Former President Bill Clinton to present 148th Landon Lecture at Kansas State University

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News release prepared by: Cheryl May, 785-532-6415, may@k-state.edu

Monday, February 5, 2007

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON TO PRESENT 148th LANDON LECTURE AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

MANHATTAN -- Former President Bill Clinton will give a Landon Lecture at Kansas State University. His lecture, the 148th in the prestigious series, will begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, in Bramlage Coliseum.

"We are delighted to welcome President Clinton to K-State for a Landon Lecture," said K-State President Jon Wefald. "We greatly appreciate assistance from Gov. Kathleen Sebelius in encouraging President Clinton to accept our invitation."

Charles Reagan, chair of the Landon Lecture series, said, "With President Clinton coming to K-State to give a Landon Lecture, we have now welcomed all recent presidents to the Landon podium. Ronald Reagan spoke twice -- first in 1967 when he was governor of California, and in 1982 when he was president. We then welcomed Richard Nixon in 1970, President Gerald Ford in 1978, George H.W. Bush in 1985 when he was vice president, President Jimmy Carter in 1991, and President George W. Bush in 2006. In all, six U.S. presidents and three foreign presidents have given Landon Lectures at K-State."

William Jefferson Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States. He served two terms as president, 1993-2001. He was elected Arkansas attorney general in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978. After losing a bid for a second term, he regained the office four years later, and served until he defeated incumbent George Bush and third party candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential race. Following his two successful terms in office, President Clinton founded the William J. Clinton Foundation, which works to solve some of our most pressing problems, including childhood obesity in the United States, climate change, global poverty and HIV/AIDS around the world.

Admission is free, but a ticket will be required. Landon Lecture patrons will receive their tickets by mail. K-State students, faculty and staff members will have first opportunity to obtain tickets, as will military service members from Fort Riley. Student and faculty-staff tickets will be allocated to the Salina campus on a proportional basis. The remaining tickets will be available for the general public. The time and manner of ticket distribution will be released at a later date.

Reagan said the doors to Bramlage Coliseum will open at 2:30 p.m. and everyone must be seated by 3:15 p.m.