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February 2009 eNewsletter
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Friends of the LBJ Library eNewsletter
February 2009
In This Issue
An Evening With Ron White
Other Upcoming Events
Links for the Friends

Dear Friends,

Thank you for joining us last week for An Evening With Ambassador Peter Galbraith. The program was part of a successful symposium hosted jointly with The University of Texas School of Law. Our next program will celebrate the bicentennial of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. Please read below for more details; invitations are in the mail. Finally, I encourage you to attend some of the many other events hosted by the Library or LBJ School. We have included two in this eNewsletter.

Sincerely,

Betty Sue Flowers
Director

An Evening With Ron White
On February 25, please join us in welcoming author Ron White to discuss his new bestseller A. Lincoln: A Biography. This year, America is celebrating the bicentennial of one of our most influential presidents, Abraham Lincoln. Ron White is an expert on Lincoln, having written three books about him. Mr. White is a Fellow at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, and a Visiting Professor of History at UCLA.

This program will be held in the Connally Ballroom at the U.T. Alumni Center on February 25 at 6:00 p.m. A reception will follow. Mr. White will sign copies of A. Lincoln: A Biography for a limited time directly before the event. Copies of the book will be available for sale that evening. To assure being able to purchase personally inscribed 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.

Invitations are in the mail. Please register by emailing friends@lbjlibrary.net or by returning your response card.
Other Upcoming Events
Following are upcoming events at the LBJ Library and the LBJ School:
  • February 11, 5-6:30 p.m.: Not Your Father's Battlefield: Outsourcing Policy and Representative Democracy by Steven L. Schooner, George Washington University Law School. Part of the International Security Speaker Series. To be held in the Brown Room on the 10th floor of the LBJ Library. No RSVP required.


  • February 19, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Barbara Jordan National Forum on Public Policy, 'America As Good as its Promise?' Highlighting the day-long forum will be keynote speaker Gwen Ifill speaking on the topic of ner new book,The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. To be held in the A&T Conference Center. Registration required. For more details or to register, please visit the Barbara Jordan National Forum webpage.