Author and Professor to Give Presidential Leadership Lecture at DCC

Release date: March 4, 2008

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – Dutchess Community College will host author Robert Dallek on March 26 for a lecture entitled “Presidential Leadership in War and Peace.”

The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 7 p.m. in the James and Betty Hall Theatre in Dutchess Hall on DCC’s main campus in Poughkeepsie.

Dallek is one of the world’s premier authorities on the U.S. presidency, and has written award-winning books on Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, and John F. Kennedy. His latest work, published last year, is called “Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power.”

He is a professor of history at Boston University, and has previously taught at Columbia University, UCLA, and Oxford University. Dallek is also a frequent commentator on television and radio, having appeared on National Public Radio, CNN, and The Daily Show.

The lecture is being sponsored by DCC’s 2008 Handel Foundation Endowed Faculty Chair. For additional information, contact Dr. Andrew Rieser at 845-431-8513 or rieser@sunydutchess.edu.

Founded in 1957, Dutchess Community College is a two-year community college celebrating its 50th anniversary of excellence and service to the residents of Dutchess County. It is part of the State University of New York and is one of 30 community colleges in the state system. The College offers a wide variety of associate degree programs, as well as career programs in major technical, human service and business areas. The College also offers non-credit courses through its Office of Community Services to meet the continuing education needs of civic, cultural, business and professional groups and the community at large. The main campus is at 53 Pendell Road in Poughkeepsie, while the Dutchess South extension site is in Hollowbrook Park, Building #4 at 31 Marshall Road in Wappingers Falls.

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