The John W. Kluge Center was established in the fall of 2000 with a gift of $60 million from John W. Kluge, Metromedia president and founding chairman of the James Madison Council. Located within the Library's Office of Scholarly Program, the center's goal is to bring the world's best thinkers to the Library of Congress where they can use the institution's comprehensive resources and interact with public policymakers in Washington, D.C.
The Library's Office of Scholarly Programs staff worked in a continuous cycle of fellowship support activities, providing support to resident fellows under the Kluge, Rockefeller, Mellon, Luce and Library staff fellowship programs. At the same time, the office ensured that new competitions in those programs were conducted successfully and publicized adequately throughout the application process
On Nov. 29 the Librarian of Congress announced the award of the second John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Human Sciences to historian Jaroslav Pelikan of New Haven, Conn., and French philosopher Paul Ricoeur. The Kluge Prize of $1 million is awarded in areas of scholarship for which there are no Nobel Prizes.
Historian Jaroslav Pelikan (left) and French philosopher Paul Ricoeur were awarded the second John W. Kluge prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Human Sciences.
