Blackburn Institute

Blackburn Institute Announces 2008 Frank A. Nix Lecturer on Ethical Leadership

March 4, 2008

The Blackburn Institute is pleased to announce that former South African President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner F.W de Klerk will serve as the 2008 Frank A. Nix Lecturer on Ethical Leadership. The lecture will occur on Friday, October 17, 2008 at 10:00 am in Sellers Auditorium located in the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama’s campus in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. President de Klerk’s speech is entitled “Bridging the Gap: Globalization without Isolation.”

Biography of F.W. de Klerk
Biography of Frank A. Nix
Biography of Dr. John L. Blackburn
Directions to the Bryant Conference Center

The Frank A. Nix Lecture
The Frank A. Nix Lecture is a biennial lecture series hosted by The University’s of Alabama’s Blackburn Institute. Focused on exploring ethical leadership in the national arena, the Frank A. Nix Lecture complements the Blackburn Institute’s mission of forming a network of ethical leaders who both understand contemporary issues and work toward progressive change in Alabama as well as the world. Although the Frank A. Nix Lecture has existed within the Blackburn Institute’s yearly curriculum for student fellows since 1999, a fundraising campaign culminating in 2004 permitted the lecture series to expand and bring nationally renowned speakers to The University of Alabama’s campus. In 2005, the Frank A. Nix lecturers were U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. In 2006, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, and presidential candidate General Wesley Clark (Ret.) served as the Frank A. Nix Lecturer. The Nix Lecture has not only benefited the Tuscaloosa-area community (both the 2005 and 2006 lectures were held before audiences nearing 1,000 people), but it is also making a national impact as well. The 2006 lecture was downloaded over 1,000 times by people in 43 states and 13 foreign countries.

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