and awful ways". A university panel voted to remove the statue and rename the college, but the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees (which Fulbright once chaired as UA president) voted to keep both due to a state law requiring Arkansas General Assembly approval to remove monuments. Other honors 1950 elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1953 elected to the American Philosophical Society 1982 awarded an honorary degree, doctor honoris causa, at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, later part of Norwegian University of Science and Technology. 1992 awarded a doctor honoris causa degree at the University of Tampere, Finland. Association for Asian Studies (AAS), 1985 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies 1987 Foreign Language Advocacy Award. Fulbright Program The Fulbright Program was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by then-Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. Approximately 294,000 "Fulbrighters", 111,000 from the United States and 183,000 from other countries, have participated in the Program since its inception over sixty years ago. The Fulbright Program awards approximately 6,000 new grants annually. Currently, the Fulbright Program operates in over 155 countries worldwide. The Thank You Fulbright project was created in April 2012 to provide an annual opportunity for alumni and friends of the Fulbright program to celebrate Fulbright's legacy. Publications Notes References Bibliography Further reading Brown, Eugene (1985). J. William Fulbright: Advice and Dissent. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. . Clinton, Bill (2005). My Life. Vintage. . Finley, Keith M. (2008). Delaying the Dream: Southern Senators and the Fight Against Civil Rights, 1938–1965. Baton Rouge: LSU Press. Johnson, Haynes and Gwertzmann, Bernard (1968). Fulbright: The Dissenter. Doubleday. Powell, Lee Riley (1996). J. William Fulbright and His Time: A Political Biography. Guild Bindery Press. . External links US Department of State biography The Two Americas (Conclusion in "The Arrogance of Power") A collection of works by J. William Fulbright Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1905 births 1995 deaths Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Alumni of University College, Oxford American Disciples of Christ American legal scholars American Rhodes Scholars Arkansas Razorbacks football players Democratic Party United States senators from Arkansas George Washington University Law School alumni People from Chariton County, Missouri Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Leaders of the University of Arkansas United States Department of Justice