BALCH WINS NATIONAL HUMANITIES MEDAL

 

Stephen Balch, president of the National Association of Scholars, was awarded a National Humanities Medal at a White House ceremony on November 15, 2007.  In presenting the award, President George W. Bush said the medal was for:


"his leadership and advocacy upholding the noblest traditions of higher education. His work on behalf of scholarship and a free society has made him a proponent of reform and a champion of excellence at our nation's universities."

 

Stephen Balch is a SAFS member and was our keynote speaker at the Annual General Meeting, May, 2005.