Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian to Lecture at DCC
October 10, 2017 – Dr. David Kennedy, Pulitzer prize winner and Stanford University professor emeritus, will discuss “Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Twentieth-Century Life” at Dutchess Community College Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. in the James and Betty Hall Theatre. The presentation is the inaugural event in the Dr. D. David Conklin Distinguished Lecture Series, established to recognize DCC’s fourth president who retired in 2014.
Kennedy will talk about Roosevelt’s life, presidency and impact, framed through a comparison with his adversary, Adolf Hitler. Kennedy is the author of books including “Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War.”
The lecture is free and open to the public. Call the DCC Foundation at (845) 431-8400 for more information.
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