News Release
October 2002
(Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania)- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best selling author
Anna Quindlen, will present "Choices and Changes in the 21st Century,"
at Moravian College, Tuesday, November 19, at 8:00 pm. Quindlen will
discuss a variety of issues including the corporate world's responsibility
to families, the future of journalism, medical ethics, and the challenges
of raising children in today's world. Her lecture will mark the
19th anniversary of the Cohen Arts and Lectures series at Moravian.
During the past 25 years, Quindlen's writings have been
featured in America's top newspapers and magazines. Her work has been
recognized in both fiction and non-fiction Bestseller Lists. Her most
recent book "Blessing's" was released in September
2002.
Quindlen was a columnist for The New York Times
from 1981 - 1994, and was named the paper's deputy metropolitan editor
in 1983. She started her own column in 1985 called "Life in the
30's." In 1990 when she began the nationally syndicated "Public
and Private" opinion piece, she became only the third woman in
the paper's history to write a regular column for The Times
Op-Ed page. Quindlen was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in
1992. A collection of her editorials, Thinking Out Loud, was
published in book form in 1993. Quindlen left the newspaper world in
1995 to become a full-time novelist and produced three best selling
novels, Object Lessons (1991), One True Thing (1994),
and Black and Blue (1998). With the publication of her non-fiction
book, A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Quindlen hit a triple-header
as the first author ever to have books appear simultaneously on the
fiction, nonfiction, and self-help New York Times Best Seller lists.
At present, Quindlen has resumed the role of columnist again, writing
the prestigious "Last Word" column located on the back page
of Newsweek magazine.
Quindlen has been honored with honorary doctorate of literature
by Moravian College in 1996. She has also received honorary degrees
from Dartmouth College, Denison University, Mount Holyoke College, Smith
College, Stevens Institute of Technology, Bates College, Southern Connecticut
State University,. She has been awarded the University Medal of Excellence
by Columbia University; was named a Poynter Fellow in Journalism at
Yale; and a Victoria Fellow in Contemporary Issues at Rutgers University.
Quindlen graduated from Barnard College and serves on
the Board of Trustees. She is a member of the Council of the Author's
Guild, the Board at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City,
the Board of NARAL Foundation, and the Planned Parenthood Federation
of America Board of Advocates.
Anna Quindlen's appearance marks the 19th anniversary
of the Cohen series at Moravian College. In past years, the series has
brought to Bethlehem such notables as Andrea Mitchell, Joseph Kennedy
II, Ambassador Andrew Young, James Carville and John Sununu, the New
York Philomusica, former President Jimmy Carter, author Kurt Vonnegut,
former governor Mario Cuomo, and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.
The Cohen Arts and Lectures Series at Moravian College
was established in 1984 by Bernard and Bertha Cohen, who were active
in Bethlehem business and community affairs until their 1976 relocation
to Florida. Bertha Cohen is a 1937 Moravian graduate and a former member
of the college's board of trustees. Bernard Cohen, now deceased, is
an alumni of Lehigh University, class of 1936.
Tickets for the lecture are $10 and available at the HUB
desk in the Haupert Union Building, located at the corner of Monocacy
and West Locust streets. Tickets may be purchased by phone during normal
business hours at (610) 625-7880. Tickets will be sold at the door in
Johnston Hall prior to the lecture. Proceeds from the performance benefit
the Moravian College Scholarship Fund.
Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective
liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its
founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college.
For more information call (610) 861-1491 or visit the web site at www.moravian.edu
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