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April 27, 2004

Carnegie President to Deliver Minow Lecture

EVANSTON, Ill. --- 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, at Northwestern University.

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 Commission 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 Adolescent 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.

Hamburg and his wife Beatrix Hamburg are co-authors of “Learning to Live Together: Preventing Hatred and Violence in Child and Adolescent Development.”

The Minow Lecture is presented this year with the assistance of Northwestern’s Center for International and Comparative Studies. The Minows established the professorship and lecture to bring distinguished members of the communications field to campus to exchange ideas with students and faculty. Previous Minow Professors include Walter Cronkite, Carol Simpson, Michael Beschloss, R.W. Apple, Jr., Frank Rich and Jonathan Alter.

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.