2008 Woodie Awards
Frank Church Conference focuses on Presidency
Conference features former Kennedy Aide Sorenson
Arbiter Staff Report
Issue date: 9/26/00 Section: NEWS
The 17th Annual Frank Church Conference On Public Affairs, Sept. 27-28 at Boise State University will focus on the Presidency: its future, its leadership and the role of the media in presidential affairs.
The events of the conference, with the exception of a luncheon, are free and open to the public. They will also be simulcast on the internet.
Speakers for the conference include Ted Sorensen, Thomas Cronin and Bryce Nelson.
Ted Sorensen, who served for 11 years as policy adviser, legal counsel and speech writer to Senator and later President John F. Kennedy, will be the featured speaker at the 17th annual Frank Church Conference on Public Affairs at Boise State University.
Sorensen's speech is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 27 in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. Academic experts from across the country will address the theme, "The Presidency: Leadership and the Paradox of Power," the following day from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. All events are free.
While working with the White House, Sorensen was intimately involved in such matters as the Cuban missile crisis, civil rights legislation and the decision to send a man to the moon.
Since 1966, Sorensen has practiced international law at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison in New York. Now senior counsel for the firm, his practice focuses on international business and governmental transactions in all parts of the world.
In 1965 he authored the book "Kennedy," an international best seller, and in 1996 penned "Why I Am a Democrat." He has also written six other books and numerous articles on politics and foreign affairs.
Thomas Cronin, president of Whitman College since 1993, and recipient of the Charles E. Merriam Award for outstanding contributions to the understanding of American politics will address the luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 28.
Cronin has been a scholar or writer-in-residence at the Aspen Institute, the Brookings Institution, the Hoover Institution and the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.
And former writer for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post Bryce Nelson will deliver the Thursday, Sept 28, opening address.
Nelson was foreign affairs aide to the late Senator Frank Church for three years and a speechwriter for Hubert Humphrey during Humphrey's vice-presidential campaign. Since 1984, he has been a professor for the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.
The simulcast, produced by BSU's University Television Productions and the Web Development Lab, can be viewed and/or listened to by accessing http://sspa.boisestate.edu/frankchurch/simulcast.htm
