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2009 Governor's Lecture November 2009 14th Governor's Lecture successful in several ways
The 14th Annual Governor’s Lecture in the Humanities, Nov. 4 at Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, was a success in several ways.
As a kick-off event for the 2009 National Humanities Conference, the lecture was attended by many conference attendees arriving a day early to hear Matt Miller speak on "The Tyranny of Dead Ideas." The Joslyn atrium was full for the pre-lecture fundraising dinner, which raised a record $135,000 to support the Council’s statewide programming. Earlier that day, more than 100 University of Nebraska at Omaha students engaged in a lively discussion with Miller.
Special thanks to co-sponsors, the University of Nebraska and Valmont Industries, event co-chairs Melissa Marvin and Angenette Meaney, a superb committee of volunteers, and all of you who supported and attended the event. Miller’s remarks will be included in the NHC’s 2009 Nebraska Humanities magazine and annual report.
July 2009 Business leaders name Miller book one of top 10
The National Chamber Foundation has selected Matt Miller’s “The Tyranny of Dead Ideas” one
of its 10 “Books that Drive the Debate” for 2009.
“The Tyranny of Dead Ideas” was selected because it offers a “unique blend of insights from history, psychology, and economics to illuminate where today’s destructive conventional wisdom came from and how it holds our country back.” Miller also introduces “tomorrow’s destined ideas” that can reinvigorate our nation’s economy and politics. These “destined ideas may seem counterintuitive now, but they will coalesce in the coming years in ways that will transform America.”
The National Chamber Foundation’s annual list of top 10 books is compiled by key business leaders and policy experts and is intended to spur debate and advance the thinking about issues of significance to the business community.
The Nov. 4 lecture begins at 7:30 at the Joslyn Art Museum and is free and open to the public. For information about the lecture and tickets to the benefit dinner and reception preceding it, contact the Nebraska Humanities Council at nhc@nebraskahumanities.org or call (402) 474-2131.
March 2009 Miller to deliver 14th governor’s lecture Nov. 4
Presented by the Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC), the University of Nebraska and Valmont Industries, the lecture begins at 7:30 p.m.
Miller is the author of “The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting Go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity” and the 2003 bestseller “The 2% Solution: Fixing America’s Problems in Ways Liberals and Conservatives Can Love.”
“Matt Miller brilliantly slays the dragon of dead ideas that still loom over our economy, but he does so much more,” said Nebraska Foundation for the Humanities board member Angenette Meaney of Omaha. “He offers new, bold ways of viewing our current impasse and moving forward. Never have we needed such imagination, practicality and balance as we try to find solutions and still retain the fundamental values unique to America.”
Political commentator and former presidential advisor David Gergen calls Miller “one of those few, invaluable voices who is able to reach beyond the truisms of yesterday to help us think anew about tomorrow.”
Miller is an award-winning contributor to The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine and many other publications. He represents the “center” as host of “Left, Right & Center,” National Public Radio’s popular week-in-review program (recently named by iTunes as one of its “best podcasts”). Miller also is a senior advisor to the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he advises clients on health care strategy, public sector education and nonprofit practices.
Miller served in the Clinton White House from 1993 to 1995 as a senior advisor in the Office of Management and Budget. From 1991 to 1992, he was a White House Fellow, serving as special assistant to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
He received his bachelor’s degree in economics, graduating magna cum laude from Brown University. In 1986, he received a law degree from Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar and book review editor of the Columbia Law Review.
A fundraising reception and dinner will held before the lecture to support the NHC’s statewide programming. For details, contact Aimee at the Nebraska Humanities Council at (402) 474-2131 ext. 102 or aimee@nebraskahumanities.org.
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magazine columnist and best-selling author Matt Miller will deliver
the 14th Annual Governor’s Lecture in the Humanities, Nov. 4 at
Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha.Phone 402-474-2131 or e-mail nhc@nebraskahumanities.org |
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