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At the Wyoming Humanities Council’s annual meeting last month, four new members were officially appointed to the organization’s board, including Jeremy Johnston of Powell.
Johnston …
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At the Wyoming Humanities Council’s annual meeting last month, four new members were officially appointed to the organization’s board, including Jeremy Johnston of Powell.
Johnston is the Hal and Naoma Tate Endowed Chair of Western History, the Goppert Curator of the Buffalo Bill Museum, and the managing editor of the papers of William F. Cody at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.
Born and raised in Powell, he attended the University of Wyoming and earned his Ph.D. in American studies at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. He released his first book, a photo history of Powell, in 2009, followed by a “then and now” photo history in 2012.
Johnston is the recipient of the 2006 Coke Wood Award and is a past president of the Wyoming State Historical Society.
Other new board members include former state senators Liisa Anselmi-Dalton of Rock Springs and Michael Von Flatern of Gillette and Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area manager Wendy Martinez of Jackson.
In another local connection, Cody native Milward Simpson was elected as chair of the Wyoming Humanities board for the coming year.
An independent, nonprofit organization, Wyoming Humanities is the state’s affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), which a state purpose of using the humanities to strengthen democracy, enhance the Wyoming narrative and promote engaged communities.
For more information, visit thinkwy.org.
