Shriver Biographer Scott Stossel to Speak at Law Center's Luncheon
Shriver Biographer to Speak at Law Center's Luncheon; A Special Presentation for Chicago's Future Leaders
5/14/2004 3:04:00 PM
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editors
Contact: Daniel O. Ash of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, 312-368-1012 or danielash@povertylaw.org
News Advisory:
Scott Stossel, author of "Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver," will be the featured speaker at a luncheon benefiting the Chicago-based Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law. Stossel will discuss Shriver's legacy with some of the City's future and current leaders and offer insight to Shriver's ability to persist during the 1960s and 1970s and launch well-known social programs such as legal services for the poor, the Peace Corps, and programs associated with the War on Poverty.
WHAT: "A Call to Service: Lessons for Today's Young Leaders"
A luncheon benefiting the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
WHEN: Tuesday, May 18, 2004, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Palmer House Hotel (Empire Room), 17 East Monroe, Chicago, Illinois 60603
Featuring:
Scott Stossel, senior editor, The Atlantic Monthly
Ted Tetzlaff, McGuireWoods LLP
This event is open to the media by reservation.
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About the Book
SARGE: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver (Smithsonian Books, distributed by W.W. Norton; Pub Date: May 4, 2004; $32.50 HC) is the first authorized biography of a man who defined "Kennedy" liberalism sometimes more profoundly than the Kennedys themselves. As one of the more remarkable figures in the corridors of power during the Kennedy Camelot years, it's impossible not to view Shriver's accomplishments through the prism of balancing his family, his country, the ills of the world and Democratic politics.
Given full access to Shriver and his family, senior Atlantic Monthly editor Scott Stossel deftly renders a complex, often contradictory figure who was at once a passionate human rights advocate and Kennedy in-law married to Eunice Kennedy, JFK's sister, which forever melded the personal and professional spheres of Shriver's life.
About the Author
Scott Stossel is a senior editor at Atlantic Monthly. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, and other publications. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
