Winter 2009 And the Winner Is … America’s Highest Humanities Honor Bestowed on Norman Rockwell Museum
It was a day for rejoicing. On November 17, Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director/CEO, stepped up onto a platform at the White House and accepted the National Humanities Medal on behalf of Norman Rockwell Museum. President George W. Bush bestowed the honor during a special White House ceremony for arts and humanities medal winners. Norton Moffatt was joined at the ceremony by her daughter, Leigh Moffatt, and colleagues Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Chief Curator and Deputy Director; Daniel M. Cain, President of the Board of Trustees; and Lila Berle, President Emeritus.