Luchinsky Memorial Lecture Series
In this election year, presidential leadership is the topic of Penn State’s Schreyer Honors College’s 13th Annual Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture. Hofstra University professor of presidential studies Dr. Meena Bose ’90 Lib will be the guest lecturer.
An alumna of Penn State’s University Scholars Program, Bose holds the Peter S. Kalikow Chair in Presidential Studies at Hofstra. Bose returned to Hofstra in fall 2006 having been an assistant professor of political science there from 1996 to 2000 and acting director of the university’s honors program from 1999 to 2000. From 2001 to November 2006, Bose taught at the U.S. Military Academy in the Department of Social Sciences. She earned her master’s degree and doctorate in politics from Princeton University. She is the author of “Shaping and Signaling Presidential Policy: The National Security Decision Making of Eisenhower and Kennedy” and has co-edited several published works.
Tickets will be distributed for Bose’s lecture at the Eisenhower Auditorium ticket office, the HUB ticket outlet, and the Downtown Theater Center beginning on the following dates: Monday, March 10, for Penn State student with ID; Wednesday, March 12, for Penn State faculty and staff with ID; and Friday, March 14, for the general public.
For more information, contact the Schreyer Honors College at 814-863-2636.
The Luchinsky Memorial Lecture Series was endowed by family and friends to honor the memory of Mark Luchinsky, a University Scholar and biochemistry major who died on January 18, 1995, at age 20.
Luchinsky graduated first in his class in 1992 from Thomas Jefferson High School in Pittsburgh. In addition to being a Scholar, he was a member of the Penn State Golden Key Society and the Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society. Although he was a science student, Luchinsky loved the study of all subjects. He loved the classics, sports, poetry, history and geography. Even at his young age, he was known for intellectual honesty and personal integrity.
Through this lecture series, the community gathers to honor his memory through support of a speaker who exemplifies intellectual honesty, personal integrity, and joy in learning.
Chronological List of Speakers
1996: The Honorable Harris Wofford, CEO Corporation for
National Service and former
U.S. Senator
1997: Mr. Kurt Angle, 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist in Wrestling
1998: Dr. John Lowe, Professor of Chemistry
1999: Dr. James Pawelczyk, Assistant Professor of Physiology
and Kinesiology and Payload
Specialist for NASA’s 1998 Neurolab mission
2000: Mr. Joe Paterno, Penn State’s legendary football
coach
2001: Dr. Alan Block, Professor of Administration of Justice
and Jewish Studies
2002: Ms. Wendy Kopp, Founder and President of Teach for
America
2003: Mr. Douglas Evans, Scholar Alumnus and CEO of Kensey
Nash, Inc.
2004: Dr. David Riley, II, Associate Professor, Architectural
Engineering, Penn State University
2005: Dr. Jeffrey Ratner, Chief of Staff, Mount Nittany Medical
2006: Richard Jewell and L. Lin Wood
2007:Peter Klein, Professor and former CBS News Producer
