| |
|
|
from the issue of November 2, 2006
|
| |
|
|
| |
McGovern offers Thompson Forum lecture Nov. 9
BY SARA PIPHER, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
Prominent politician and diplomat George McGovern will deliver a lecture, "America: the Road Ahead at Home and Abroad," at the next E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues, 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.
McGovern served as a United States Congressman and Senator representing South Dakota, and was also the Democratic nominee for the 1972 presidential election. After leaving the Senate in 1980, he taught as a visiting professor at a number of institutions, including Columbia University, Northwestern University, Duke University, Cornell University and the University of Berlin.
In 1976, President Gerald Ford named McGovern a United Nations delegate to the General Assembly, and, in 1978, President Jimmy Carter named him a United Nations delegate for the Special Session on Disarmament. He served as President of the Middle East Policy Council from 1991-1998, when President Bill Clinton appointed him U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome. In 2001, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan named him honorary United Nations Global Ambassador on World Hunger.
McGovern received his bachelor's degree from Dakota Wesleyan University in 1946. Midway through college, he put his education on hold to fly 35 combat missions as a B-24 bomber pilot in Europe, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. After graduating, McGovern earned his master's degree and doctorate in American history and government at Northwestern University in Chicago.
McGovern has lectured at more than 1,000 colleges and universities around the world. He has also received many honorary degrees and distinguished awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor, which was bestowed upon him by President Bill Clinton on Aug. 9, 2000.
Clinton acknowledged McGovern's contribution to society with this statement on the McGovern Library Web site: "George McGovern is one of the greatest humanitarians of our time. He still imparts to us the power... and the courage of his convictions."
Other forum activities include a pre-talk presentation, 6:30 p.m., by Ron Hull of NET. Also, at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 8, the Culture Center will show the film, "One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern."
The lecture will be broadcast live online at www.unl.edu, on Lincoln cable channel 21, UNL campus TV channel 8, NEBSAT 102 and KRNU radio station (90.3 FM).
Other lecturers in the forum's 19th season are author and economist Clyde Prestowitz Feb. 8, and public health expert and best-selling author Sherwin Nuland March 22. The forum's 2006-07 theme is "Challenges and Change." For a link to up-to-date Thompson Forum activities, see http://www.unl.edu/ucomm/enthompson/.
GO TO: ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 2
NEWS HEADLINES FOR NOVEMBER 2
'Broyhill' Joe
Accreditation review team hosts open forums
Big X opening to redirect walking routes
Program links undergrads, teen immigrants
UNL maintains lead in grain research effort
Gallup survey review begins
McGovern offers Thompson Forum lecture Nov. 9
UNL farm certified organic
732617S36372X
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
