Jon Parrish Peede
Jon Parrish Peede | |
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Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities | |
In office May 3, 2018 – January 20, 2021 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | William Drea Adams |
Succeeded by | Adam Wolfson (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Mississippi, U.S. |
Alma mater | Vanderbilt University University of Mississippi |
Jon Parrish Peede is an American book editor and literary review publisher, who served as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2018 to 2021.[1]
Early life
Jon Parrish Peede was born in Mississippi,[2] and he grew up in Brandon, Mississippi.[3] His father was Dr Robert Louis Peede Sr and his mother, Mary Ann Parrish.[4] He has three brothers.[4]
Peede graduated from Vanderbilt University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English.[2] He attended the University of Mississippi, where one of his professors was William R. Ferris,[5] and he earned a master's degree in Southern Studies.[2]
Career
Peede was a book editor for the Mercer University Press from 1994 to 1996.[2] He worked for the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 to 2011.[2] He was the publisher of the Virginia Quarterly Review from 2011 to 2016.[2][6]
When William Drea Adams resigned as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities in May 2017, Peede became "the Trump administration’s new liaison to the N.E.H.".[6] As acting chair in October 2017, he warned that President Donald J. Trump had asked him to reduce the budget.[7] In March 2018, Peede was nominated by President Trump to become the new chair of the N.E.H.[8] He was confirmed in April 2018.[9][10]
Peede is the co-editor of a book about Flannery O'Connor.
Personal life
Peede has a wife and a daughter.[5]
Works
- McMullen, Joanne Halleran; Peede, Jon Parrish, eds. (2007). Inside the Church of Flannery O'Connor: Sacrament, Sacramental, and the Sacred in Her Fiction. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press. ISBN 9780881460551. OCLC 301226088.
References
- ^ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/20/president-joe-biden-announces-acting-federal-agency-leadership/
- ^ a b c d e f "President Trump Nominates Jon Parrish Peede as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities". National Endowment for the Humanities. March 2, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ "Celebrating the Holtzclaw Legacy: Acting National Endowment for Humanities chairman visits Hinds CC's Utica Campus". The Clinton Courrier. November 28, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ a b "Mary Ann Peede". The Clarion Ledger. April 21, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ a b Peede, Jon Parrish (December 2017). "The Humanities in Relationship". Humanities Texas. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
I am in relationship with everyone and everything that I love in the world: my wife, my daughter, our nation; God, books, trees, nature; libraries, museums, music; the arts, schools, learning.
- ^ a b Deb, Sopan (May 22, 2017). "N.E.H. Chairman to Step Down, Citing Personal Reasons". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ Buie, Jordan (October 6, 2017). "Humanities chair says cuts could come, but state is in good shape". The Tennessean. p. A6. Retrieved March 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jaschik, Scott (March 2, 2018). "Trump Picks Jon Parrish Peede to Lead NEH". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ Jaschik, Scott (April 27, 2018). "Senate Confirms Leader for Humanities Endowment". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "Trump Has Yet to Award the National Arts Medals for 2016". The New York Times. July 16, 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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