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March 10, 2005
Former Governors of New Jersey Brendan T.
Byrne and Thomas Kean Will Discuss the State of New Jersey at William
Paterson University’s Distinguished Lecturer Series on April
15
Two former governors of New Jersey, Brendan T. Byrne and Thomas
Kean, will present an evening devoted to a subject in which they
have immense experience---The State of New Jersey---on April 15
as William Paterson University concludes its Distinguished Lecturer
Series for the 2004-2005 season.
Single tickets will be available at the Shea Center Box Office on
April 8. For ticket availability, and to purchase single tickets,
please call the box office at 973-720-2371 between 10 a.m. and 5
p.m.; prices are $32 standard, $30 for senior citizens, William
Paterson faculty, staff and alumni; $10 for William Paterson students;
and $14 for students from other schools. The lecture begins at 8
p.m. in Shea Center on campus; parking is free.
New Jersey’s governor from 1974 to 1982, Byrne’s administration
instituted the state income tax, and was instrumental in the support
of conservation and the environment.. Byrne has served distinguished
positions on committees including president of the New Jersey Public
Utility Commission and was recently appointed chairman of the Executive
Commission on Ethical Standards. He is currently a senior partner
in the law firm of Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart
and Olstein. Byrne and Kean provide The Kean-Byrne Dialogue each
Sunday for the Star-Ledger.
Kean was governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990. In December of
2002, President George W. Bush named Kean to head the National Commission
on Terrorist Attacks investigation of the attacks on September 11,
which recently concluded its investigation. After finishing his
second term as governor, Kean was named president of Drew University
in 1990, a position he will step down from at the end of the current
academic year. He is the author of The Politics of Inclusion.
William Paterson’s Distinguished Lecturer Series is presented
by the William Paterson University Foundation, the Student Government
Association and the Student Activities Programming Board. Distinguished
Partners include: Automatic Data Processing Inc.; Mercedes-Benz
USA LLC; and The Record/Herald News. Benefactors include: BAE Systems-CNI;
Castrol Consumer North America; CIT; Interchange Bank; Nicholas
Martini Foundation; Pfizer; PSE&G; Roche; and the William Paterson
University Alumni Association. Patrons include: Aventis Pharmaceuticals;
Becton Dickinson and Co.; ITT Avionics; and Strykler Orthopedics.
Sponsors include: AAA-NJ Automobile Club; Bograds; Bristol-Myers
Squibb; CNA; Commerce Bank; Commerce and Industry Association; Melvin
and Carole Cohen; Conocophillips Bayway Refinery; Barbara and Robert
Evans; Gerber & Samson, Attorneys; Hunziker, Jones, Caserta,
Romer & Champion, P.A.; Bruce Leeb & Company; McBride Enterprises,
Inc.; Edward and Paulette Meier; North Fork Bank; The Opper Group;
Passaic County Educational Council; Leon and Paula Rosenblum; Daryl
and Stephen Roth; State Farm Insurance Companies; Toshiba America
Consumer Products, Inc.; United Water New Jersey; United Yarn Products
Company, Inc.; Valley National Bank; Verizon; Wakefern; Washington
Mutual; Willowbrook Management; and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.
Note to reporters and editors: Downloadable photographs
are available at: http://ww2.wpunj.edu/publicityphotos/DistinguishedLecturers04/
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