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On Thursday, November 29, the National Institute honored Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman, philanthropist Geraldine Kunstadter, and Central Park Conservancy founder Elizabeth Barlow Rogers. The three received Gold Medals for distinguished service to humanity at the 104th Gold Medal Dinner at the Metropolitan Club in New York City.
The National Institute of Social Sciences hosted “Ten Restaurants That Changed America” on Tuesday, August 7, at Marta, in the Redbury Hotel in New York City.
How have restaurants changed the way Americans live? Join us on Tuesday, August 7, for a catered reception and lively, informed discussion with Paul Freedman, author of "Ten Restaurants That Changed America." Richard Coraine, partner at Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group, will join Mr. Freedman in a conversation about how the country's most influential restaurants have affected American society.
Jon Parish Peede, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, talked about “Beauty, Optimism, and the Waves of History" at the National Institute's 27th annual discussion luncheon, held on Tuesday, June 12 at the Cornell Club of New York.
On Thursday, April 26, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jon Parrish Peede as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities by unanimous consent. Mr. Peede, who will address the National Institute's annual discussion luncheon in New York City on Tuesday, June 12, had been acting head of the endowment.
Jon Parrish Peede, who was recently confirmed by the U.S. Senate as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will be the keynote speaker at the National Institute’s annual luncheon, which will be held on Tuesday, June 12, at the Cornell Club of New York.
The National Institute of Social Sciences mourns the passing of Clarence F. Michalis on March 30. He was 96. A longtime member of the National Institute, Mr. Michalis served on its executive committee and as president from 2001 to 2006.
Ambassador Bonnie McElveen-Hunter will headline the 28th annual luncheon of the Florida Chapter of the National Institute of Social Sciences on Monday, March 19 in Palm Beach.
The National Institute of Social Sciences mourns the passing of longtime member and former trustee Charlotte Armstrong, who died on December 8, 2017, at Quarry Hill, Maine, where she lived. She was 90.