles Kors, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania, George H. Walker Endowed Term Chair
Mrs. Erika Kors

Mr. Leonard A. Lauder, Chairman, The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
Mrs. Evelyn Lauder

The Honorable James A. Leach, United States Representative (R/Iowa)
Mrs. Deba Leach

Mr. Lewis Lehrman, Co-Chairman, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Mrs. Louise Lehrman

Mr. John Leo, Columnist, U.S. News & World Report
Ms. Alexandra Leo, Daughter of Mr. John Leo

Professor Bernard Lewis, Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Mrs. Buntzie Ellis Churchill, President, World Affairs Council, Philadelphia (Guest)

The Honorable Thomas Mallon, Acting Deputy Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
Mr. William G. Bodenschatz (Guest)

President George W. Bush welcomes guests in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, at the dinner celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.  White House photo by Paul MorseThe Honorable Adair Wakefield Margo, Chairman, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Mr. Wake Margo (Son)

Mrs. Judith Martin
Dr. Robert Martin, Scientist, National Institutes of Health

The Honorable John Mason, Member, President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, Law Offices of John Mason, Ltd

The Honorable Henry Moran, Executive Director, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities

The Honorable Raymond D. Nasher, Chairman, The Nasher Company, Member, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities

Dr. Libby O'Connell, Senior Vice President, Corporate Outreach and Chief Historian, AETN
Mr. Matthew O'Connell

Mr. James Piereson, Executive Director, John M. Olin Foundation
Mrs. Patricia Piereson

Ms. Tina Ramirez, Founder and Artistic Director, Ballet Hispanico
Ms. Joan Gottfried, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ballet Hispanico (Guest)

Ms. Rebecca W. Rimel, President and CEO, Pew Charitable Trusts
Mr. Patrick J. Caldwell

The Honorable Charles S. Robb, Former United States Senator (D/Virginia)
Mrs. Lynda Johnson Robb

Mr. Richard Rodriguez, Writer, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
Ms. Helen Rodriguez (Sister)

The Honorable William Rollnick
The Honorable Nancy Ellison

The Honorable Emily Malino Scheuer, Member, President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Mr. Michael Kahn, Artistic Director, The Shakespeare Theatre (Guest)

The Honorable Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education
Mr. Robert Spellings, partner, Butera and Andrews, Attorneys at Law

Mr. Allen Toussaint, The Phillips Club
Mr. Joshua Feigenbaum (Guest)

Mr. Jamie Wyeth, American Artist
Mrs. Phyllis Wyeth, Spouse of Mr. Jamie Wyeth

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