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Lee Cullum, Recipient of the 4th Annual Literati Award

The Literati Award honors individuals who have used the written word to advance the ideals of creativity, conviction, innovation and scholarship and who have had a significant impact on culture and the community through their work.

Lee Cullum, at one time a regular commentator on the PBS NewsHour and "All Things Considered" on NPR, currently hosts "CEO", a series of interviews with business leaders, on the PBS affiliate in North Texas where she also does radio commentary. In addition she contributes columns to the Dallas Morning News and is a senior fellow at the John G. Tower Center for Political Studies at SMU and the Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture. She serves on the board of Freedom House, the American Council on Germany and the American Security Project. A trustee of the Council on Foreign Relations for ten years and of the Pacific Council on International Policy for fifteen, she currently chairs the board of the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of Visitors of the David Boren School of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Formerly editor of the editorial page of the Dallas Times Herald, she also has been a board member of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.