July 6, 2017 //

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Dana Gioia, poet and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s 2010 Laetare Medal May 16. The medal has been awarded annually to a Catholic “whose genius has ennobled the arts and sciences, illustrated the ideals of the church and enriched the heritage of humanity.” Gioia is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Notre Dame) (March 17, 2010) See LAETARE-GIOIA March 17, 2010.

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