Please save
the date for the 2nd annual Earle C. Clements Innovation in
Education Award presentation
on Aug. 9, 4 p.m., Special Collections Research Center Great Hall, Margaret
I. King Library. The award recognizing innovative teaching of
Kentucky high school history or civics will be
presented to Margaret Lynn Brewer, Scott County High School.
David
S. Ferriero, the 10th Archivist of the United States, will present the
prestigious award to Brewer, who has been teaching for the past 16 years and is
currently working on her doctorate in curriculum and instruction at UK.
UK President Eli Capilouto and
Provost Tim Tracy will also participate in the award presentation, as well as Bess
Clements Abell, Earle Clements' daughter and a member of the UK Libraries National Advisory Board. Bess and her husband, Tyler, made a gift to the National Archives to support the award.
The National Archives and the UK Libraries Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center
sponsor the award to honor
the life and career of Earle Clements and his lifelong commitment to
education and public service.
Clements’ long political career began in local service as a county sheriff, clerk and judge. He served in the Kentucky Senate and as governor of Kentucky (1947–1950); and he represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, where he became a close colleague to then Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Clements’ long political career began in local service as a county sheriff, clerk and judge. He served in the Kentucky Senate and as governor of Kentucky (1947–1950); and he represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, where he became a close colleague to then Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Baines Johnson.
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