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For immediate release: Nov. 6, 2001

Contact: Marilyn Marks, 609-258-3601
 

Media advisory:

Sen. Bill Frist to speak on economic impact of terrorist attacks

Who: U.S. Sen. William Frist

What: Lecture on "The Impact of Sept. 11 on the U.S. Economy and Beyond"

When: 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9

Where: Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall on the Princeton campus
 

U.S. Sen. William Frist, who graduated from Princeton in 1974, is the ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Public Health. In addition to discussing the impact of the terrorist attacks on the economy, he is expected to comment on recent events at the U.S. Capitol and on efforts to strengthen the nation's preparedness for a bio-terrorist attack.

Last year, Frist introduced the Public Health Threats and Emergencies Act. He has been working this year to secure additional funding for his bill to provide nearly $1.6 billion for bio-terrorism preparedness efforts.

Frist, who specialized in health-care policy in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, was a heart and lung transplant surgeon before being elected to represent Tennessee in the Senate in 1994.

His lecture is sponsored by the Center for Economic Policy Studies.
 

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