2006 Roy & Margaret Shilling Lecture: Pre-Lecture Events

 

The 2006 Roy and Margaret Shilling Lecture features Thomas H. Kean, former Governor of New Jersey and Chair of the 9/11 Commission. Mr. Kean will present "9/11 and the War on Terror -- Looking Forward" at 2:00 p.m. March 31, in the Corbin J. Robertson Center. Two pre-lecture events will prepare audiences for the Governor Kean's March 31 lecture. 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, Olin 105 Political Science Faculty, Teena Gabrielson, Tim O'Neill, and Bob Snyder will participate in a panel discussion to explore different aspects of the 9/11 report and consider where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. Dr. Eric Selbin will moderate the discussion. 4 p.m. Thursday, March 30, Olin 105 Sarah Daly, Class of 1995, will give the A. Frank Smith, Jr. Lecture, "Reinventing Itself: Al Qaeda Post-9/11." Sarah, Class of 1995, is an International Policy Analyst for the RAND Corporation and one of the country's leading experts on terrorism. The Roy and Margaret Shilling Lecture Series was endowed by The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, to honor the 13th President and First Lady of Southwestern University for 19 years of service to Texas' First University. The intent of the lecture series is to present internationally prominent speakers on topics relating to ethics, public service, and public policy. Past speakers have included Bill Moyers, President Jimmy Carter, Marian Wright Edelman, William Sloane Coffin, John McGuire, Karen Hughes, The Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Benazir Bhutto.