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His talk, which is sponsored by the Fay Vincent Fellowship in Faith and Culture, will take place at 4:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public. During his visit to Yale, Danforth will also present two informal seminars to small groups of Catholic students and faculty.
Danforth retired from the U.S. Senate in 1994 after representing the State of Missouri for 18 years. He was active in efforts to reduce the deficit, encourage long-term economic growth, improve education, reduce hunger and malnutrition throughout the world, and increase production
of affordable housing.
Prior to serving in the Senate, Danforth was attorney general for Missouri for eight years. He now practices law at Bryan Cave, LLP in St. Louis, Missouri. He is ordained to the clergy of the Episcopal Church and is associate priest at the Church of the Holy Communion in University City.
Danforth serves on the board of the Commission on Presidential Debates and was named by former Attorney General Janet Reno as special counsel to investigate the federal raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. In 2001, President Bush appointed Danforth as special envoy to the Sudan in northern Africa to assess whether the U.S. government can help settle its 17-year-old civil war.
Over the years, Danforth has been cited by The Washington Post as a conspicuous example of commitment to principle, by U.S. News & World Report as an example of excellence in government and by the National Journal as one of 31 outstanding individuals among the 535 members of Congress.
The Fay Vincent Fellowship in Faith and Culture was inaugurated during the 2001-2002 academic year. The fellowship -- which was initiated and supported by Francis T. (Fay) Vincent Jr., former baseball commissioner, in memory of his father -- addresses "the role faith plays in informing one's work, scholarship and presence in the world, and how faith shapes, and is in turn shaped, by culture."
For more information, call (203) 777-5537.
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