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` bro ' adams carole m. watson jim leach william r. cotter gary allan sojka david a. greene steffen h. rogers barack obama 10th of the national endowment for the humanities president of colby chair college president of bucknell university of the national endowment for the humanities july 2014 2000 1995 lauren sterling william bro adams.jpg william drea adams
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william drea adams

william drea adams is an american educator and advocate for the humanities .
he is the tenth chair of the national endowment for the humanities .
he served as president of bucknell university from 1995 -- 2000 , and as president of colby college from 2000 to 2014 .
