“We believe that members of the human race become more constructively human…and aid the development of a more just and exciting society through thinking about – really thinking about – the human experience”. So wrote the late Dr. John Caldwell, former chancellor of North Carolina State University, and a founding member of the North Carolina Humanities Council.

In that letter to the Council written not long before his death in 1995, Caldwell was reflecting on the role of the humanities in the lives of North Carolinians. He dedicated much of his life to enriching the intellectual experience of all people, and his legacy lives on in thousands of individuals throughout Our State and around the world who continue to be inspired by his teaching.