Upcoming Events

Eisenhower Institute Upcoming Events

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Wednesday, April 9, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Author Series Event
National Press Club, Washington, DC

Senator Chuck Hagel

Senator Chuck Hagel will discuss his new book, "America: Our Next Chapter." In the book, Hagel uses his common sense and disarming frankness to examine the current state of our nation and chart a course for its future.

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Friday, April 11, Time TBA
Blavatt Lecture & Panel Discussion
Gettysburg College (Place TBA) 

Jon Meacham 

Lecture will feature Newsweek editor Jon Meacham. Named "one of the most influential editors in the news magazine business" by The New  York Times, Meacham is also the bestselling author of Franklin and Winston and American Gospel. Week-long activities preceding the lecture will take place.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Panel Discussion
 Gettysburg College (Place TBA)

"American Military Veterans' Issues"

Developed by Eisenhower Undergraduate Fellow Brett Jackson ‘08 and will feature EI Board Member Gen. Bill Matz and others. The panel will explore veteran's issues, specifically Iraq and Afghanistan veteran's needs.

Thomas Boyatt  

Thomas Boyatt entered the Foreign Service in 1959, serving as Vice Consul in Antofagasta, Chile; Economic Officer at the American Embassy in Luxembourg; and Political Counselor at the Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus. In 1969, Ambassador Boyatt received the State Department's Meritorious Honor Award for risking his life to save passengers and negotiating their release in Syria during the 1969 hijacking of a plane-on which he was a passenger-by Palestinian guerrillas. He also received the William R. Rivkin Award for his leadership in promoting peace on Cyprus, and the Christian A. Herter Award for his contributions to diplomacy. After retiring from the Service, Ambassador Boyatt became Vice President of Sears World Trade, then President of U.S. Defense Systems. He has served as a Trustee of Princeton University and on advisory boards at Princeton, Kentucky, and Georgetown. He lectures frequently in the U.S. and abroad. In 2004, Secretary Colin Powell appointed him to the State Department's Advisory Committee on Leadership and Management. He is now the CEO of the Foreign Affairs Council, a non-partisan group concerned with U.S. diplomacy, and chairs the Political Action Committee of the American Foreign Service Association.