Nancy Hanks (NEA)
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Nancy Hanks was the second chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. She was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon and served from 1969 to 1977, continuing her service under President Gerald R. Ford. The NEA's headquarters, Washington's Old Post Office, is named for her.

Hanks attended Duke University where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.

Hanks was the first woman to serve as the Chairman of the NEA and her political skills enabled her to increase NEA’s funding from US$8 million to US$114 million over her eight-year tenure. An act of the United States Congress honored Hanks by designating the newly renovated Old Post Office in Washington, D.C. The Nancy Hanks Center, in recognition of her enduring contributions to the arts.

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