About Us

If you have questions about the Clemente Course or this web site, please feel free to contact us.

The Clemente Course in the Humanities® Board of Directors:

Earl Shorris, Chairman and Founder -- Author, National Humanities Recipient 2000

Starling Lawrence, President -- Author, Editor-in-Chief W.W. Norton Publishers

Kristin O'Connell, Secretary --  Asst. Dir. Mass. Humanities Foundation (ret.)

Stuart Stritzler-Levine, Treasurer -- Emeritus Dean of Bard College

James S. Shorris, General Counsel -- Chief of Enforcement, FINRA

Dr. Jaime Incla'n --  Director Roberto Clemente Family Guidance Center

Grace Glueck -- Art Critic, New York Times (ret.)

Amy Thomas-Elder -- Professor at the Graham School, University of Chicago

Peter Sourian -- Author, Professor Bard College (ret.)

To learn about the origins of the Clemente Course, please read this article (PDF) from the September 1997 issue of Harper's Magazine and Riches for the Poor, both written by Clemente Course founder, Earl Shorris.