Former Senator Bill Bradley to Speak at Williams

Media contact: Noelle Lemoine, communications assistant; tele: (413) 597-4277; email: [email protected]

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., October 17, 2003 — Three-term U.S. Senator and former candidate for the Democrat nomination for president of the United States Bill Bradley will conduct a Q & A session on current events Friday, Oct. 24, at 4 p.m. in Payne Hall, which is in the Goodrich Hall building on the Williams campus. The session is free and open to the public.

Bradley represented the State of New Jersey in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1997 and ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000. He has written five books on American politics, culture, and economics.

Prior to serving in the Senate, he was an Olympic gold medalist in 1964 and a professional basketball player with the New York Knicks from 1967 to 1977, during which time the team won two NBA championships.

From 1997 to 1999 he was a senior advisor and vice chairman of the International Council of JP Morgan & Co., Inc. In addition, he served as an essayist for CBS Evening News and as a visiting professor at Stanford University, Notre Dame University, and the University of Maryland. He currently is a managing director of Allen & Company LLC and is chief outside advisor to the consulting firm McKinsey & Company’s non-profit practice.

He holds a B.A. in American history from Princeton University and an M.A. from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

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For building locations on the Williams campus, please consult the map outside the driveway entrance to the Security Office located in Hopkins Hall on Main Street (Rte. 2), next to the Thompson Memorial Chapel, or call the Office of Public Affairs (413) 597-4279. The map can also be found on the web at www.williams.edu/home/visitors/map/index.html

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Published October 24, 2003