RIPON, Wis. – Bill Kristol, editor and published of the Washington, D.C.-based political magazine The Weekly Standard and frequent political contributor to the FOX News channel, will lead a presentation, live Q&A session and book signing at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15 in the Great Hall of Ripon College’s Harwood Memorial Union. The speech is free and open to the public.
In addition to FOX News, Kristol regularly appears on all the major television public affairs shows. He served as chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle during the Bush administration and to Secretary of Education William Bennett under President Ronald Reagan. Before coming to Washington in 1985, Kristol taught politics at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Before starting The Weekly Standard in 1995, Kristol led the Project for the Republican Future, where he helped shape the strategy that produced the 1994 Republican congressional victory.
Major funding for Kristol's visit
comes from the MacDougall '23 Endowment. Begun by friends and family of the late distinguished journalist and passionate First-Amendment advocate Curtis MacDougall, the fund helps Ripon bring national-caliber speakers to campus who embody the ideals of free speech.
The event is also sponsored by the Ripon College department of Politics and Government, Ripon College Democrats and Ripon College Republicans.
About Ripon College
Ripon College, founded in 1851, prepares students of diverse interests for lives of productive, socially responsible citizenship. Ripon’s liberal arts curriculum and residential campus create an intimate learning community in which students experience a richly personalized education. Ripon has consistently been recognized as a “best value” and “Best 366 College” by The Princeton Review, a “Best Buy in College Education” by Barron’s, a “Best Liberal-Arts College” by Washington Monthly, and is listed among the 160 best schools in the nation by Colleges of Distinction. |
