Watch live streaming video of Vanderbilt alumnus Perry Wallace delivering the first Walter R. Murray Jr. Memorial Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Wallace was the first African American basketball player in the Southeastern Conference. He will be delivering the lecture in honor of his best friend, Murray, the first African American to serve on the Vanderbilt Board of Trust. A new residence hall is being dedicated today in Murray’s name. Murray died in 1998.
Video of the building dedication will follow at 5:30 p.m.
Lecture:
Windows Media:
http://media-srv1.its.vanderbilt.edu/asxgen/wm-live/murray_lecture.wmv
Real Media:
http://media-srv1.its.vanderbilt.edu/ramgen/real-live/murray_lecture.rm
Dedication:
Windows Media:
http://media-srv1.its.vanderbilt.edu/asxgen/wm-live/murray_dedication.wmv
Real Media:
http://media-srv1.its.vanderbilt.edu/ramgen/real-live/murray_dedication.rm
Media contact: Princine Lewis, (615) 322-NEWS
princine.l.lewis@vanderbilt.edu