KHC Turns 40
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KHC's early years: Founding Executive Director Marion Cott (left)
with Dr. D. Arthur Zook (center).
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In 1971, at the invitation of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a committee of five Kansans led by Dr. D. Arthur Zook, then president of the Associated Independent Colleges of Kansas, established the Kansas Committee for the Humanities. The Committee's purpose? To foster appreciation of the humanities among the out-of-school adult public and to relate the humanities to issues of public policy. In 1972, the Committee hired Marion Cott as executive director, received its first NEH award of $125,000, and approved 14 grants over a 12-month period. Forty years and a name change later, the Kansas Humanities Council's commitment to engaging Kansans with the humanities is still going strong.
Stay tuned for feature stories from our past and ideas about our future directions throughout 2012.
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