School of Professional Studies
Volume 1, Issue 15 Hutton House Lectures February 15, 2019 Extraordinary Opportunities at Hutton House This March
March is an excellent time to experience lectures taught by ivy league scholars. The Hutton House Lectures was established in 1974 to provide adults of all ages with the opportunity to enrich their lives through non-credit, university-level courses with no homework or tests. Register online at webapps.liu.edu/HuttonHouse or call the office at 516.299.2580.
Conversations with Former Congressman The Rise of the Roosevelts Steve Israel Roosevelt’s great grandson, Tweed Steve Israel, founding chairman of the LIU Roosevelt, chairman of the LIU Theodore Global Institute, will lead you through the halls Roosevelt Institute, will lead the three-part of Congress. Inside Congress, (3/19/18), Global series with a special guest for each day of Challenges (4/23/19) and Common Ground (5/14) the series. will be explored. • Friday, March 29 with Joe Weigand, the world’s premiere 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. | Krasnoff Theater, Hillwood Commons | Theodore Roosevelt reprisor, actor and historian brings you the 3-part series: $125. Individual lecture: $45 TeddyRooseveltShow.com.
Roosevelt, Pulitzer and Hearst: Press Rivals and • Friday, April 5 with Alexander More, PhD. of Harvard’s Presidential Enemies Department of History, discusses: “ ‘For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People:’ ” Theodore Roosevelt, the Yale graduate Peter Kohler will explore the impact Environment and the General Welfare, Past and Present.” of publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph • Friday, April 12 with Geoffrey Cowan, JD, Yale-educated author Hearst on Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency. and now University Professor and Annenberg Family Chair in Roosevelt coined the phrase “muckraker” to Communication Leadership, University of Southern California, describe investigative journalists who attacked discusses “TR and the Presidential Primaries.” established institutions and leaders. How does TR’s war with the press of his day compare to President Donald Trump’s tweets on “fake news” and the press as the “enemy Fridays | 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Krasnoff Theater, Hillwood of the people”? Commons. 30-minute lunch break. Fee: $40 per lecture; $110 for the three-part series 1 – 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays, March 26 and April 2 | 2 sessions | Fee: $60
LIU School of Professional Studies | Home to the Hutton House Lectures 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville, NY 11548 | 516.299.2580 | [email protected] Our Heritage: Welcome to Our House
At the Hutton House Lectures in Lorber Hall, 1965: LIU purchased the home from financier our programs are designed to celebrate the William E. Hutton for $400,000 to relocate past. the university’s programs in business and Here are a few interesting facts about Lorber professional accountancy Hall and its surroundings. 1974: Hutton House Lectures founded by Fan- Bush Brown, wife of then University President 1907: The property, valued at $150,000 and zoned as Wheatley Hills, was purchased by real Albert Bush-Brown. estate broker S. Osgood Pell. 1997: Lorber Hall is named for Howard Lorber, who took classes in the building when he was 1927: New York insurance broker Henry Wheeler Lowe inhabited and rebuilt the home an accountancy major. Mr. Lorber is chairman of following a fire in 1926. John Russell Pope, Douglas Elliman and Nathan’s Famous. the architect for the Lincoln Memorial, was the 2019: The Theodore Roosevelt Institute of LIU, designer. led by TR’s great grandson, Tweed Roosevelt, will be located here.
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