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News from PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Office of Communications
Stanhope Hall
Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5264
Telephone 609-258-3601; Fax 609-258-1301
For immediate release: March 27, 2002
Contact: Marilyn Marks, 609-258-3601, mmarks@princeton.edu
Media advisory:
McGreevey, Forbes, Krauthammer, Hochschild to speak at
conference on Declaration of Independence
Who: Distinguished scholars and public officials,
including Gov. James McGreevey, Steve Forbes, Charles
Krauthammer, Jennifer Hochschild and others
What: Conference on the Declaration of
Independence
When: April 5 and 6
Where: Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall
Scholars, public officials and others will gather on
campus Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6, to reflect upon
and debate the ideals of the Declaration of Independence as
they relate to the challenges facing America today.
New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey is scheduled to give the
keynote address at noon Friday, April 5 while Steve Forbes,
president and chief executive officer of Forbes Inc. and a
former Presidential candidate, will speak at 6 p.m. Friday.
Also scheduled to deliver major addresses are Jennifer
Hochschild, professor of government at Harvard University,
at 2 p.m. Saturday, and Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated
columnist Charles Krauthammer, at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The conference will feature five panel discussions on issues
such as ìEquality in the 21st Century,î
ìRights of the Individualî and ìReligion
and the Concept of Divinely Endowed Rights.î
Distinguished scholars from across the United States will
participate in the panels.
The conference is sponsored by the James Madison Program in
American Ideals and Institutions and the D&D Foundation.
For more information, including a complete schedule of
events, visit the Madison program Web site at <http://www.princeton.edu/sites/jmadison/>
or call Seana Sugrue at 609-258-6333.
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