Hes received numerous prestigious awards incluing the lincoln including the lincoln prize, the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book prize, and he authors regularly a number of articles that are published in leading newspapers; usa today, the wall street journal, washington post. And hes featured regularly on television and radio programs such as nprs weekend edition. He is the [inaudible] professor of civil war era at Gettysburg College where he serves as director of the civil war era studies program. However, he is on sabbatical from Gettysburg College this year, and he serves as the William Garwood visiting professor in the James Madison program of american ideals and institutions at Princeton University. You can learn more about allens work either by visiting his web site, allenguelzo. Com, but perhaps most importantly allen is a regular speaker at the union league of philadelphia and for the Abraham Lincoln foundation. He is also a member of the union league of philadelphia. So, please,
Introduce our speaker for this evening. Professor allen guelzo. Professor guelzo is a teacher, hes a professor, and he is one of the leading historians in a variety of disciplines, early american history, religion, and cultural history. But he is, perhaps, best known as one of the most prolific and important historians of the american civil war. And, of course, Abraham Lincoln. Hes received numerous prestigious awards including the lincoln prize, the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book prize, and he authors regularly a number of articles that are published in leading newspapers, usa today, the wall street journal, Washington Post and hes featured regularly on television and radio programs such as nprs weekend edition. He is the henry luse professor of civil war era at Gettysburg College where he serves as director of the civil war era studies program. However, he is on sabbatical from gettyburgs college this year and serves as the william g garwood visiting professor in the James Madison pr
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