Lecture description: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham explores what 21st-century leaders in different fields of endeavor can learn from the greatest moments of our common past. This non-partisan presentation features lessons ranging from Jefferson's pragmatism and JFK's capacity to recover from his own mistakes to the management of conflicting egos as shown by Reagan and FDR and how George HW Bush dealt with the end of his Presidency. Meacham discusses how history can inform the decisions all of us make every day in positions that demand creative and innovative solutions.

This event is part of UAA’s College of Arts and Sciences Community Lecture Series “The Art and Science of Our Nation.” Please join us as we celebrate knowledge, inspire curiosity, and strengthen the bonds that make our community unique.