Category: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Categories: Societies
The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member honor society; its goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art. Members of the Academy are chosen for life and have included some of the leading figures in the American art scene.
Person Profiles (13)
Josef Albers
19 Mar 1888 Bottrop, Recklinghausen, Westfalen, Preußen - 25 Mar 1976
Charles Eliot
20 Mar 1834 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA - 22 Aug 1926
Edward Ellington
29 Apr 1899 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 24 May 1974
Robert Johnson
12 Jan 1853 Centerville, Wayne, Indiana, United States - 14 Oct 1937
Edward MacDowell
18 Dec 1860 New York City, New York, United States - 23 Jan 1908
Isamu Noguchi
17 Nov 1904 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States - 30 Dec 1988
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
01 Mar 1848 Dublin, County Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - 03 Aug 1907
William Sloane
12 Nov 1850 Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States - 12 Sep 1928
Kurt Vonnegut
11 Nov 1922 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. - 11 Apr 2007
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