Too Long Ignored

Join the Library Associates for a lecture by Bob Herbert, former op-ed columnist for The New York Times and Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos. Bob Herbert wrote for The New York Times as an Op-Ed columnist for 18 years, addressing politics, urban affairs and social trends in a twice-weekly column.  

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From January 1991 to May 1993, Mr. Herbert was a national correspondent for NBC and reported regularly on The Today Show and NBC Nightly News. A founding panelist of Sunday Edition, a weekly discussion program on WCBS-TV, Mr. Herbert was also the host of Hotline, a weekly hour-long issues program on WNYC-TV, both beginning in 1990. Previously, he worked at The Daily News. His career began in 1970 as a reporter, then night city editor in 1973, of The Star-Ledger in Newark, NJ. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the State University of New York (Empire State College) and has won numerous awards. He is the author of Promises Betrayed:  Waking Up from the American Dream (Times Books, 2005).

The Ellen Catherine Gstalder (C’98) Memorial Lecture Fund supports an annual lecture on significant social issues in America. The lecture honors the memory of Ellen Gstalder, C’98, and was established in 2007.

The Georgetown University Library Associates are a group of Georgetown alumni, parents and friends dedicated to supporting the Library. To learn more, contact us at 202.687.7446 or visit us at library.georgetown.edu/associates.