Thomas L. Friedman, Pulitzer Prize winning author and columnist for the New York Times.
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Thomas L. Friedman, author and New York Times columnist, will speak at Miami University at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17. His lecture, which will take place at Millett Hall, is free of charge and open to the public, although tickets are required.
To reserve tickets for this event, call the Miami University box office at 513 529-3200. For other information, visit www.fsb.muohio.edu or call 513 529-6114.
Friedman is this year’s Jack R. Anderson Distinguished Lecturer, presented by Miami’s Farmer School of Business.
A familiar voice in the American press, Friedman has discussed the movement toward globalization in three books, including the immensely popular The World is Flat. His latest book, Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why we need a green revolution and how it can renew America, will appear in retail bookstores Sept. 8.
As a reporter for United Press International and then for The New York Times, Friedman covered events in Lebanon and Israel from 1981 to 1988. He covered Secretary of State James Baker during the administration of George H.W. Bush and served as the Times’ White House correspondent for the first year of Bill Clinton’s presidency. Since then, he has written about foreign policy and economics. His work has earned him three Pulitzer Prizes for International Reporting and a George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting.
Friedman is the recipient of the 2004 Overseas Press Club Award for lifetime achievement, and was named to the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
The Jack R. Anderson Distinguished Lecture Series brings to the Miami campus world leaders whose thought-provoking presentations expose students, faculty members, and community residents to ideas that affect business, society, and public policy. Previous speakers in this series have included retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, and Gen. Colin Powell, USA (ret.).
Miami University’s Farmer School of Business provides an academically rigorous program enhanced by real-world experience and many opportunities to study abroad. Business Week ranks the school among the nation’s top undergraduate business programs.
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