Center for Study of Globalization to host talk by President Clinton
Former President Bill Clinton will deliver a public address on campus on Friday, Oct. 31, at the invitation of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.
He will speak at 4:15 p.m. in Woolsey Hall, corner of Grove and College streets. There will be additional seating for closed circuit viewing nearby in Rm. 144 of Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall. Due to limited seating, free tickets for the event will be available through a Web-based lottery, which can be accessed at www.ycsg.yale.edu.
Ernesto Zedillo, director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and a professor in the fields of international economics and international relations, will introduce Clinton. Zedillo was president of Mexico during much of Clinton's presidency.
Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States in 1992 and served two terms -- the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. The years of his presidency were marked by the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years and the highest rate of home ownership in the country's history. During his tenure, he sought legislation that reduced welfare, enhanced education, protected the jobs of parents' caring for sick children, restricted handgun sales and strengthened environmental rules.
In the world, he dispatched peacekeeping forces to war-torn Bosnia and bombed Iraq when Saddam Hussein stopped United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. Clinton was a global proponent for an expanded NATO, more open international trade and a worldwide campaign against drug trafficking.
Since leaving office, Clinton has continued to work on issues that defined his presidential administration, focusing on strengthening the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence. He is particularly concerned with such worldwide challenges as the battle against HIV/AIDS; racial, ethnic and religious reconciliation; citizen service; economic empowerment of poor people; and leadership development. To address these issues, Clinton has developed unique service-based initiatives; established and dedicated centers targeted toward special programs; helped to establish fellowships and service internships for America's youth; and established partnerships between businesses and poor communities.
Born William Jefferson Clinton in 1946 in Hope, Arkansas, Clinton graduated from Georgetown University and won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in 1968. He and his wife, New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, are 1973 graduates of the Yale Law School.
After law school, Clinton entered politics in his home state. He was defeated in his campaign for Congress in Arkansas' Third District in 1974, and was elected attorney general of the state in 1976. He was elected governor of Arkansas in 1978. After losing a bid for a second term, he regained the office four years later and served until he defeated former President George Bush in the presidential election.
Clinton's last major address on the Yale campus was in October 2001 on the occasion of Yale's Tercentennial Celebration, at which time he addressed the September 11 tragedy.
In hosting this event, the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization furthers its mission to examine the impact of the increasingly integrated world on individuals, communities and nations. The center's purpose is to support the creation and dissemination of ideas for seizing the opportunities and overcoming the challenges presented by globalization.
For more information on Clinton's visit, send e-mail to globalization@yale.edu or call (203) 432-1900.
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