Syndicated Columnist and Trinity Grad to Deliver Lecture

What: George F. Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, author and TV commentator, will address the Trinity community. Will is a member of Trinity’s Class of ’62.

When:   Monday, December 3, 2007 ~ 7 p.m. 

Where: Cinestudio Theater on the Trinity College campus

Background: Will’s newspaper column has been syndicated by The Washington Post since 1974. He is a contributing editor of Newsweek magazine, for which he writes a bi-monthly essay. In 1977, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for commentary. He is also a founding panelist on ABC-TV’s “This Week” and a baseball aficionado.

Seven collections of Will’s Newsweek and Washington Post columns have been published. He has also published three books on political theory, as well as the best sellers: Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball, and Bunts: Curt Flood, Camden Yards, Pete Rose and Other Reflections on Baseball.

Will is a native of Champaign, Ill., and was educated at Trinity College, Oxford University, and Princeton University, where he earned his Ph.D. He has taught political philosophy at Michigan State University, the University of Toronto and Harvard University. Will was a staff member for the United States Senate from 1970 to 1972 and from 1973 through 1976 he was the Washington editor of National Review magazine.

The lecture is free and open to the campus community. No cameras or recording devices are permitted.   For more information contact Lisa Sagan at 860-297-2336.