The First Amendment and the Arts

John Frohnmayer

Wednesday, 12 Feb 1992 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union

John Frohmnmayer is the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Stanford with a bachelor's in American History and attended Union Theological Seminary as a Rockefeller Fellow. After serving in the Navy he received his master's degree in christian Ethics from the University of Chicago and a law degree from the University of Oregon.
Part of the National Affairs Series.

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