Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the following companies, corporations, foundations, individuals, and organizations for their generous support that helped make possible the 2005 Coming Up Taller Awards.

Beth Singer Design
Charles Butt
Cherner Lincoln, Mercury, Isuzu, and Kia
Cranium, Inc.
GMAC Financial Services
MetLife Foundation
Mid-Atlantic Printers, Ltd.
Robert T. and Ruby N. Priddy Donor Advised Fund, Witchita Falls Area Community Foundation
Charles Vincent Prothro Family Fund of The Dallas Foundation
Vin and Caren Prothro Foundation
The U.S.‚Mexico Foundation for Culture, with special support from Televisa and The Coca-Cola Company
Time Warner Inc.


With gratitude, the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities acknowledges GMAC Financial Services’ generous contributions, which play a significant role in the success of the Coming Up Taller program and make this publication possible.

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

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
Marsha Semmel, Institute of Museum and Library Services
Traci Slater-Rigaud, The President's Committee on the Arts the Humanities
Anthony Tighe, National Endowment for the Arts