National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government. It was created by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (). It was created to support research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is housed at 400 7th St SW, Washington, D.C. From 1979 to 2014, NEH was at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. in the Nancy Hanks Center at the Old Post Office.

List of Chairpersons
 Barnaby Keeney, 1963–1965, Chair of National Commission on the Humanities
 Henry Allen Moe, 1965–66, Interim Chair
 Barnaby Keeney, 1966–1970
 Wallace Edgerton, Acting Chair, 1970–71
 Ronald Berman, 1971–1977
 Robert Kingston, Acting Chair, 1977
 Joseph Duffey, 1977–81
 William J. Bennett, 1981–85
 John Agresto, Acting Chair, 1985
 Lynne Cheney, 1986–1993
 Jerry L. Martin, Acting Chair, 1993
 Donald Gibson, Acting Chair, 1993
 Sheldon Hackney, 1993–97
 Bruce A. Lehman, Acting Chair, 1997
 William R. Ferris, 1997–2001
 Bruce Cole, 2001–2009Bruce Cole to Depart the National Endowment for the Humanities,"  press release dated November 12, 2008, at NEH website.
 Carole M. Watson, Acting Chair, 2009"President Obama appoints Carole M. Watson as Acting Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities ," press release dated February 10, 2009, at NEH website.Stan Katz, "Who Can Lead the NEH," Chronicle Review blog post, February 10, 2009.
 Jim Leach, 2009–2013
 Carole M. Watson, Acting Chair, 2013–2014
 William 'Bro' Adams, 2014–2017
 Margaret "Peggy" Plympton, Acting Chair, 2017–2018
 Jon Parrish Peede, 2018–2021 
 Adam Wolfson, Acting Chair, 2021–2022
 Shelly Lowe, 2022–Present 

References

Category:United States government agencies
Category:1965 establishments in the United States
Category:Humanities
Category:Organizations in Washington, D.C.