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Glucksman Ireland House Inaugural Moynihan Lecture
: Oct 2005
Glucksman Ireland House hosted the inaugural Daniel
Patrick Moynihan (1927 - 2003) lecture on October
4th in New York City, the first in a series of discussions
honoring the celebrated statesmen. In commemoration
of Moynihan's commitment to social justice and unwavering
support of Irish and Irish/American causes, the evening's
speakers included Glucksman House Founder Loretta
Brennan Glucksman, U2's front man Bono, Economist
Jeffrey Sachs, NYU President John Sexton and New
York author/personality Pete Hamill.
Initiated by the Glucksman Ireland House and organized
by Financial Dynamics, over 800 attendees were absorbed
by Bono and Sachs' description of the horror and
deprivation in Africa and how simple solutions could
overcome the crisis.
Attendees included Senator Moynihan's
wife Elizabeth, U2's lead guitarist The Edge, American
Ireland Fund National and Regional Advisory Board Members
and over sixty American Ireland Fund Young Leaders.
1. Bono addresses the
audience
2. Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Chairman, The
American Ireland Fund with Bono
3. Bono
4. Bono, Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Jeff Sachs
5. The Edge in the audience
Photographers: Niamh Clinton, James Higgins
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About Professor Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute,
Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and
Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia
University. He is also Director of the UN Millennium
Project and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals, the
internationally agreed goals to reduce extreme poverty,
disease, and hunger by the year 2015. He is the author
of hundreds of scholarly articles and many books. Sachs
was recently elected to the Institute of Medicine and
is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic
Research. Prior to joining Columbia, Sachs spent over
twenty years at Harvard University, most recently as
Director of the Center for International Development.
A native of Detroit, Michigan, Sachs received his B.A.,
M.A., and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard University.
About Bono
In addition to his other efforts to eradicate world
debt and poverty, in 2002, Bono established DATA
(Debt, AIDS, Trade, and Africa) and has been campaigning
for a greater worldwide response to the HIV/AIDS
pandemic devastating Africa. He received The American
Ireland Fund Humanitarian Award in 2003 at the Washington
Gala. more...
About Glucksman Ireland House
In 1991, in response to the remarkable resurgence in
Irish scholarship and creative arts, and at the initiative
of New York University President L. Jay Oliva, the
university made the commitment to create a center that
would focus on Irish and Irish-American studies and
culture. Essential to this enterprise was the vision
and philanthropy of Lewis L. Glucksman and Loretta
Brennan Glucksman, whose energy and dedication enabled
the transformation of two adjoining landmark townhouses
at Washington Mews and Fifth Avenue to serve as the
elegant home for the center, which was named Glucksman
Ireland House in tribute to their pioneering endeavor.
Since its inauguration in the spring of 1993, Glucksman
Ireland House at New York University has evolved into
a vibrant and prominent center for the presentation
and understanding of Irish and Irish-American scholarship
and culture. The Irish Studies Program provides formal
opportunities for undergraduate students to learn about
Irish and Irish-American culture and history.
About Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003), sociologist
and politician, was one of the foremost public intellectuals
in American life of his generation, famously independent
and prophetic in his views. After serving in the navy
and in academia, Sen. Moynihan held cabinet or sub-cabinet
positions under Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon
Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford. He went on
to serve as Ambassador to India and as United States
Permanent Representative to the United Nations, but
he may be best-known for the twenty-three years he
spent as Democratic United States Senator from New
York State from 1977-2001. Senator Moynihan was also
an accomplished author; among his most famous books
is Beyond the Melting Pot (1963), an influential study
of American ethnicity, co-edited with Michael Glazier.
He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in
2000. |
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