Hanks, Nancy (12/31/1927-01/07/1983)

Summary

• Occupation: Arts administrator, civil servant
• Number of Terms: 1

Subject

• Hanks, Nancy 1927-1983
• Board of Regents
• Citizen Regent
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

Regent type

Citizen

State

District of Columbia

Notes

• Hanks was the second woman to be appointed as a citizen member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents, as well as the first director of the National Endowment for the Arts.
• American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Who's Who in American Art. 16th edition. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1984; The Blue Book. Leaders of the English-speaking world. 1976 edition. London: St. James Press; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976. Reprint. In two volumes by Gale Research, Detroit, 1979; Who's Who in America. Volume 8, 1982-1985. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1985; Who's Who of American Women. First edition, 1958-1959. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who's Who, 1958.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 09/18/1982-01/07/1983

Topic

• Women
• Government executives
• History
• Regents
• Women--History

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

Biographies

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