February 07, 2002
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf and Thomas Von Essen, New York City’s former fire commissioner, will discuss “The Steel of American Resolve” following the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon during two lectures at Vanderbilt University.
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Schwarzkopf will focus on the changing role of leadership during a national crisis in his speech at Langford Auditorium Monday, Feb. 18, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 at Ticketmaster locations.
New York City’s 30th fire commissioner will discuss the events surrounding Sept. 11 during his lecture Tuesday, Feb.19, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $6 at Ticketmaster locations. Both lectures are free for Vanderbilt students, who can pick up tickets at the Sarratt main information desk.
Schwarzkopf , who served as commander in chief during Desert Storm, has written a best selling autobiography, It Doesn’t Take a Hero. He currently works as a consultant for NBC.
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani appointed Von Essen New York’s fire commissioner in 1996. The two men would become forever linked after the attacks on the World Trade Center.
On Feb. 17, Vanderbilt alumnus Sam Feist, executive producer of CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Reports, and former Chicago Tribune reporter Joel Kaplan, associate professor of journalism at Syracuse University, will discuss the media’s coverage of Sept. 11 in Wilson Hall, Room 126, at 7:30 p.m. This session is free and also open to the public.
The lectures are part of the student-sponsored IMPACT Symposium, a program that has enjoyed a tradition of presenting speakers on topics of national interest. Previous speakers have included Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Robert Kennedy, Rev. Jesse Jackson, as well as Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and George Bush.
Contact: Emily Pearce, (615) 322-NEWS
emily.pearce@vanderbilt.edu