As president of the New York Public Library, Vartan Gregorian has been the steward of one of the world's largest collections of memories: forty four million books, periodicals, and manuscripts. He first gained recognition as a teacher and administrator at the University of Texas, later at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the president of Brown University. Award(s) won: George Foster Peabody Award for the series, EMMY Nomination-Outstanding Interview/Interviewer A WORLD OF IDEAS with Bill Moyers aired in 1988 and 1990. The half-hour episodes featured scientists, writers, artists, philosophers, historians -- some well-known, many never before seen on television.
