2008 Woodie Awards
Forum to weigh foreign policies
Conference tickets already sold out
HAYLEY PETERSON
Issue date: 3/26/08 Section: News
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The officials will address several core issues in the 2008 presidential campaign, with the goal of providing counsel for the next elected administration, said C. Donald Johnson, director of the Dean Rusk Center.
"This should be an exciting event where people will get a strong perspective on history at a very critical time in this presidential year," Johnson said.
The former secretaries of state will be seated at a roundtable before a sold-out auditorium to discuss issues of foreign
RETURN UNUSED TICKETS
University officials are asking anyone who cannot attend the secretaries of state conference to return their tickets."We know people's plans change and that some people who secured a ticket several weeks ago may no longer be able to attend," Ambassador C. Donald Johnson, director of the Dean Rusk Center said in a news release issued by the University. "Thus, it is important for people to know that there is a waitlist and that others are interested in attending but can only do so if extra tickets are returned to the Classic Center.
"It would be great if the 2,100-seat theater is filled to capacity for this exciting and timely event, and obviously there is the demand."
The Classic Center is the site for the 16th annual forum, which is being held partly in honor of Dean Rusk, a late University School of Law professor and former secretary of state, Peter White, president of the Southern Center for International Studies, said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
"We thought it important to hold [the forum] in conjunction with the Dean Rusk Center's 30th anniversary," White said.
"We have a long lineage at the [University's] School of law. Dean Rusk was the chairman at the time we held the first meeting. This is now the 16th meeting."
These forums have been held in many different locations, including Atlanta and Richmond, White said.
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