CELEBRATIONS OF RECOGNITION

The 2010 Governor’s Humanities Awards

Each year the state of Missouri and the Missouri Humanities Council celebrate the accomplishments of people who have made exceptional contributions to the understanding of Missouri, its people and its stories. These awards are based on nominations from colleagues, students, associates and the general public for outstanding contributions to the humanities in Missouri. The 2010 awards ceremony was held October 13 at Stephens College. The Council thanks all those that attended to honor these outstanding Missourians and Missouri organizations.

2010 Recipients

Excellence in Education

Recognizes one or more teachers of English, history, languages, or social studies, grades K-12, in Missouri’s public or private schools.

Jean M. Turney – St. John the Baptist, St. Louis

Exemplary Community Achievement

Recognizes an individual or group who has made a special contribution to a community’s understanding of and support for humanities-related endeavors on the local and/or state level.

Andrew County Museum & Historical Society – A Rural Way of Life: Andrew County Missouri, 1841-2001

Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum – Hannibal

Reynaldo Anderson, Ph.D. – St. Louis

James D. Beckner – Raymore

Kathleen Butterly Nigro, Ph.D. – St. Louis

Distinguished Literary Achievement

Recognizes an individual or group whose book or publication (fiction, non-fiction, or poetry) has increased our understanding and appreciation of Missouri’s history and culture.

Gladys Caines Coggswell - “Stories From the Heart: Missouri’s African American Heritage,” Frankford

National History Day

Four Missouri students will be recognized as National History Day finalists for their research and projects revolving around the 2010 theme: “Innovation in History: Impact and Change” at the Missouri Humanities Council’s Governor’s Humanities Awards ceremony.

More than 2,500 Missouri students in grades 6-12 participated in local and regional competitions throughout the state, with more than 500 advancing to the National History Day in Missouri state contest at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Forty nine of Missouri’s top students then went on to represent the state as delegates to the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day competition. Four students from Missouri were selected as finalists at the national level:

• Patrick Lawhon of Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, with teacher Sam Knopik was awarded first place for his project on the innovation of shipping containers, “The Box That Made the World Smaller.”

• Emily Duncan of Liberty Junior High School, Liberty, with teacher Inga Nordstrom-Kelly was awarded eighth place for her project, “The Discovery of Insulin: A Medical Marvel for the Sugar Sickness.”

• Justin Shock of Gideon Junior High, Gideon, with teacher James Breece was awarded ninth place with his project about the invention of Braille and the innovation for the blind community, “Out of Darkness.”

• Matt Vallorani of Holy Infant School, Ballwin, with teacher Bob Stevens was awarded ninth place for his project “Steam Engine & Industrial Revolution.”

Pictured are Deborah Luchenbill, state coordinator of the National History Day in Missouri, Justin Shock, Patrick Lawhon, sponsor James Breece and Missouri Humanities Council’s Executive Director Geoff Giglierano.

The Missouri Humanities Council thanks the 2010 Governor’s Humanities Awards sponsors:

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