Arts Award Presented to David Mamet

David Mamet, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright was the recipient of the Dickinson College Arts Award for the 1984-1985 academic year. Mamet was born in Chicago in 1947 and was artist-in-residence at Goddard College in 1971. He is the author of the current Broadway play "Glengarry Glen Ross", and previously headed the Directing programs at New York University, The University of Chicago, and the Yale Drama School. The award was presented at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 in Mathers Theater. After the presentation, Mamet delivered a lecture and discussion, and spent a few days on campus meeting faculty and students.