In 2002, Gates was selected to give the Jefferson Lecture, in recognition of his "distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities."

Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities (1986)

In 1998 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected him for the Jefferson Lecture.

In 1991 she delivered the Jefferson Lecture under the auspices of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Jefferson Lecture is "the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual and public achievement in the humanities."

Established by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Jefferson Lecture recognizes distinguished achievement.

The purpose of inviting Mr. Clinton, he said, was to begin a tradition in which all Presidents would deliver a Jefferson Lecture.

No matter how visible the lecturer is, very few Americans have ever heard of the Jefferson Lecture.

Not just any speech, but the 24th Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, the Government's highest recognition of intellectual achievement in the humanities.

It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays.