13 Facts About Frank Hodsoll

Francis Samuel Monaise "Frank" Hodsoll was an American historian.

Frank Hodsoll was the fourth chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Frank Hodsoll was appointed by President Ronald Reagan and served from 1981 to 1989.

Frank Hodsoll advised the Brademas Center for the Study of Congress on international cultural engagement.

Frank Hodsoll served on the 2011 UNESCO World Press Freedom Day steering committee, and is currently engaged with the planning of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Program in 2012.

Frank Hodsoll recently cochaired the International Cultural Engagement Task Force of the November 2010 US Summit for Global Citizen Diplomacy.

Frank Hodsoll had previously chaired the Culture and World Heritage committees of the US National Commission for UNESCO; and was a senior adviser to the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities on international projects involving film, television, and digital media.

Frank Hodsoll is credited with President Reagan's initiation of the PCAH and legislation to create the National Medal of Arts.

Frank Hodsoll established a new school-based arts education program, published the landmark report Toward Civilization, and began the process that led to national standards.

Frank Hodsoll won an Oscar and Special Emmy for his work in film and television preservation.

Frank Hodsoll has cochaired three American assemblies: the Arts and the Public Purpose, Deals and Ideals: For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Arts Connections, and Art, Technology, and Intellectual Property.

Frank Hodsoll married Mimi McEwen, an artist, had two children and two grandchildren, and lived in Falls Church, Virginia.

Frank Hodsoll died on July 24,2016, in Falls Church, Virginia, from cancer.