Secretary of State on enhancing and protecting religious freedom in the overall context of human rights. In 1998, President Bill Clinton and the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded her the National Humanities Medal for her work on religious pluralism in the United States. In 2002, Diana Eck received the Martin Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion from the American Academy of Religion In 2003, Diana Eck received the Montana Humanities Award from the Governor of Montana In 2007, Professor Eck was made a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts of the USA In 2013, Diana Eck was elected an Honorary Fellow by the Governing Body on the recommendation of the Academic Board of her alma mater, SOAS, University of London Books (14 pages) Reprinted as: (Kathryn Fraser Mackay lecture, 1985: 16 pages) Won the Unitarian Universalist Melcher Award (1994) and the Grawemeyer Book Award (1995). Multimedia presentation on CD ROM. References External links Bio & Curriculum vitae 1945 births Living people American theologians LGBT Methodists American lesbian writers Smith College alumni Alumni of SOAS University of London Harvard University alumni Writers from Bozeman, Montana National Humanities Medal recipients American Indologists Presidents of the American Academy of Religion Women religious writers American United Methodists LGBT people from Montana