Governor's Humanities Awards celebration set for next week

Press release

The 2019 Governor’s Humanities Awards is set to celebrate five Montanans Thursday in Helena.

The Montana humanists, who have served the state through public programs, scholarship, exceptional writing and commitment to community, are historian Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs of Helena; Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives Director Ellen Crain of Butte; Professor and Chair of English, Montana State University Billings Tami Haaland of Billings; author Thomas McGuane of McLeod; and Professor of Religious Thought, Rocky Mountain College Elizabeth McNamer of Billings.

The awards ceremony will start at 3 p.m. at the State Capitol Rotunda, with awards presented by Lt. Governor Mike Cooney. This event is free and open to the public. The awards banquet will get under way at 6 p.m. at Delta Hotels by Marriott Helena Colonial.

The banquet, hosted by William Marcus, will feature actor and rancher Bill Pullman as the keynote speaker.

Pullman is a film, theater and television actor best known for his roles in “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Independence Day” and “While You Were Sleeping.”

Marcus is the retired director of the University of Montana Broadcast Media Center and Montana Public Radio/Montana PBS, and he served as Humanities Montana’s board chair 2011-2012.

People who want tickets to the awards banquet can go online to https://secure.humanitiesmontana.org/governors-banquet or contact Humanities Montana at 406-243-6022 or email [email protected].