Arthur Miller has been named the 2001 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities by the National Endowment for the Humanties. The title is the highest honor the NEH bestows for "distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities." The lectureship carried a $10,000 cash prize. Miller will present his lecture on March 26, at 7:30 PM, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The eventis free and open to the public. For information, call (202) 606-8400.
Miller is the author of many plays, among them Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, The Price, All My Sons, A View from the Bridge, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, The Last Yankee and Broken Glass. He was won the Pulitzer Prize and three Tony Awards.
—By Robert Simonson