May 6, 2004

Carnegie Corporation president to deliver Minow Lecture

David Hamburg, president of Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1983 to 1997, will deliver a lecture titled “Are We Doomed to Endless Wars? Preventing Deadly Conflict” at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 11.

Hamburg, this year’s Josephine B. and Newton M. Minow Visiting Professor in Communication, will deliver his remarks in the McCormick Tribune Center Forum, 1870 Campus Drive, on the Evanston campus. His lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

Under Hamburg’s leadership, Carnegie Corporation played an active role in reducing nuclear danger, moving toward the resolution of the Cold War and working toward democracy in South Africa. In 1994, he established the Carnegie Commis-sion on Preventing Violence, which he co-chaired with Cyrus Vance.

A member of the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Hamburg is the DeWitt Distinguished Scholar at Cornell’s Weill Medical School. He is the author of “No More Killing Fields: Preventing Deadly Conflict” and “Today’s Children: Creating a Future for a Generation in Crisis.”

Hamburg chaired the Carnegie Council on Adoles-cent Development, which completed a decade-long study with a report titled “Great Transitions: Preparing Adolescents for a New Century.” He is the recipient of numerous awards including the American Psychiatric Association’s Distinguished Service Award, International Peace Academy’s 25th Anniversary Special Award, the National Academy of Sciences’ Public Welfare Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Seating is limited. For information or advance reservations, call the Center for International and Comparative Studies at (847) 467-2770 or e-mail leek@northwestern.edu.