Richard Norton Smith, distinguished professor of U.S. presidential history at GVSU, will give the final lecture of the Lincoln Lecture Series on Thursday, November 15.
His presentation, The Fiery Trial of Abraham Lincoln, begins at 8 p.m. at the Gerald R. Ford Museum.
Smith, director of the Ford Foundation and a nationally known historical biographer, is known to many viewers as a frequent guest on C-SPAN and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. The Lincoln Lecture is sponsored by GVSU's Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies and the Gerald R. Ford Foundation and is open to the public free of charge. Call (616) 895-2770 for reservations.
