Featured Speaker Series

David Eisenhower to Speak at Kent State Tuscarawas

Well-known author David Eisenhowerwill be the featured speaker at Kent State University at Tuscarawas on Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. in Founders Hall auditorium. Sponsored by the Voices of Distinction Series, Eisenhower will speak on "A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower."

Although admission to the presentation is free, tickets are required and will be available while supplies lastat the main office in Founders Hall beginning Oct. 5.

The grandson of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, David Eisenhower authored the critically acclaimed Going Home To Glory A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969 with his wife, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. David Eisenhower also wrote Eisenhower at War: 1943-1945, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1987.

David Eisenhower is the director of the Institute for Public Service at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.  He was educated at Philips Exeter Academy, Amherst College and George Washington University Law School.  

David and Julie are the parents of three adult children and live in suburban Philadelphia. David is  the son of John and Barbara Eisenhower, and Julie is the daughter of former President Richard Nixon.       

A limited number of free tickets for this Voices of Distinction speaker event will be available to the public beginning Oct. 5 at the main office in Founders Hall. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. Tickets are limited to two per person.

Previous Speakers in our Voices of Distinction Series

 Michael Moriarty                      March 14, 1996                 

Pat Choate                              December 3, 1996

Bob Woodward                       April 16, 1997

Marlin Fitzwater                     October 15, 1997

Joe Theismann                        April 21, 1998

Catherine Crier                       October 27, 1998

Mike McCurry                        April 29, 1999

Jack Kemp                              November 2, 1999

Peter Leyden                           March 30, 2000

Greg Gumbel                          October 25, 2000

Ralph Nader                            April 11, 2001

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.           November 7, 2001

Peter Bergen                           November 20, 2001

Andrea Mitchell                     May 1, 2002

Lynne Russell                         November 7, 2002

Frank Deford                          April 9, 2003

Terry Bowden                         October 14, 2003

James Earl Jones                    April 21, 2004

Campbell Brown                    November 9, 2004

Dave Barry                             April 13, 2005

Bob Huggins                           October 19, 2005

Kathleen Parker                      November 9, 2005

Garrison Keillor                      April 12, 2006

Neal Boortz                            October 12, 2006

David Baldacci                       November 7, 2006

Ken Burns                               April 9, 2007

Clark Kellogg                         October 10, 2008

Rick Pitino                              November 5, 2007

Capitol Steps                          March 6, 2008

Todd Crandell                         April 8, 2008

Rick Reilly                             November 20, 2008

George Stephanopoulos          March 17, 2009

Kimberly Dozier                     October 13, 2009

Charlie Spoonhour                  March 8, 2010

Bob Peterson                           March 17, 2010

Cal Ripken                              November 3, 2010

Andre Thornton                      April 5, 2011

David Eisenhower                   October 12, 2011