Harold Ford Jr., chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, news analyst for NBC and MSNBC, and a five-term member of Congress from 1997 to 2007, will deliver the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Law fall 2009 Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture on Thursday evening in Greensboro.
The lecture will be held downtown at the historic Carolina Theatre beginning at 7 p.m.
While serving five terms in Congress over a span of ten years, Ford served on the Financial Services and Budget Committees, and was a member of the , the , and the .
Since being named Chairman of the in January of 2007, Ford has advocated for federal policies to promote innovation in the U.S. automobile industry, for a greater focus on national education reform, and for a federal initiative to encourage voluntary national service, saying, “devoting a year or more to national service, whether military or civilian, should become a countrywide rite of passage, and the common expectation and widespread experience of virtually every young American.”
Ford is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a B.A. in American history, and the University of Michigan Law School.
Ford also serves on the Pentagon’s (TAG), on the board of overseers at the (IRC) and as a member of the .
The Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series is an integral part of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Law’s commitment to develop lawyers who are also leaders. Endowed through a generous gift from the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation of Greensboro, N.C., the Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series brings accomplished leaders from a variety of disciplines to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ to share their experiences and perspectives with students and faculty.