The 26th annual R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues speaker is presidential historian and Pultizer-Prize winning author Jon Meacham. His topic, “The Soul of America: Moving Beyond Division and Hostility,” will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in the Looney Complex Arena. Meacham will also be the featured guest at the annual Convocation Luncheon at noon Sept. 26 in the Fulkerson Center. Cost is $40. For more information, go to missouriwestern.edu\/convocation.<\/p>\n
A contributor to TIME and The New York Times Book Review, Meacham is a highly sought-after commentator, regularly appearing on CNN and MSNBC. Known as a skilled orator with a depth of knowledge about politics, religion, and current affairs, Meacham brings historical context to the issues and events impacting our daily lives.<\/p>\n
His latest No. 1 New York Times bestseller, \u201cThe Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels,\u201d examines the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in U.S. history when hope overcame division and fear. Meacham is also a co-author of the recently released book, \u201cImpeachment: An American History,\u201d which reveals the complicated motives behind the three presidential impeachments in U.S. history. Meacham\u2019s presidential biography, \u201cDestiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush,\u201d debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times bestsellers list. Meacham delivered eulogies for both President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush.<\/p>\n
Other bestsellers include \u201cThomas Jefferson: The Art of Power,\u201d \u201cFranklin and Winston,\u201d \u201cAmerican Gospel\u201d and \u201cAmerican Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House,\u201d which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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