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Marsh Distinguished Lecture Series - April 2004

Roger Kennedy

"Sprawling into Danger: The Cold War, Induced Migration, and Nature's Wrath"
Thursday, April 1, 2004 -- 1:25 pm
Jefferson Academic Center, Room 320

Roger Kennedy is Former Director, the U.S. National Park Service; Director, the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution; Vice President, the Arts, and Vice President, Finance, the Ford Foundation; Vice President, Investments, the University of Minnesota; Chairman of the Executive Committee, the Northwestern National Bank of St. Paul; Special Assistant to (in sequence): the U.S. Attorney General, the U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the U.S. Secretary of Labor; and a Commission member for six US presidents. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books, and has published articles in a variety of periodicals, including Harpers, The Atlantic, Smithsonian, New York Times, Reader's Digest, Architectural Digest, House and Garden, Law and Contemporary Problems, Harvard Business Review, House Beautiful, and American Heritage. Kennedy has also appeared extensively on television, serving as White House Correspondent for NBC, and as presenter and writer of the Discovery Channel series "Roger Kennedy's Rediscovering America" and "The Smithsonian Presents Invention." Kennedy received a BA from Yale University and an LLD from the University of Minnesota Law School.