Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the following companies, corporations, foundations, individuals, and organizations for their generous support that helped make possible the 2004 Coming Up Taller Awards.

Beth Singer Design
Miriam and Gerry Birnbach
Charles Butt
Contacto cultural, Fideicomiso para la Cultura México-EUA
(Cultural contact, The US­Mexico Foundation for Culture) with assistance from Comex
Cranium, Inc.
Dr. Mark Epstein and Ms. Amoretta Hoeber
Global Tech Industries
GMAC Financial Services
Green Family Foundation
Bill McCormick
MetLife Foundation
Mid-Atlantic Printers, Ltd.
Miller & Long Co., Inc.
Robert T. and Ruby N. Priddy Fund, Communities Foundation of Texas
Charles Vincent Prothro Family Fund of The Dallas Foundation
Vin and Caren Prothro Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Slavin
Surdna Foundation, Inc.

GMAC Financial Services made possible the 2004 Coming Up Taller Publication.

Special thanks go to the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) for its partnership in coordinating Coming Up Taller.

The following individuals are indispensable to the success of this initiative:

Carmen Boston, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Wilsonia Cherry, National Endowment for the Humanities
Candace Katz, The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Lee Kessler, National Endowment for the Arts
Marsha Semmel, Institute of Museum and Library Services