Jon Parrish Peede

Jon Parrish Peede is an American book editor and literary review publisher, who served as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2018 to 2021.[1]

Jon Parrish Peede
Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities
In office
May 3, 2018 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byWilliam Drea Adams
Succeeded byAdam Wolfson (acting)
Personal details
BornMississippi, U.S.
Alma materVanderbilt University
University of Mississippi

Early life

Jon Parrish Peede was born in Mississippi,[2] and he grew up in Brandon, Mississippi.[3] His father was Dr Robert Louis Peede Sr and his mother, Mary Ann Parrish.[4] He has three brothers.[4]

Peede graduated from Vanderbilt University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English.[2] He attended the University of Mississippi, where one of his professors was William R. Ferris,[5] and he earned a master's degree in Southern Studies.[2]

Career

Peede was a book editor for the Mercer University Press from 1994 to 1996.[2] He worked for the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 to 2011.[2] He was the publisher of the Virginia Quarterly Review from 2011 to 2016.[2][6]

When William Drea Adams resigned as the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities in May 2017, Peede became "the Trump administration’s new liaison to the N.E.H.".[6] As acting chair in October 2017, he warned that President Donald J. Trump had asked him to reduce the budget.[7] In March 2018, Peede was nominated by President Trump to become the new chair of the N.E.H.[8] He was confirmed in April 2018.[9][10]

Peede is the co-editor of a book about Flannery O'Connor.

Personal life

Peede has a wife and a daughter.[5]

Works
  • McMullen, Joanne Halleran; Peede, Jon Parrish, eds. (2007). Inside the Church of Flannery O'Connor: Sacrament, Sacramental, and the Sacred in Her Fiction. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press. ISBN 9780881460551. OCLC 301226088.

References
  1. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/20/president-joe-biden-announces-acting-federal-agency-leadership/
  2. "President Trump Nominates Jon Parrish Peede as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities". National Endowment for the Humanities. March 2, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  3. "Celebrating the Holtzclaw Legacy: Acting National Endowment for Humanities chairman visits Hinds CC's Utica Campus". The Clinton Courrier. November 28, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  4. "Mary Ann Peede". The Clarion Ledger. April 21, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  5. Peede, Jon Parrish (December 2017). "The Humanities in Relationship". Humanities Texas. Retrieved March 3, 2018. I am in relationship with everyone and everything that I love in the world: my wife, my daughter, our nation; God, books, trees, nature; libraries, museums, music; the arts, schools, learning.
  6. Deb, Sopan (May 22, 2017). "N.E.H. Chairman to Step Down, Citing Personal Reasons". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  7. Buie, Jordan (October 6, 2017). "Humanities chair says cuts could come, but state is in good shape". The Tennessean. p. A6. Retrieved March 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Jaschik, Scott (March 2, 2018). "Trump Picks Jon Parrish Peede to Lead NEH". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  9. Jaschik, Scott (April 27, 2018). "Senate Confirms Leader for Humanities Endowment". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  10. "Trump Has Yet to Award the National Arts Medals for 2016". The New York Times. July 16, 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.


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