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Governor to present humanities awards at UM Sept. 15

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University Communications NEWS RELEASE Missoula, MT 59812 (406) 243-2522

This release is available electronically on INN (News Net). Sept. 8, 1995

GOVERNOR TO PRESENT HUMANITIES AWARDS AT UM SEPT. 15

MISSOULA -

Gov. Marc Racicot will honor Ivan Doig, William Sullivan and the Montana Association of

Churches at the first annual Governor’s Humanities Awards ceremony at The University of

Montana - Missoula Friday evening, Sept. 15.

The free public ceremony, featuring a reading by author Doig, will begin at 8 p.m. in

UM’s Montana Theatre. The event is sponsored by the Montana Committee tor the Humanities.

Tickets for the champagne reception that will follow the ceremony cost $10 each and are available by calling the MCH, (406) 243-6022.

Award recipients were selected for their continuing commitment to the humanities in a context that illuminates the values, history, and culture of Montana. Each will receive a sterling

silver medallion and a certificate of appreciation.

Doig, who is receiving this year’s award for scholarship, was bom in White Sulphur

Springs in 1939. He grew up along the Rocky Mountain Front, where his trilogy ot novels --

"Dancing at the Rascal Fair," "English Creek" and "Ride With Me, Mariah Montana" -- take

place. His first book, "This House of Sky," was nominated for a National Book Award in

contemporary thought. His most recent book is "Heart Earth." He holds a master’s degree in

journalism from and a doctorate in history from the University ot

Washington. Doig lives in , where he is at work on a new novel set in the 1930s with the

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Fort Peck Dam as its backdrop.

William Sullivan of Missoula, president of KPAX Communications, Inc., will receive one of two 1995 awards for service. Sullivan worked with the Montana Committee for the Humanities to bring commercial humanities television programming into the homes of Montanans each weekday through MCH's "Montana This Morning." He began his television career in 1965, working with veteran CBS affiliated broadcasters in Colorado, and joined KPAX in 1986.

The Montana Association of Churches will also receive an award for service. The association was formed by ten Protestant, Anglican, and Roman Catholic judicatories in 1973. In

1993 the organization spearheaded a nationally recognized response to the hate movement and promoted religious tolerance in the face of hate crimes and violence. The association's executive director, Margaret MacDonald, and chair, Cathy Day, will accept the award on behalf of their organization.

This year’s awards celebration will be held in conjunction with the MCH and Center for the

Rocky Mountain West-sponsored conference, "Montanans, New and Old, and the Search for a

Workable Future," September 14-15 in the Montana Theatre. m

Contact: Nancy Maxson, 243-6022.

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