Harold Ford Jr. once was described by President Bill Clinton as “the walking, living embodiment of where America ought to go in the 21st century.”
The former five-term congressman from Tennessee will be on campus at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, in Graham Chapel to give this year’s Elliot Stein Lecture in Ethics for the Assembly Series. The event is free and open to the public.
During his five terms as a Democratic congressman from Tennessee, Ford served on both the financial services and the budget committees, where he advocated for free enterprise and balanced budgets.
Although he lost a close bid for a Senate seat in 2006, he continues to be actively involved in the party and currently serves as chair of the Democratic Leadership Council.
In addition to providing political analysis on NBC and MSNBC, he teaches at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
Ford also serves on the Pentagon’s Transformation Advisory Group, an assembly of military commanders, political figures, academics and business leaders who advise the Pentagon on modernizing the Armed Forces.
He also is an overseer on the board of the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian relief organization, and serves as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
For more information, visit assemblyseries.wustl.edu, or call 935-4620.