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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2005
CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu
RUSSERT TO GIVE BUCKSBAUM LECTURE AT DRAKE ON APRIL 5
Tim Russert, managing editor and moderator of "Meet the Press," will
discuss "Washington From the Inside Out" as part of the Martin Bucksbaum
Distinguished Lecture Series at Drake University on Tuesday, April 5. The lecture
will start at 7 p.m. in the Drake University Knapp Center, 2601 Forest Ave.
After the lecture, Russert will attend a reception and book signing. All of
the events are free and open to the public.
In addition to his work on "Meet the Press," Russert serves as senior
vice president and Washington bureau chief of NBC News and is a political analyst
for "NBC Nightly News" and the "Today" program. He also
anchors "The Tim Russert Show," a weekly interview program on CNBC,
and is a contributing anchor for MSNBC.
In 2001, Washingtonian Magazine named Russert the best and most influential
journalist in Washington, D.C., and described "Meet the Press" as
"the most interesting and important hour on television." In 2004,
Reader's Digest said he was "America's best interviewer."
Russert is no stranger to Drake. On the eve of the Iowa caucuses in January
2000, he hosted "Meet the Press" live from Drake's Levitt Hall in
Old Main and stopped by the University Bookstore after the broadcast and bought
a Drake T-shirt and hat.
Besides politics, Russert takes an active role in community groups, serving
as a member of the board of directors of the Greater Washington Boys and Girls
Club and America's Promise — Alliance for Youth. In 1995, the National
Father's Day Committee named him "Father of the Year." Parents magazine
honored him as "Dream Dad" in 1998 and in 2001 the National Fatherhood
Initiative also recognized him as Father of the Year.
Last year Russert published "Big Russ and Me: Father and Son — Lessons
of Life," a book that profiles his father, a World War II veteran.
The Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible by a gift
from Melva and the late Martin Bucksbaum, former chairman and president of General
Growth Corp. and longtime member of Drake's governing board.
For more information about the Bucksbaum Lecture Series, call Susan Breakenridge
at (515) 271-3994 or send an e-mail message to susan.breakenridge@drake.edu.
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