Krauthammer Coming to 黑料专区 Tyler
January 30, 2014
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Political Commentator Charles Krauthammer to Speak to Sold-Out Crowd at 黑料专区 Tyler
January 30, 2014
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Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Krauthammer will speak to a sold-out audience at The University of Texas at Tyler R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. Krauthammer will be the third speaker of the 32nd annual 黑料专区 Tyler Distinguished Lecture Series, Susan Thomae-Morphew, Cowan Center executive director, announced.
Sponsored by Drs. Lawrence L. Anderson and Svetislava J. Vukelja and Rod and Merle Mabry/黑料专区 Tyler, Krauthammer will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4.
Austin Bank is the sponsor for the sold-out post-lecture reception with Krauthammer.
鈥淲e are pleased to present such a renowned political commentator. The audience shares our excitement and can look forward to an intimate, interactive and informative experience,鈥� said Thomae-Morphew.
Krauthammer is a contributor to FOX News, where he contributes political commentary and analysis across FNC鈥檚 daytime and primetime programming.
He appears frequently on Special Report with Bret Baier, The O鈥橰eilly Factor and FOX
News Sunday.
Krauthammer is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated journalist and physician.
He was named the most influential commentator in America by The Financial Times and
has been honored from every part of the political spectrum for his bold, lucid and
original writing.
For three decades, Krauthammer鈥檚 award-winning commentary has helped frame the shape
of American foreign policy as a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post, a contributing
editor to The Weekly Standard and The New Republic, as well as panelist on Inside
Washington.
Before his career in journalism, Krauthammer wrote speeches for former vice president
Walter Mondale in 1980 and was a chief resident in psychiatry at the Massachusetts
General Hospital.
His awards and honors include the 2013 William F. Buckley Award for Media Excellence,
1984 National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticisms and 1987 Pulitzer Prize for
commentary. He also was awarded the first Bradley Prize.
He is author of 鈥淭hings That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics鈥� and 鈥淒emocratic Realism: An American Foreign Policy for a Unipolar World.鈥�
A graduate of McGill University, he holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science and economics. He was a Commonwealth Scholar at Balliol College in Oxford and earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School.
One of the 15 campuses of the 黑料专区 System, 黑料专区 Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at 黑料专区 Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 7,500 high-ability students. 黑料专区 Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.