Join your fellow New York-area alumni, parents & friends at an evening featuring
Former U.S. Senator Lincoln D. Chafee ’75
Visiting Fellow at the Watson Institute for
International Studies
For a Speaking Program Entitled…
Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress
Empowered a Reckless President
Thursday, March 6, 2008
The Cornell Club – New York
The Ivy Room
6 East 44th Street
New York, NY
(212) 986-0300
7:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Reception with Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres
7:45 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Introductory Remarks
Lecture and Discussion with Former U.S. Senator Lincoln D. Chafee ’75
(see lecture description and biographical information below)
Cost:
$15 for Young Alumni (’03 – ’07)
$20 for Brown Club Members
$25 for Non-Brown Club Members and Guests
$40 to Become a Member and Attend Event
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York to be received by 2/29/08 to Brown Club Event c/o Mikhail Glezin, 1670 York
Avenue, 5D, New York, NY 10128.
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Former Senator Lincoln D. Chafee’75, distinguished visiting fellow at the Watson
Institute for International Studies, will offer a multifaceted discussion on his
experiences over seven years in the U.S. Senate. This talk will include Senator
Chafee’s perspectives on the following major political occurrences during this sevenyear period; the vote to go to war in Iraq, Bush’s tax cut program, the 2004 election
and the return of Congress to a Democratic majority.
Lincoln Davenport Chafee was born and raised in Rhode Island. He earned a degree
in Classics from Brown University in 1975. While there, he was captain of the wrestling
team and received the Francis M. Driscoll Award for leadership, scholarship and
athletics. After graduation, Senator Chafee attended horseshoeing school in Bozeman,
Montana. For the next seven years, he worked as a blacksmith at harness racetracks
in the United States and Canada. One of the horses he shod, Overburden, set the
track record at Northlands Park in Edmonton, Alberta. Upon returning to Rhode Island,
Senator Chafee served two terms on the Warwick City Council and was elected Mayor
of the City four times. As Mayor, Lincoln Chafee had a strong record of fiscal
management, environmental protection, open space acquisition, intergovernmental
cooperation, economic development, labor relations, and significant increases in
funding for schools.
In November 1999, Chafee was appointed by the Governor of Rhode Island to fill the
unexpired term of his father, the late Senator John H. Chafee. On November 7, 2000,
Chafee was elected to a six year term in the United States Senate. During his time in
the Senate, he was a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee
on Environment and Public Works, the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban
Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. In 2006,
Senator Chafee prevailed in a September primary but lost the November election in a
nationally watched race. He is currently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Watson
Institute at Brown University in Providence.