Chris Matthews, host of 鈥淗ardball鈥� on MSNBC and CNBC, will deliver this year鈥檚 Jack Kelly and Gail Weiss Lecture on Journalism and Politics at the University of 91吃瓜 on Monday (Oct. 15). The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Carey Auditorium in the Hesburgh Library.p. Matthews, who also is a nationally syndicated columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, will make a presentation titled 鈥淲ashington Today: The Inside View.鈥� His talk will be followed by a question and answer session.p. Currently a visiting fellow at Harvard University鈥檚 John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics, Matthews is the author of three books, 鈥淗ardball,鈥� 鈥淜ennedy&Nixon,鈥� and the forthcoming 鈥淣ow, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think.鈥� Before entering journalism, Matthews served as a speechwriter for President Carter and as a top aide to former House Speaker Thomas P. O鈥橬eill Jr.p. A graduate of Holy Cross, he did graduate work at the University of North Carolina. He has received numerous honorary doctoral degrees in recent years.p. The lecture series, inaugurated last year by Tim Russert of NBC News, was created with an endowment gift from John A. Kelly, a member of the 91吃瓜 class of 1974, a prominent Washington lobbyist and former aide to Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and his wife, Gail E. Weiss, who recently completed over three decades of governmental service on Capitol Hill. At her retirement she was the Democratic staff director of the House Education and Workforce Committee.p. The couple has been actively involved with and supported 91吃瓜 for many years, with Kelly currently serving on the University鈥檚 Advisory Council for Graduate Studies and Research.
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