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from
Central Connecticut State University
Honored as a "Leadership Institution" by the
Association of American Colleges & Universities
Media contact:
Bart Fisher,
Associate
Director of
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Former Senate
Majority Leader Bob Dole to Speak at CCSU on
April 8 as Robert C. Vance Distinguished
Lecturer
NEW BRITAIN – March
12, 2008 – Former Senate Majority Leader Robert
Dole will be this year’s Robert C. Vance
Distinguished Lecture speaker at Central
Connecticut State University. Dole will deliver
the lecture on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m.,
in Welte Auditorium on the CCSU campus in New
Britain. Admission is free
According to CCSU
President Jack Miller, Senator Bob Dole is
recognized as one of the most prominent
political figures of our time with a
distinguished record of service. “Senator Dole
has given a lifetime of service to America, a
lifetime of affecting positive change, impacting
the course of history. We look forward to
welcoming him to our campus.”
Known for his
unconventional candor and prairie wit, Dole was
the longest-serving Republican Senate Leader in
the history of the United States. As the
Republican Presidential nominee in 1996, Dole
offered himself to Americans as an honorable
leader and one of the most effective legislators
of our times. In 1997, he was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom as a tribute to
his character and contributions to the nation.
During the World War
II, he was a platoon leader in the legendary
Tenth Mountain Division in Italy. In 1945, he
was gravely wounded on the battlefield and was
twice decorated for heroic achievement. His
decorations include two Purple Hearts and a
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster. Dole is
married to The Honorable Elizabeth Hanford Dole,
current Senator from North Carolina.
Public tickets (two
per request) are available by sending a stamped,
self-addressed envelope to: Robert C. Vance
Distinguished Lecture, CCSU Foundation, Inc.,
P.O. Box 612, New Britain, CT 06050. Lecture
tickets are first come, first served until the
supply is exhausted. Senator Dole will be the
guest of honor at a reception and dinner prior
to the lecture. Anyone interested in attending
the reception and dinner should call (860)
832-1765. Tickets for the reception and dinner
are $85 per person.
Nicholas Pettinico,
Jr., associate vice president of Institutional
Advancement, said the series is sponsored by a
grant from the Robert C. Vance Charitable
Foundation. The series honors the late Robert C.
Vance, a widely respected journalist who was
editor and publisher of The Herald in New
Britain from 1951 to 1959.
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