Appendix
The President's Committee would like to thank Judith Humphreys Weitz for preparing this report. Her longstanding experience in shaping public policies and programs for children and youth and her personal background in the performing arts made her an ideal person for investigating this promising subject.
Randy Cohen, Nancy Langan and Rachel Moore of Americans for the Arts interviewed staff at hundreds of arts and humanities programs for this report. Their diligence and dedication are deeply appreciated.
Without the support of the Anncox Foundation, Botwinick-Wolfensohn Foundation, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, GE Fund and Harris Foundation, this report would not have happened. Special thanks go to Anne Cox Chambers, James D. Wolfensohn and Jennifer Jacobson, Sally Bowles and Susan M. Bullock, Joan Shigekawa and Claudine Brown, Jane Polin and Joan W. Harris for their enthusiasm for and belief in this project.
The President's Committee would like to give special recognition to The Nathan Cummings Foundation , whose support provided for the creation and development of The Coming Up Taller website.
Elizabeth Murfee's editorial and writing skills were of great value. We are grateful to Jayson Hait for her detailed review of the text. Beth Singer Design made the text come alive, communicating through design the vitality of children and the promise of these programs.
We would like to acknowledge the expert guidance of the Advisory Group. To the more than 100 organizations and public agencies that supplied the Committee with information about promising arts and humanities programs, we extend our gratitude. Special thanks go to Esther Mackintosh of the Federation of State Humanities Councils and Patricia E. Williams of the American Association of Museums for their extensive efforts to identify programs.
Wanda Fleming's paper on child and youth development provided us with important information and insight. A special note of gratitude goes to April Milander who consistently and thoroughly carried out myriad tasks vital to the research for this report.
Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, executive director of the President's Committee, deserves acknowledgment for her critical role in developing and supporting this project from start to finish. The Youth Working Group of the President's Committee, co-chaired by Peggy Cooper Cafritz
and Richard Gurin,
provided valuable advice and support.
The President's Committee thanks the following for their sustaining support during this project: Lerone Bennett, Jr., Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Foundation, Goldsmith Foundation, Sara Lee Corporation, Betty R. Sheffer Foundation and Warner Bros.
And, finally, to the staff at the arts and humanities programs both identified for and profiled in this report, your imagination and commitment to the children and youth of this country is both appreciated and applauded. Thank you for your time. Thank you for all those materials
you sent.