NASHVILLE, Tenn. – John Ashcroft, whose tenure as U.S. attorney general from 2001 to 2005 included an historic era of safety and security concerns for America following Sept. 11, will speak at Vanderbilt University Monday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m. in Ingram Hall.
Public tickets for the event are $20 and may be purchased at the Sarratt Student Center box office. Tickets are free to Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff and are available at Sarratt Student Center’s box office.
Ashcroft’s lecture is part of the Project Dialogue series, a yearlong, university-wide program that seeks to involve the entire Vanderbilt community in public debate and discussion, and attempts to connect classroom learning with larger societal issues.
Project Dialogue, which started in 1989, is held every other year at the university and allows each student generation the opportunity to participate in two Project Dialogue series while attending Vanderbilt. Each year’s series centers on a particular theme. This academic year’s theme is “Crime & The Ultimate Punishment.”
Ashcroft began his public service career in 1973 as Missouri auditor and was later elected to two terms as Missouri’s attorney general. He served as Missouri’s governor from 1985 to 1993 and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994. In December 2000, President George W. Bush announced his decision to nominate Ashcroft to serve as attorney general of the United States.
Prior to entering public service, Ashcroft taught business law at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield. He is the author of the book Lessons from a Father to His Son, a tribute to his father, and he has co-authored multiple editions of two college law textbooks with his wife, Janet.
For more information about upcoming events in the Project Dialogue series, visit www.vanderbilt.edu/dialogue/.
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