[DOC] [TLE] NEH Timeline | National Endowment for the Humanities [PAR] How NEH has fostered the Humanites 1963 Three scholarly and educational ... 
He selects Barnaby Keeney, who headed the original commission, to become .... 
D.C., to a record-breaking crowd of five million, before moving to Chicago, .... 
1985 ... Bennett resigns as NEH Chairman to become U.S. Secretary of 
Education,... [DOC] [TLE] William Bennett - Wikipedia [PAR] William John "Bill" Bennett (born July 31, 1943) is an American conservative 
pundit, politician, and political theorist, who served as Secretary of Education 
from... [DOC] [TLE] William J. Bennett (19851988)Miller Center [PAR] William J. Bennett (19851988) - Secretary of Education ... From 1972 to 1976, 
he worked both as an assistant to the president and as an assistant ... Bennett 
served as the executive director of the National Humanities Center from 1976 ... 
first as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (1981-1985) and 
then... [DOC] [TLE] William J. Bennett facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] (At that time John R. Silber was chairman of the Department of Philosophy and 
later ... for a year (1971-1972) before becoming an assistant professor of 
philosophy and ... He served on a review panel for the National Endowment for 
the Humanities ... Bennett resigned from the Department of Education in 
September 1988 to... [DOC] [TLE] Curran Rejected as Chair Nominee for National Endowment for the ... [PAR] 1985, Curran Rejected as Chair Nominee for National Endowment for the ... A. 
Curran to be chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). ... 
Before going to the Peace Corps, Curran served under Reagan as director of the 
... In 1982 he was forced to resign that post by then-Education Secretary T. H. Bell
... [DOC] [TLE] man in the news; designated secretaries of the interior, education ... [PAR] In three years as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, 
William J. Bennett has been such a ... Published: January 11, 1985 ... the grant 
from the humanities endowment that had been approved before he became 
chairman. [DOC] [TLE] HUMANITIES ENDOWMENT SPURS CONTROVERSY AGAIN ... [PAR] Once again, however, the endowment is producing contentious argument far ... 
Published: October 6, 1985 ... was highly critical of some grants awarded before 
he became chairman. ... that led to his dismissal by T. H. Bell, then the Secretary 
of Education. ... of the National Endowment for the Humanities,'' Mr. Curran said. [DOC] [TLE] William Bennett Biography - life, family, children, school, mother ... [PAR] He continues his efforts to improve education and fight drugs, and he is an active 
... National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Humanities 
Faculty, ... In May 1976 he became executive director of the National Humanities 
... Bennett resigned from the Department of Education in September 1988 to join 
a... [DOC] [TLE] Nominations & Appointments, April 4, 1985 [PAR] Apr 4, 1985 ... Previously he was Director of the National Institute of Education at ... In 1955 - 
1957 he taught at Englewood School for Boys, Englewood, NJ, and acted as 
chairman of the lower school. ... In 1977 he became a Foreign Service inspector. 
... In 1984 - 1985 he served as assistant to the Secretary and Director... [DOC] [TLE] Reagan's essence was optimism, patriotism - CNN.com [PAR] Feb 4, 2011 ... He was U.S. secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 and was director ... first as 
his chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and then ... years 
before he was to become president, and he was derided for it by... [DOC] [TLE] CNN.com - Bennett under fire for remarks on blacks, crime - Sep 30 ... [PAR] Sep 30, 2005 ... Congressional Democrats blasted former Education Secretary William ... Bennett 
is being harshly criticized, but he says he is standing by his comments. ... Bennett 
served as Reagan's chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities 
from 1981-1985 and secretary of education from 1985-1988. [DOC] [TLE] National Endowment for the Humanities - AllGov - Departments

Question: He was chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities before becoming Secretary of Education in 1985
Answer: William Bennett