Her father is remembered now as the envoy who tried to negotiate peace and for the goodwill with america while the Japanese Military was secretly preparing to attack pearl harbor. She is the youngest of ambassador crews three children. Her mother was american from new york city. After world war ii she married an american, worked in commercial real estate, and lived much of for a adult life in the grand rapids area. One of her greatgrandchildren is in the audience. A candidate in the leadership academy. To your farright is the youngestenstein, grandson of colonel ralph hauenstein. Brians grandfather is pressed best known as eisenhowers u. S. Army officer u. S. Army officer who liberated paris and into places of unbelievable horror. After the war, ralph discovered as an entrepreneur and recognized as the father of goldfish crackers. [laughter] in theughout his career private sector, he also became one of mesh west michigans lead philanthropists. I will say later, its more than just the f
Im director of the civil war institute. It is my pleasure to welcome professor edward ayers for the robert bloom lecture. Professor ayers is the Tucker Boatwright professor of humanities and Professor Emeritus at the university of richmond. He is the author of numerous books and articles including in the presence of mine enemies the civil war and heart of america the winner of the bancroft prize. He also wrote the promise of the new south. Excellent book i read in grad school many years ago and most recently he is the author of the thin light of freedom the civil war and emancipation in the heart of america published in 2017, and the 2018 lincoln prize winner. One of the things that professor ayers has done throughout his career, hes made it a point to speak to public audiences. Professor ayers is again, i think hard evidence that this supposed gap between academics and public historians and academics and general audiences has if there is maybe a gap there, but it is ever so slight, an
4 who is steven cohen . He built up an a enormous personal for tune on the basis of his incredible skill for trading. So he had a strong instinth for the stock market. He would sit down and look at the way stocks were trading and believed to have an incredible sense of how to ride the waves in the market and make money. He has this very compelling almost rags to riches story. He grew up very middle class and long island. His family has less money than a lot of others around him. He felt a sort of hunger to become rich. He started playing poker in high school. Very quickly built up a for tune. He has a mansion in connecticut, helicopter rides, works of art. He became an object of extreme envy. Sac. His initials. E embodied the firm. Theres a moment you say in your book he wouldnt talk to you. Tell us about that. I had spent several years reporting this book. I went about doing that the i had a lot of Court Documents interviews with people and i tried to convince him to sit with me. Of c
4 who is steven cohen . He built up an a enormous personal for tune on the basis of his incredible skill for trading. So he had a strong instinth for the stock market. He would sit down and look at the way stocks were trading and believed to have an incredible sense of how to ride the waves in the market and make money. He has this very compelling almost rags to riches story. He grew up very middle class and long island. His family has less money than a lot of others around him. He felt a sort of hunger to become rich. He started playing poker in high school. Very quickly built up a for tune. He has a mansion in connecticut, helicopter rides, works of art. He became an object of extreme envy. Sac. His initials. E embodied the firm. Theres a moment you say in your book he wouldnt talk to you. Tell us about that. I had spent several years reporting this book. I went about doing that the i had a lot of Court Documents interviews with people and i tried to convince him to sit with me. Of c
4 who is steven cohen . He built up an a enormous personal for tune on the basis of his incredible skill for trading. So he had a strong instinth for the stock market. He would sit down and look at the way stocks were trading and believed to have an incredible sense of how to ride the waves in the market and make money. He has this very compelling almost rags to riches story. He grew up very middle class and long island. His family has less money than a lot of others around him. He felt a sort of hunger to become rich. He started playing poker in high school. Very quickly built up a for tune. He has a mansion in connecticut, helicopter rides, works of art. He became an object of extreme envy. Sac. His initials. E embodied the firm. Theres a moment you say in your book he wouldnt talk to you. Tell us about that. I had spent several years reporting this book. I went about doing that the i had a lot of Court Documents interviews with people and i tried to convince him to sit with me. Of c