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April 2009 eNewsletter
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Friends of the LBJ Library eNewsletter
April 2009
In This Issue
Annual Middleton Lecture
Apollo 8 Reunion
Other Upcoming Events
Links for the Friends

Dear Friends,

The LBJ Auditorium renovation project is complete, and our final two Friends' events of the season will be held in our own venue. Please save the dates for Evening With programs on May 5 and June 1.

In the meantime, the Library is hosting the annual Harry Middleton Lecture on April 13, featuring journalist Tom Brokaw. Although this is not an Evening With event, Friends are welcome to pick up tickets at the Library as long as they last. Please see below for details.

Also this month, the Library will continue to celebrate our special exhibit To the Moon and NASA's 50th anniversary with a reunion of Apollo 8 astronauts and staff. On April 23, we will host a panel discussion in the LBJ Auditorium. Please read below for more details. Please also note that this is your last chance to view Alan Bean's remarkable paintings in our Great Hall! His show will close on Sunday, April 26.

Sincerely,

Betty Sue Flowers
Director

Annual Middleton Lecture
This year's annual Harry Middleton Lecture will feature best-selling author and respected journalist Tom Brokaw on Lessons from the Greatest Generation. The lecture will be held in the LBJ Auditorium on Monday, April 13 at 7:00 p.m.

Space is limited; tickets are required. Tickets will be distributed at the LBJ Library's Information Desk from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. beginning April 2. For those with a UT I.D., tickets will also be available at the Texas Union Ticket Office beginning April 2.

Copies of Mr. Brokaw's recent book, Boom! Talking About the Sixties: What Happened, How It Shaped Today, Lessons for Tomorrow, will be available for sale that evening. To assure being able to purchase autographed copies of the book, guests may place advance orders with the LBJ Museum Store. For details, please call the Store at (512) 232-2396. Members of the Friends receive a 15% discount on purchases. Mr. Brokaw will not be available for book-signing.

More details will be available on the LBJ Foundation website beginning April 1.
Apollo 8 Reunion
On April 23, the LBJ Library will convene a reunion of the Apollo 8 astronauts and staff in celebration of the 50th anniversary of NASA and the Library's current exhibit To the Moon: The American Space Program in the 1960s. Former NBC news anchor and aerospace expert Jim Hartz will moderate a panel discussion with Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders at 6:00 p.m. in the LBJ Auditorium.

The panel discussion will be free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Tickets will be distributed at the LBJ Library's Information Desk from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. beginning April 14. Doors will open at 5:15 p.m. There will not be a reception following the panel discussion. Please check the Library website for more details.
Other Upcoming Events
The following lectures are part of the International Security Speaker Series co-sponsored by the LBJ Library:
  • April 7: Humanitarian NGOs in Armed Conflicts: The Dilemmas of Agency and Autonomy, presented by Karen Mingst, Lockwood Chair Professor, University of Kentucky.
  • April 14: Back to Black: An Argument for Removing U.S. Intelligence Activities from Public Scrutiny, presented by Joan Dempsey, Vice President, Booz Allen and Hamilton.
Both programs will be held in the Brown Room on the 10th floor of the LBJ Library and Museum from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.