K-State's Landon Lecture series to kick off 2007 with presentation by Prince Turki Al-Faisal, outgoing Saudi ambassador to the U.S.

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News release prepared by: Beth Bohn, 785-532-6415

Monday, January 8, 2007

K-STATE'S LANDON LECTURE SERIES TO KICK OFF 2007 WITH PRESENTATION BY PRINCE TURKI AL-FAISAL, OUTGOING SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.

MANHATTAN -- The outgoing Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, will present the first Landon Lecture of 2007 at Kansas State University.

Prince Turki's lecture will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 26, in K-State's McCain Auditorium.

"As the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Prince Turki can provide a firsthand perspective about many of the challenges facing the U.S. in the Middle East today," said Charles Reagan, chair of the Landon Lecture Series.

Prince Turki became the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. in July 2005; he announced his resignation in December 2006. He also has served as his country's ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland. His other appointments have included being appointed an adviser to the Saudi royal court in 1973 and as director general of Saudi Arabia's main foreign intelligence service, the General Intelligence Directorate, from 1977 to 2001.

The prince is one of the founders of the King Faisal Foundation and is chair of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In addition, he is co-chair of the C100 Group.

Among the guests expected at Prince Turki's Landon Lecture will be some of K-State's around 100 students from Saudi Arabia, Reagan said. The Saudi government is helping thousands of its young students to study at universities in the United States, including K-State, by providing scholarship support.

The lecture also can be heard live on the Web at http://www.k-state.edu/landon