Newt Gingrich

Gingrich is well known as the architect of the “Contract with America” that led the Republican Party to victory in 1994 by capturing a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years. Under his leadership as Speaker, Congress passed welfare reform, the first balanced budget in a generation and the first tax cut in 16 years. In addition, Congress restored funding to strengthen our defense and intelligence capabilities, an action later lauded by the bipartisan 9/11 Commission.

Gingrich has also authored 19 books, including 11 fiction and non-fiction New York Times bestsellers. He is chairman of the Gingrich Group, a communications and consulting firm that specializes in transformational change. He serves as general chairman of American Solutions for Winning the Future, is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, honorary chairman of the NanoBusiness Alliance and a news and political analyst for the Fox News Channel.

Gingrich was first elected to Congress in 1978 and served the Sixth District of Georgia for 20 years. He served as House Speaker from 1995 to 1999, and was named Time magazine’s Man of the Year in 1995.

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Newt Gingrich Biography

The 17th Annual Convocation on Critical Issues

Wednesday,
October 6, 2010

9:30 a.m., Thursday, October 7, 2010
M. O. Looney Complex

Free and open to the community
Buses may park on Stadium Drive, north of the Looney Complex