<p>The White House has just announced the 2010 winners of the National Humanities Medal. </p>
<p>"The medals are the highest government honors given to scholars, writers, artists and entertainers. President Obama is expected to present the awards at a White House ceremony on Wednesday. The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities suggest names to the White House, which makes the final selection. </p>
<p>"The National Humanities Medals are given to individuals who have contributed to greater understanding of human nature and of the human condition," said NEH Chairman Jim Leach. NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman added, "From criticism to literature, music, poetry, sculpture and theater, these honorees' devotion to shaping and sharing American art is unrivaled." </p>
<p>White</a> House to honor 19 with National Humanities Medal and National Medal for the Arts</p>
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<p>This year two of the ten winners of the National Humanities Medal are Princeton faculty members.</p>
<p>2010 National Humanities Medal Winners
(and institutional affiliation)</p>
<p>Joyce Carol Oates (Princeton)
Stanley Katz (Princeton)
Bernard Bailyn (Harvard)
Jacques Barzun (Columbia)
Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria (Yale)
Arnold Rampersad (Stanford)
Gordon S. Wood (Brown)
Daniel Aaron (founding president of the Library of America)
Wendell E. Berry (writer and conservationist)
Philip Roth (Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist)</p>
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<p>More information about Professor Oates and the Creative Writing Program at Princeton can be found here:</p>