Let me welcome you here. Not only to have this distinguished group, chuck and linda, long time active members of the community who have served the commonwealth tremendously. It is great to have kingsley here. 25 years of service to george mason. We appreciate the impact youve had. It is truly great to have everyone here. Lets get on with the show. [applause] host for those of you who do not know Kingsley Haynes, he served as the founding dean of these school of Public Policy. As an aside, we also patriot justht to susan haynes, pay tribute tonightto susan haynes as an aside, we also pay tribute to susan haynes. [applause] the faculty established and generously funded a lecture series in his name. In keeping with past events, we have invited to individuals who have also demonstrated a dip commitment deep commitment to public service. Robb was governor of virginia and served two terms in the u. S. Senate. Lyndaknown for marrying daughter of, the Lyndon Baines johnson and lady bird johnso
That will not sit well with other people or they may not agree at the time and i believe, based on my knowledge, my experience that that is the right thing to do, i will keep with it. A will continue to work down that path and help to explain to other people why i believe that, if there is any fax, if there is a new reasons why my belief is so strong. It is hard to get there but once you get past that, people will tend to respect you. I think that helped me in a particular matter when there was a major emergency disaster that took place in a imine a couple of years ago and folks said you did not need to go out there. Hello . 29 people just died. Your advice was that you dont need to go there . I felt that i cannot save their lives but i can talk to the spouses and our field staff and find out what happened and where our resources were. Why in the world would they tell you not to go . For whatever reason. I went against the advice and i went. It was the best thing i could have done beca
Then i found out more. I found out that mrs. Trumans mother. [laughter] it was very interesting. They had a heater in the closet. So your clothes were kept nice and toasty. This was because mrs. Wallace was an older woman. Anyway, whatever. [laughter] so i kept studying. I just knew there was somebody famous i could share this room with. It had been carolines room. Lucy moved in to what was johns room. I had thought i was going to get this room with wonderful antique furniture. My mother moved our Old Furniture in. [laughter] that is the negative. The positive is now i have a piece of furniture that was and the white house. [laughter] i just wish it was a better quality. [laughter] not worth refinishing the desk. Anyway, subsequently, i found out that after little willie died, they locked up his room to forever go into the room. What room was that . The curator said that was your room, ms. Lynda. They said after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, they brought his body back to the white