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Michael Beschloss: Presidential Character - The X-Factor
Date and Time
Monday, October 21, 2019 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Description
What qualities make a candidate presidential material? What
characteristics make an ideal President? From Washington to Trump, the
President of the United States requires vision as well as effective
and ethical leadership to be great. With a presidential election just
thirteen months away, Americans have turned their focus to the
candidates for the office of the President, and their hopes for
America's future.
Continuing our biennial "Character and the
Presidency" series, the Hauenstein Center is proud to announce
this year's event, in partnership with the Peter F. Secchia Family,
Meijer Foundation, Gerald R. Ford Foundation and Gerald R Ford
Presidential Museum & Library. Named "the nation's leading
presidential historian," by Newsweek, Michael Beschloss will
present his wealth of knowledge on the most coveted office in the
United States, giving us a glimpse inside the walls of the White
House, and the qualities it takes to lead it, and us.
Newsweek calls him “the nation’s leading Presidential historian.” Michael Beschloss comes to us in a trailblazing partnership with the Peter F. Secchia Family and Meijer Foundation. The Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies along with our friends at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, and Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum & Library, welcome Michael Beschloss for this year’s installment of our biennial “Character & the Presidency” series.
An author of multiple best-sellers, Michael has written nine books on various American presidents and the office they inhabit. His most recent book, Presidents of War , was included in Bill Gates’s summer 2019 “five best books” list. Gates said, “Beschloss’s broad scope lets you draw important cross-cutting lessons about Presidential leadership.”
In addition to his published works, Michael is a regular contributor on PBS’s The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and is the Presidential Historian at NBC News, the first position of its kind. He has appeared on C-SPAN countless times.
Michael is an alumnus of Philips Academy (Andover) and Williams College. He received his MBA from the Harvard Business School. He has also received honorary doctorates from Williams College, St. Mary’s College (Maryland), Lafayette College, St. Peter's College, and Governors State University.
In his evening address, Michael will speak to the qualities of character in the presidency, in both times of war and peace. His lecture is at 7 PM in Room 215 of the L.V. Eberhard Center on Grand Valley’s Pew campus.
Recommended Parking: Fulton Lot
Contact
For more information, please email Jakob Bigard at [email protected]