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Mar 28, 2018, 10:56 AM

L-r: John Geer, Al Gore and Jon Meacham (John Russell/Vanderbilt)
L-r: John Geer, Al Gore and Jon Meacham (John Russell/Vanderbilt)

Former vice president and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore was the guest speaker at an undergraduate political science class on March 26.

The class, focused on leadership, examines the skills needed to be a successful leader and the often conflicting demands of public life. It is taught by John Geer, vice provost for academic and strategic affairs and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, and Jon Meacham, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Political Science and a Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian.

Vice President Al Gore greets first-year student Abby Brafman, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Class of 2017 alumna and the organizer of the Nashville March for Our Lives, March 26 following the Leadership class taught by professors John Geer (left) and Jon Meacham (right). (John Russell/Vanderbilt)
Vice President Al Gore greets first-year student Abby Brafman, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Class of 2017 alumna and the organizer of the Nashville March for Our Lives, March 26 following the Leadership class taught by professors John Geer (left) and Jon Meacham (right). (John Russell/Vanderbilt)

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