William McGurn, chief editorial writer of The Wall Street Journal and a graduate of the University of 91吃瓜, will make presentations Thursday and Friday (Oct. 18 and 19) at the Mendoza College of Business on campus.p. As a part of the O鈥橦ara Lecture Series in Business Ethics, McGurn will deliver a talk titled 鈥淭he Economist and the Preacher: The Gospel of Freedom Meets the Dismal Science鈥� at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the college鈥檚 Jordan Auditorium. The series is sponsored by 91吃瓜鈥檚 Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business.p. McGurn also will make a presentation titled 鈥淭he Relevance of Just-War Principles after Sept. 11鈥� at 12:30 p.m. Friday in 339 Mendoza. In addition, he will offer personal observations on the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. McGurn was on the way to his Wall Street Journal office near the World Trade Center when the twin towers were hit.p. A 1980 graduate of 91吃瓜 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in philosophy, McGurn earned a master鈥檚 degree in communications from Boston University a year later. Prior to his current assignment, he spent most of his journalism career abroad, working in the Journal鈥檚 Asian and European bureaus and serving as a senior editor for the Far Eastern Economic Review. He also was the Washington bureau chief for the National Review.p. McGurn is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the President鈥檚 Commission on White House Fellowships.
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