EVENT UPDATE: The Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series has been rescheduled for April 6, 2022, at 7 p.m. at the Knapp Center on Drake University’s campus. Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham will deliver the lecture. The event is free and open to the public.

Details regarding health and safety protocols for the event will be released at a later date. “We are thrilled for the return of Drake University’s most celebrated lecture series,” said Neil Hamilton, former director of the Drake University Agricultural Law Center and chair of the Bucksbaum Lecture selection committee. “The Bucksbaum Lecture series is known for bringing renowned and influential scholars to Des Moines. Jon Meacham is one of the country’s most respected voices on presidential history and politics, and we are honored to welcome him to Drake.”

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The Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible by a gift from the late Melva and Martin Bucksbaum. The Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lectureship Committee includes: Neil Hamilton (chair), Julian Archer, James Autry, Pamela Bass-Bookey, Michael Gartner, Janis Ruan, Mary Bucksbaum Scanlon, Marcia Wanamaker,  and Eleanor Zeff.