Book
The power of ideas, volume II
(2008)
Abstract
Somewhere in the course of his life, Louisville industrialist and philanthropist H. Charles Grawemeyer developed the idea of a series of awards that would pay homage to creativity and genius in areas of human endeavor too much ignored by other awards. At the same time he wanted to bring recognition to two institutions he considered pivotal in his life—the University of Louisville, where he received an excellent education through the Speed Scientific School during the Great Depression, and the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, on whose board he served for many years. The results are the Grawemeyer Awards in Music, Political Science, Education, Religion, and Psychology—a set of distinctions meant to, in Grawemeyer's words, "help make the world a better place."
The Power of Ideas, Volume II continues where the first volume left off. While Volume I chronicled the first fifteen years of the award ending with the 1997 awards, this volume continues forward with an additional ten years of awards, ending with the year 2007.
Keywords
- Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order,
- awards
Disciplines
Publication Date
2008
Publisher
Butler Books
ISBN
978-1884532948
Citation Information
Allan E. Dittmer, Marc Satterwhite, Heywood M. Petry, Susan R. Garrett, et al.. The power of ideas, volume II. Louisville, KY(2008) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rodger-payne/2/