Institute. You do not have an acronym for that, do you . Before coming to the roosevelt house, harold previously served as Senior Vice President for Public Affairs at the metropolitan museum of art. The previous 10 years, he coedited excuse me, cochaired the u. S. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission appointed by president clinton, and i should add, president bush awarded harold the National Humanities medal in 2008. Harold has authored or books . Red or edited 52 that is what you are up to now . I dont even think i have read 52 books in my life. His latest major book is lincoln and the power of the press. It has won the lincoln prize, we know. Just this week, i saw, it was announced harold has been awarded the empire state award,s and history acknowledging his significant contributions to the profession, and he joins an impressive list of recipients that includes doors kearns goodwin, david mccullough, ken burns, and james mcpherson. The event will be held on september 6 and at the