FORMER SENATOR GARY HART TO KEYNOTE FRANK CHURCH CONFERENCE OCT. 3 AT BOISE STATE
The Frank Church Institute at Boise State University announced today that former Sen. Gary Hart will be the keynote speaker at a conference titled “Tipping Points: Presidents, the Constitution and National Security.” The daylong conference will be from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. Hart will speak at 7:30 p.m.
The conference and keynote address are free and open to the public; there is a charge for the luncheon address. The 24th annual Frank Church Conference will feature a number of experts from around the country who will address national security issues.
Hart, who was a member of the Senate Committee on Intelligence, chaired by Sen. Frank Church, is currently Wirth Chair Professor at the University of Colorado and Distinguished Fellow at the New America Foundation. He was co-chair of the U.S. Commission on National Security for the 21st Century, and is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Academy of Sciences. Hart earned a Ph.D. from Oxford University and graduate law and divinity degrees from Yale University.
For more information, please contact Garry V. Wenske, Executive Director, The Frank Church Institute, (208) 426-2941 or GarryWenske@boisestate.edu.
This conference has been approved by the Idaho State Bar for 7.25 Continuing Legal Education credits for lawyers; and by BSU for professional education credits for teachers. Registration for both outside the Jordan Ballroom.
2007 Conference: Global Warming: Beyond the Inconvenient Truth
2005 Conference: Global Flash Points: Clash of Cultures
2004 Conference: The American Presidency: Principled Leadership in a Time of Turbulence
2003 Conference: Freedom and Secrecy: Trading Liberty for Security?
The Frank Church Institute, established in 1982 at the Frank Church Chair of Public Affairs at Boise State University, combines both an endowed professorship and an annual conference on the issues of the day. It brings together academic interests and practical politics by involving students, faculty, and the community with renowned leaders.
As stated at its founding, “Through the Chair, Boise State University will emphasize to its students those ideals which the Senator holds dear---a strong belief in the rule of law, eloquence firmly based on reason, and an unwavering faith in the American political system. The endowment will be used to fund lectures, symposia, and the Chair of Public Affairs.”
A long roster of distinguished participants include: former President Gerald Ford; former Vice Presidents Al Gore and Walter Mondale; former Senators Mark Hatfield, Slade Gorton, Edmund Muskie, and Gaylord Nelson; former White House Counsels Ted Sorensen, Leon Panetta, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.; and former Ambassadors Joseph Sisco, Andrew Young, and Paul Warnke.
The widely ranging conference subjects include:
The Frank Church Institute seeks to complete the funding of the first endowed professor, the continued Church Conferences, and the proposed Church Scholarships at BSU.