Upcoming National Press Club Luncheons 4/2/2004
From: National Press Club, 202-662-7500 News Advisory: The following is a schedule of upcoming National Press Club luncheons: Tuesday, April 6, 2004 Secretary Ann Veneman, U.S. Department of Agriculture TOPIC: "Current Issues in Food and Agriculture Policy." --- Wednesday, April 14, 2004 Mike Leavitt, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency TOPIC: TBA --- Thursday, April 15, 2004 Congressman Charles B. Rangel (D- NY) TOPIC: "The Real Death Tax is on the Poor" --- Monday, April 19, 2004 Earth Day Event Edward O. Wilson, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and Harvard research professor emeritus, who is credited with pioneering the study of biodiversity TOPIC: "The Future of Life." --- Wednesday, April 28, 2004 Elaine R. Jones, President and Director-Counsel and Theodore M. Shaw, Associate Director-Counsel NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. TOPIC: In observance of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, Jones and Shaw will discuss the landmark Supreme Court decision and its legacy beyond public education. --- Friday, April 30, 2004 Jim Davis, Creator of "Garfield" comic strip TOPIC: National Scholarship Month Kick off --- Monday May 10, 2004 Jonathan Majiyagbe, President, Rotary International TOPIC: TBA --- Wednesday May 12, 2004 Barry Diller, Chairman and CEO, IAC/InterActiveCorp TOPIC: TBA --- Wednesday May 19, 2004 Catherine Reynolds, Chairman and CEO, The Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation TOPIC: TBA --- Friday, May 21, 2004 Erika Dunlap, Miss America 2004 TOPIC: TBA --- Wednesday, May 26, 2004 Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy TOPIC: TBA --- Thursday, September 9, 2004 W. Richard West, Jr., Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian TOPIC: TBA |