An Evening With Bill Bradley, 6 p.m., Tuesday April 8, 2003, LBJ Auditorium
From his days as an Olympic Gold medal-winning athlete to nearly two decades in the U.S. Senate and a run at the Presidency in 2000, Bill Bradley has tried to help Americans recognize and face the challenges that lie before us.
These challenges are the focus of his address at the Friends of the LBJ Library's "Evening With…" lecture series on Wednesday, March 19, 2003. We are living in a world of change and new challenges, driven by technology and globalization--and after 9/11, even terrorism is a global phenomenon. Our emerging world, shaped by telecommunications, information technology, and life sciences discoveries has new dangers but also new opportunities. Senator Bradley outlines how change plays out in our economy, in our politics and in our human relations.
Senator Bradley is a Managing Director of Allen & Company LLC. Additionally, he is Chief Outside Advisor to McKinsey & Company's non-profit practice. From 1997 to 1999, he was a Senior Advisor and Vice Chairman of the International Council of JP Morgan & Co., Inc. During that time, he also served as an essayist for CBS Evening News, a visiting professor at Stanford University, Notre Dame University, and the University of Maryland.
Senator Bradley served in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1997 representing the state of New Jersey. As a senator, he worked to promote economic growth, foster racial healing, and protect the nation's national heritage. Prior to serving in the Senate, he was an Olympic gold medalist in 1964 and a professional basketball player with the New York Knicks from 1967 to 1977 during which time they won two world championships.
Senator Bradley holds a BA degree in American History from Princeton University and an MA degree from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He has authored five books on American politics, culture, and economy.