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About
The Tommy G. Thompson Center held a conference on the UW-Madison campus examining the beliefs and insight of the founding fathers as they pertain to public leadership in America. The Thompson Center brought together a large number of panelists with expertise to examine the mindsets of Franklin, Madison, Adams, Marshall, Dickinson, Douglass, and many other framers of America’s beginnings. Former Ambassador Rick Graber interviewed Former Second Lady of the United States Lynne Cheney during the luncheon.
Wisconsin Eye Recordings
The Thompson Center would like to extend our most gracious thank you to our partner The Wisconsin Eye, which streamed and recorded this event. The conference described here and many other intellectually stimulating events can be found on their website: https://wiseye.org
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CONFERENCE LINKS
Keynote
Lynne Cheney; Former Second Lady of the United States
List of Presenters
Denver Brunsman – George Washington
Jane E. Calvert – John Dickinson
Joanne B. Freeman – Alexander Hamilton
Mark David Hall – Roger Sherman and James Wilson
Joel Richard Paul – John Marshall
Timothy Sandefur – Frederick Douglass
Gordon S. Wood – Benjamin Franklin
Date, Time, and Location
Friday, September 20th, 2019; 10:50am-3:15pm
Lowell Center, UW-Madison
610 Langdon St., Madison WI 53703
Doors open at 10:40am
Schedule of the Event
10:40 am Doors Open – Coffee and Light Fare
10:50 – 11:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
11:00 – 12:00 am Panel 1
- B. Bernstein – John Adams
- Mark D. Hall – Roger Sherman and James Wilson
- Gordon S. Wood – Benjamin Franklin
12:15 – 1:10 pm Lunch
- Keynote : Lynne Cheney, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
- Moderator : Richard Graber, CEO and President of the Bradley Foundation
1:20 – 2:20 pm Panel 2
- Jane E. Calvert – John Dickinson
- Joel Richard Paul – John Marshall
- Timothy Sandefur – Frederick Douglass
2:25 – 3:25 pm Panel 3
- Joanne B. Freeman – Alexander Hamilton
- Denver Brunsman – George Washington
- Jack Rakove – James Madison
3:25 – 3:30 Closing Remarks
Presenters, Panelists, and Moderators
Keynote
Lynne Cheney;Former Second Lady of the United States
List of Presenters
R. B. Bernstein – John Adams
Denver Brunsman – George Washington
Jane E. Calvert – John Dickinson
Joanne B. Freeman – Alexander Hamilton
Mark David Hall – Roger Sherman and James Wilson
Joel Richard Paul – John Marshall
Jack Rakove – James Madison
Timothy Sandefur – Frederick Douglass
Gordon S. Wood – Benjamin Franklin