The President today announced the recess appointment of nine persons as members of the National Council on the Humanities. Eight of these persons had been nominated on October 4, 1978, but were not confirmed before the Senate adjourned. The ninth person has not been previously announced.
The new appointee is Kay Howe, of Boulder, Colo. Howe, 40, is chairperson of the program in comparative literature at the University of Colorado and teaches in the humanities division of the integrated studies program.
The eight appointees who were announced on October 4 are Charles V. Hamilton, Louis J. Hector, M. Carl Holman, Jacob Neusner, Mary Beth Norton, Sister Joel Read, Leon Stein, and Harriet M. Zimmerman.
Jimmy Carter, National Council on the Humanities Recess Appointment of Nine Members. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/244198