Victor Swenson

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Victor Swenson

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#1809

World Rank

#2596

Historical Rank

#693

USA Rank

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Victor Swenson's Degrees

• Masters History Stanford University

Why Is Victor Swenson Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Victor Swenson was the founding executive director of the Vermont Humanities Council and the namesake for the Victor R. Swenson Humanities Educator Award. Swenson started work at the Humanities Council on New Year's Day, 1974 in Hyde Park, Vermont, with "a picnic table... and a folding chair and got to work." His early work was "...to travel the state, talk to interesting people explain this newfangled Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues as we were called in those days and encourage people to send us grant applications." with their early budget of $140,000. By the time Swenson retired in 2002 after 28 years with the organization, it had eleven employees and supported 2500 events in all of Vermont's fourteen counties.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Victor Swenson?

Victor Swenson is affiliated with the following schools:

• Oberlin College
• Stanford University
• Georgetown University
• Johnson State College
• Johns Hopkins University
• University of Massachusetts