96-05-01 Kermit Hall to Speak to Congress

                       NEWS ADVISORY:
  OSU DEAN SPEAKS TO CONGRESS ON IMPORTANCE OF HUMANITIES

     An Ohio State University dean and professor will share his 
expertise during a presentation by humanities educators to 
members of Congress.  

     Kermit Hall, dean of the College of Humanities and professor 
of history and law, will both moderate and make remarks at  
"Humanities on the Hill," a forum to showcase the importance of 
humanities to lawmakers. Dean Hall is first on the program that 
will begin at 8:30 a.m. Thursday (5/2) in the Senate Russell 
Caucus Room.

     Funding has been cut by about one third to the National 
Endowment for the Humanities, which helps conduct humanities 
programs on the state and local level.  "Humanities on the Hill" 
allows the humanities community to host their members of Congress 
in a demonstration of the importance of the humanities in helping 
to preserve our nation's history, traditions and values.  

     Joining Dean Hall on the program will be filmmaker Ken 
Burns, creator of "The Civil War" and "Baseball," who will 
preview his new movie, "The West."  Other speakers include George 
Frein (as Mark Twain), Sheldon Hackney (NEH), and Sharon 
Rockefeller, president of WETA-TV, a PBS affiliate in Washington, 
D.C.

     Hall teaches undergraduate, graduate and law courses in 
American constitutional and legal history.  A former Fulbright 
Scholar, he is editor of several legal reference publications and 
has served as a consultant for script preparation and production 
of several television documentaries.  Hall also serves on the 
five-member John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board, 
which reviews and makes available to the American people those 
records related to the assassination of President Kennedy that 
are still held in secret by various agencies of the U.S. 
government.

     Hall will be available to speak with reporters at the event 
site following the conclusion of the program, at about 10 a.m. 
                              
CONTACT: Kermit Hall, College of Humanities, (614) 292-1882. 


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