Michael P. Hammond

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Michael P. Hammond (ca. 1932 – January 2002) was an American composer who was the eighth chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, appointed by President George W. Bush. Hammond was a native of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and spent much of his childhood in Appleton, Wisconsin. In 1954 he graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton. He died at age 69 in Washington, D.C.

[edit] References

• Jame Auer. "Hammond just began NEA tenure", Journal Sentinel, 30 January 2002. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. 

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