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Allan Spear Lecture in Public Policy
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Thank You!
Thank you to all those who attended the 7th Allan Spear Lecture in Public Policy featuring Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). There were over 225 people in attendance at University Baptist Church.
The speaker for the 8th Allan Spear Lecture in Public Policy, to be held in September 2008, has yet to be announced. Stay tuned for more details.
Allan Spear
As the first and longest-serving openly gay male legislator in the nation, Allan Spear served in the Minnesota State Senate for over a quarter of a century. He is also Associate Professor Emeritus in the History Department at the University of Minnesota with research interests in recent American, Afro-American, and Minnesota history.
Established in 2000 by the Steven J. Schochet Center for GLBT Studies, the Allan Spear Lecture in Public Policy honors this groundbreaking University of Minnesota faculty member and distinguished Minnesota citizen.