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Sara Speaks, August 2010

 

Spring 2010 Series: History, Leadership and Power:

The Institute’s 2010 fall series begins on Thursday, September 9. with a lecture by the Hon. James A. Baker, III . 

 

Fall 2010 Series: History, Leadership and Power (continued):

Our topic of History, Leadership and Power will continue into the fall. We are very excited to confirm that the Hon. James A. Baker, III has accepted a speaking invitation for this fall at a date and time to be announced. A special reception will be held with him that will be open to members only.  

His appearance is co-sponsored by the Univesrity of Mary Hardin Baylor and will be held at the Frank and Sue Mayborn Campus Center on the UMHB campus,  Thrusday, Sept. 9, at 11:00 a.m.

No tickets or advance reservations are required. It is free and open to the public and is first come, first served.  

 

       The Hon. James A. Baker, III

The Hon. James A. Baker, III has served in senior government positions under three United States Presidents.  He served as the nation's 61st Secretary of State from January 1989 through August 1992, under President George Bush.  During his tenure at the State Department, Mr. Baker traveled to 90 foreign countries as the United States confronted the unprecedented challenges and opportunities of the post–Cold War era.  Mr. Baker’s reflections on those years of revolution, war and peace—The Politics of Diplomacy—was published in 1995.

Mr. Baker also served as the 67th Secretary of the Treasury, from 1985 to 1988, under President Ronald Reagan, and as such, he was also Chairman of the President's Economic Policy Council.  Before that, from 1981 to 1985, he was President Reagan’s White House Chief of Staff.  Mr. Baker's public service began in 1975 as Under Secretary of Commerce to President Gerald Ford and concluded with his service as White House Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to President Bush from August 1992 to January 1993. 

 

Mr. Baker’s memoir—Work Hard, Study . . . and Keep Out of Politics! Adventures and Lessons from an Unexpected Public Life—was published in October 2006. Mr. Baker received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991 and has been the recipient of many other awards for distinguished public service. He is currently Senior Partner at the Houston-based law firm Baker Botts.  He is Honorary Chairman of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University.      

Bill Bradley lecture
Fromer Senator Bill Bradley will also be apparering as part of the Fall series on History, Leadership and Power. He, and associate, Bedtty Sue Flowers, will speak in Salado the weekend of Dec. 11-12. Details of that appearance will be announced at a later date.

Program Recordings:

Recordings are available for all the lectures given at the Institute during the last 28 years. Audiotapes are $11.00 and CD's are $15.00 each. To order, please contact Erin at the Institute at ifh@vvm.com or at (254)947-5729.  You my also order by mail.  For mail orders, you may print our Order Form for your convenience.

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