Former U.S. Representative Harold Ford Jr. to Speak at Constitution Day
The Rider University Lecture Series is happy to announce the 2008 Constitution Day speaker, former U.S. Representative Harold Ford Jr. Ford will speak on September 17, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. in the Bart Luedeke Center Theater.
Harold Ford Jr. served Tennessee in the United States Congress for 10 years. Described by President Bill Clinton as "the walking, living embodiment of where America ought to go in the 21st century," Ford is now chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, visiting professor of Public Policy at Vanderbilt University, and vice chairman of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
During his five terms in Congress, Ford's focus was results. Having served on both the Financial Services and Budget Committees, his passion for free enterprise and balanced budgets and confidence in American ingenuity to overcome any foe bolsters his belief that America's best days are in front of us. The challenge and opportunity to grow America's economy, strengthen our moral stature and standing in the world, find ways to free us from our dependence on oil and modernize our military to be better able to fight the enemies of democracy and tolerance around the world continues to inspire his work today. He believes that government is most effective when it's working for the betterment of everyone.
Ford is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he got his B.A. in American History, and the University of Michigan Law School. Ford also serves on the Pentagon's Transformation Advisory Group (TAG), an assembly of current and former military commanders, political figures, academics and business leaders who advise the Pentagon on how to modernize our armed forces to meet and defeat 21st century threats. Ford is also an overseer on the board at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Ford lives in Memphis and Nashville and has offices in New York and Nashville.
For more information about these speakers, please feel free to contact Campus Life at (609) 896 - 5000 x5327.
