AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE TO DELIVER VOLPE LECTURE
Who: Author Salman Rushdie
What: Thomas J. Volpe Lecture Series in Global Business and Finance
Where: St. Francis College
180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201
Founders Hall
When: Monday, March 9
12:30pm
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC –
RSVP REQUESTED
His award winning words led others to call for his death, but rather than be deterred, Indian author Salman Rushdie kept writing; winning numerous other prestigious awards for his work.
Now, Rushdie is coming to St. Francis College as speaker for the 2009 Thomas J. Volpe Lecture Series in Global Business and Finance on Monday, March 9 at 12:30pm in Founders Hall.
“Rushdie is a compelling speaker whose life story combined with his literary work make him an excellent choice to continue the tradition of this lecture series,” said series founder and Chairman Emeritus of the St. Francis College Board of Trustees Thomas J. Volpe. “Our students, alumni, faculty and staff as well as the whole Brooklyn Heights community stand to learn a lot about the world from his talk. We are all very eager to have him here.”
Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India and educated in England. He is known for award winning novels like Midnight’s Children, Shalimar the Clown and Satanic Verses which forced Rushdie into hiding after a fatwa was issued against him. The fatwa was lifted in 1998. His latest novel, published last year is The Enchantress of Florence.
Guest speakers of the Volpe Lecture Series offer an international perspective in a variety of fields to the St. Francis College community; from business leaders to world leaders. Past speakers include Mariane Pearl (wife of slain reporter Daniel Pearl), Paul Rusesabagina (the real Hotel Rwanda), Lech Walesa (former President of Poland, Nobel Prize winner) and George Mitchell (former U.S. Senator, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, baseball steroids report).
The lecture series is funded by a generous gift from Thomas J. Volpe, a former Senior Vice President of Financial Operations for The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. Currently he is Senior Advisor at Babcock & Brown, a global financial services firm. Volpe serves as Chairman Emeritus of the St. Francis College Board of Trustees.
St. Francis College, founded in 1859 by the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, is located in Brooklyn Heights, New York. Since its founding, the College has pursued its Franciscan mission to provide an affordable, high-quality education to students from New York City’s five boroughs and beyond.
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