The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture. They have been presented annually since 1978,culminating each December in a gala celebrating five Honorees in the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington,D.C. While the awards are primarily given to individuals,they have occasionally been given to duos or musical groups,as well as to one Broadway musical,one television show,and one performing arts venue.
George William Miller was an American businessman and investment banker who served as the 65th United States secretary of the treasury from 1979 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party,he also served as the 11th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1978 to 1979. Miller was the first person to hold both of those posts.
Evan Samuel Dobelle is a former public official and higher-education administrator,is known for promoting higher-education investment in the Creative Economy,public-private partnerships and the "College Ready" model that helps students graduate from high school and college.
Redbook is an American women's magazine that is published by the Hearst magazine division. It is one of the "Seven Sisters",a group of women's service magazines. It ceased print publication after January 2019 and now operates exclusively online.
Elizabeth Holtzman is an American attorney and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from New York's 16th congressional district as a member of the Democratic Party from 1973 to 1981. She then served as district attorney of Kings County from 1982 to 1989,and as the 40th Comptroller of New York City from 1990 to 1993.
National Cathedral School (NCS) is an independent Episcopal private day school for girls in grades 4–12 located on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington,D.C.,United States. Founded by philanthropist and suffragist Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee in 1900,NCS is the oldest of the institutions constituting the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation.
Gloria Carter Spann was a motorcyclist and activist. Spann was a sister of the 39th president of the United States,Jimmy Carter. She was noted as one of the first women inducted into Harley-Davidson’s 100,000 Mile Club,was named Most Outstanding Female Motorcyclist in 1978 and worked as an activist for motorcycle rights.
"La Vie en rose" is the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf,written in 1945,popularized in 1946,and released as a single in 1947. The song became very popular in the United States in 1950,when seven versions reached the Billboard charts. These recordings were made by Tony Martin,Paul Weston,Bing Crosby,Ralph Flanagan,Victor Young,Dean Martin,and Louis Armstrong.
The Lone Star was an Amtrak passenger train that ran between Chicago and Houston,or Dallas via Kansas City,Wichita,Oklahoma City,and Fort Worth. The train was renamed from the Texas Chief,which the Atchison,Topeka and Santa Fe Railway had introduced in 1948. Amtrak discontinued the Lone Star in 1979.
Donald Scott Jones Jr. is an American former football punter who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL draft. He also played for the Miami Dolphins,St. Louis Rams,Houston Texans,Philadelphia Eagles,and Los Angeles Chargers. With the Eagles,he won Super Bowl LII.
Martin Dobelle was an American surgeon.
The Pittsburgh Hardhats were a professional softball team that played in two men's professional softball leagues from 1977 through 1982. The Hardhats,Cincinnati Suds and the Kentucky Bourbons were the only franchises to play all 6 seasons of professional softball.
The South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represents South Carolina State University in college football. The Bulldogs play in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).
During the late 1970s and early 1980s,several men's professional slow-pitch softball leagues were formed in the United States to build on the growth and talent in the booming men's amateur game during this period. The American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) was the first such league,launching in an era of experimentation in professional sports leagues. The APSPL was formed in 1977 by former World Football League executive Bill Byrne,who would go on to found the Women's Professional Basketball League. Former New York Yankees star Whitey Ford was the first APSPL commissioner.
The Minnesota Norsemen were a professional softball team that played in the American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) during the 1978 and 1979 seasons. The team had played as the Minnesota Goofy's in the 1977 season,changing names for 1978. They played their home games at Midway Stadium in St. Paul,Minnesota.
The Cleveland Jaybirds (1977–78),later named the Cleveland Stepien's Competitors (1979–80) and finally the Cleveland Competitors (1982),were a professional softball team that played in three professional softball leagues between 1978 and 1982 at two different locations in the Cleveland,Ohio area.
The Columbus All-Americans were a professional softball team that played in the American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) during the 1977 season. They played their home games at Franklin County Stadium in Columbus,Ohio.
Bill Byrne was a sports entrepreneur who founded the first women's professional basketball league in the United States. Byrne was born in Stoutsville,Ohio and founded the National Scouting Association (NSA) which represented student-athletes from the collegiate and amateur ranks to seek professional football opportunities. He then founded the Columbus Bucks,a semi-professional football team,playing in the Midwest Football League (MFL) and served as commissioner. Byrne was hired by the Chicago Fire of the start-up World Football League in 1974 as the Player Personnel Director. When that team folded toward the end of the season,Byrne then went to the Shreveport Steamer for the 1975 WFL season in a similar role. The World Football League folded toward the end of the season.
The New Jersey Statesmen,sometimes seen as Trenton's New Jersey Statesmen,later named the Trenton Statesmen and the Trenton Champales,were a professional softball team that played in the American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) from 1977 through 1979 at Mercer County Park in West Windsor,New Jersey (1977–78) and Wetzel Field in Chambersburg,New Jersey (1979).
The Chief of Staff to the First Lady of the United States is a position within the Office of the First Lady in the White House Office,responsible for overseeing strategy,operations,and coordination within the First Lady's office and between the East Wing and the White House.
