Is an accomplished chair at the university of virginia for the past 5 years and before that he taught at the university of california davis and boston university. He has also written eight previous books on topics ranging from the colonial period to the war of 1812 and be on. Two of his works have won a Pulitzer Prize in history in 1896 and William Cooperstown, politician William Cooper and his son, James Fenimore cooper. In 2014 the pulitzer was given to the internal enemy which is about slavery in virginia during the war of 1812 and contradictions of early Virginia Society. Thomas jeffersons education turns to the establishment of the university of virginia. He regarded the university is one of his signature achievements and alan got interested in pursuing a book on the subject after coming across correspondence between jefferson and an associate by the new school. Various ways in which the American Revolution impacted society and politics in the early years of our country and the st
Phones were all theho rage. [laughter] facebook was founded the world war ii memorial was dedicated, george w. Bush was reelected president. Major League Baseball retur to washington as the Washington Nationals. [applause] fast forward 15 years the Washington Nationals are in the world series. [applause] and David Rubenstein is back as we all know cofounder as well as chairman of the board or the boards of trustees of the jfk center for performing arts. The Smithsonian Institution and the council on Foreign Relations and we all know he is a engaged in many many many other philanthropic activities too numerous to mention. David coined the phrase patriotic philanthropy with generous financing of the restoration of the historical landmark including the Washington Monument the Lincoln Memorial the Us Marine Corps war memorial Washington Library and monticello in montpelier and the arlington house also purchasing copies like the declaration of independence, the emancipation proclamation and
Warner is, i dont know, approaching old age. I will not say he is there. Is approaching old age but you would never know it. We have been sitting in the back and talking about this race and that race and all kinds of things and i was thinking about his career and it is absolutely incredible. You can go back as far as world war ii and korea. He was in both of those and you didnt have to. He was always willing to jump in and participate. He did lots of things in between. Lets start with secretary of the navy in the early 1970s, head of the bicentennial commission. Those of you old enough to remember the wonderful celebration of the bicentennial of the us which helped bring the country together. And he went to a place many of you never heard of, the United States senate. He was elected in 1978, elected very narrowly, 5000 votes, very narrowly. That was the end of his time test. Occasionally he would have one within a few Percentage Points but mainly was unopposed. In the u. S. Senate from
President of the club and we had 288 members. Flip phones were all the rage. Facebook was founded. The world war ii memorial was dedicated. George w. Bush was elected president and majopresident ande baseball returned to washington at the washington nationals. [applause] fast forward 15 years the nationals are in the world series. [applause] [cheering] and David Rubenstein is back. The cofounder and chairman of the Carlyle Group as well as the chairman of the boards of trustees of the john f. Kennedy center for performing arts, the Smithsonian Institution and the council on foreign relations. We all know that hes also engaged in many other philanthropic activities that are too numerous to mention. David coined the phrase philanthropic philanthropy with the restoration of some of the countrys great historical landmarks including the washington mann demand, sit back because theres a number of these. The Washington Monument, the memorial, the u. S. Marine corps, the war memorial, Washingt
Mary. There was a Panel Discussion on Civic Engagement with congressman bobby scott of virginia, a local scientist larry sabitow, and david rubenstein. Good afternoon. It is not often that i get a musical introduction so i appreciate that very much. I think we will have some fun with our panel when they come up but as i think you know, i believe this is the program, we are going to have a special guest first and a little intimate conversation between this special guest and me and i feel very privileged to be able to chat with them. An old and dear friend, senator john warner. Senator warner is approaching old age but you would never know it. We have been sitting in the back and talking about old times in this race and that race and all kinds of things. I was thinking about his career and that is absolutely incredible because you can go back as far as world war ii and korea. He was in both of those wars, and he did not have to, he did not have to do the second one if he did the first on