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GINGRICH TO SPEAK AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY
Tickets are available at the Shea Center Box Office. 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 $23 standard; $21 for senior citizens, William Paterson faculty, staff and alumni; $8 for William Paterson students; and $12 for students from other schools. The lecture begins at 8 p.m. in Shea Center on campus. In his address, "Living in the Age of Possibilities," Gingrich offers a topic designed to open discussion of the "unique challenges and opportunities presented by the information age and the global market world" and how all "fields of study share a common connection to information technology." Gingrich, who, according to a recent article in the New York Times Magazine, "was ousted after last year's elections," served as Speaker from 1995, becoming the first Republican Speaker to be reelected since 1928. During his tenure, he was considered the chief architect of "Contract with America," whose principle goal, a balanced budget, was achieved in 1997. That accomplishment earned him Time magazine's "Man of the Year" designation in 1995. He was also named "Georgian of the Year" and Georgia March of Dimes "Citizen of the Year" for that year. Prior to his high-profile political career, Gingrich, who is from Georgia, earned a master' degree and a doctorate from Tulane University in modern European history. He taught history and environmental studies at West Georgia College for eight years. Gingrich is the author of five books including three best sellers, "To Renew America," "Lesson Learned the Hard Way" and "Contract with America," co-authored with Dick Armey. William Paterson's Distinguished Lecturer Series is presented by the William Paterson University Foundation, the Student Government Association and the Student Activities Programming Board. Supporters of the series have included: AAA-New Jersey Automobile Club; Allied Signal, Inc.; American Home Products Corporation; AT&T; Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Bell Atlantic; Castrol North America; The Chase Manhattan Bank; The CIT Group; Commerce & Industry Association of New Jersey; The Dime Savings Bank of New York, FSB; Dorfman, Abrams, Music and Company, CPAs; Edward Meier; Barbara and Robert Evans; Exxon Research & Engineering; First Institutional Securities, LLC; Fluoramics Inc.; Gerber & Samson, Attorneys; Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.; Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.; Hudson United Bank; Interchange Bank; ITT; Knoll Pharmaceutical Company; Spyros Lenas; Marconi North America; McBride Enterprises, Inc.; Merck; Minolta Corporation; Mona Industries, Inc.; North Jersey Newspapers Company; The Opper Group; Palma, Inc.; Pfizer, Inc.; Passaic County Educational Council; PSE&G; The Ramapo Bank; The Record; Reckitt & Colman, Inc.; Paula and Leon Rosenblum; Daryl and Steven Roth; Ruder Finn, Inc.; Select Carriers, Inc.; State Farm Insurance Companies; Thomas Construction Company, Inc.; Toshiba America Consumer Products, Inc.; Union Camp Corporation; United Water New Jersey; United Yarn Products Company, Inc.; Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC); Warner-Lambert Company; and the William Paterson University Alumni Association.
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The controversial
former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich,
will present a lecture at William Paterson University in Wayne
on Friday, April 9 as the 1998-99 season of the Distinguished
Lecturer Series comes to a close.