THE MCCONNELL CENTER Where Teaching History & Making History Come Together

1 FROM THE DESK OF PRESIDENT RAMSEY

It is the goal of every institution of higher learning to prepare its students to take their place on the local, state and national stages. For generations, students have found their political voices and a lifelong calling on college campuses and learned how public policy and advocacy shape our country.

The University of Louisville has been proud to be the home of the McConnell Center for more than 20 years, exposing students to a variety of viewpoints from some of the most important and influential leaders of their time. In addition to learning from the best and the brightest, the center has provided more than 200 students with $3 million dollars in scholarship money over the last two decades.

In the same way UofL strives to change and better the world around us, the McConnell Center has improved the university, while affecting the larger community in significant and lasting ways. The center’s high profile reputation and prestigious guest speakers continually shines a bright light on our city, while providing our future leaders access to insight and advice from national and international leaders.

The center also has established a permanent lecture series, free and open to the public, on a variety of important public policy topics. As the center continues to expand its role on campus and in our community, I ask that you join me in lending our support to Dr. Gary Gregg and his team, now and in the years ahead.

James R. Ramsey President, University of Louisville

1 2 A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Since 1991, the McConnell Center’s core mission has been to find, nurture and educate the most outstanding young leaders we can find in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In its first two decades, the center has given its students scholarships and opportunities to learn, grow and study around the world. Our graduates are now serving our state and nation in leadership positions in business, the military, medicine, education and politics. While some are still studying or serving in nations ranging from Great Britain to Thailand, more than 65 percent are now living and serving in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Because we believe in augmenting students’ modern university education with unique opportunities, in addition to focusing on the perennial concerns of liberal education, we think the former CIA Director David Petraeus got it right when he recently said, “We can be confident that leaders with the right skills and the right attitude are being developed here (the McConnell Center) to help lead us into the future—leaders who are comfortable in multiple arenas, and, more importantly, who are willing to embrace the unfamiliar and to confront dynamic situations.”

As the McConnell Center continues to grow to better serve its students, the Commonwealth of Kentucky and our nation, we will strive to be worthy of his confidence that we are producing the right young people to help lead us into the future.

Gary L. Gregg, II Director, McConnell Center

3 4 TIMELINE OF MCCONNELL CENTER’S HISTORY

• Established as the McConnell • First trip to the People’s • First conference, • First intellectual retreat for • Civic Education • Dedication of the U.S. Sen. Mitch Center for Political Leadership in the Republic of China “Winston Churchill: McConnell Scholars; Mecosta, MI Initiative established McConnell and Secretary Elaine L. University of Louisville’s Department • Logo created by McConnell Statesman of the • First Truman Scholar; Elizabeth • Center publishes special Chao Archives of Political Science Scholar (first logo) Century?” Sawyer (’04) edition of “George • Center celebrates Sen. McConnell’s • Paul Weber, PhD, named Director • First Fulbright Scholar; Chris Washington: A Photographic tenure as longest-serving U.S. senator • Center designated as a Kenner (’03) traveled to Germany Story of a Life,” by Lenny Hort, from Kentucky “Center of Excellence” by on a research scholarship foreword by Gary L. Gregg • Dedication of Ford the University of Louisville • First non-China international trip Hall renovation • Mitch McConnell Chair in • Center publishes “Books • McConnell Scholar for McConnell Scholars; Scholars Leadership endowed and the Founding Fathers,” Alumni invited to civic • First distinguished traveled to Scotland and England by George H. Nash education programs and speaker (George conferences Shultz)

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011

• Center publishes • McConnell Center partners with “America’s Forgotten Harvard University’s Institute Founders,” edited by of Politics for civic engagement • Gary Gregg, PhD, named director • “Interview Weekend” for Gary L. Gregg and Mark and education initiative McConnell Scholars becomes David Hall • Paul Weber, PhD, becomes the first center Fellow • Center republishes “Hero • First McConnell Scholar • Chris Mattingly Award for a two-day process Tales from American History” Council created; Matt Outstanding Service to the • Website, www.mcconnellcenter.org, established • Center moves to new wing • Freshmen McConnell by Henry Cabot Lodge and Webster (Class of ‘96) Commonwealth established; in Ekstrom Library; includes • Center publishes first book, "The Senate: Great Scholar orientation begins in Theodore Roosevelt, with elected as first Chair Sherleen Sisney is first award offices, Henry Clay statue and Forum of Constitutional Liberty", by U.S. Sen. Washington, DC introduction by U.S. Sen. Mitch recipient (1998) desk and display cases in front Robert C. Byrd McConnell and Gary L. Gregg • Center publishes special of Elaine L. Chao Auditorium • Center’s first autographed Louisville Slugger, edition of “A Student’s • Center publishes “The Senate: • Center renamed “McConnell signed by U.S. Sen. Byrd Guide to American Political Great Forum of Constitutional Center”; new logo created; • Public lecture series begins Thought,” by George W. Carey Liberty” by U.S. Sen. Robert C. • First class of McConnell motto becomes “Leadership. Byrd, foreword and afterword Scholars matriculates • First graduate assistantships established Scholarship. Service.” • First "Fall Retreat" by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, • First trip to Washington, • Center publishes “The Senate: Great Forum of for McConnell • Moot court team is established; introduction by Gary L. Gregg DC; met President Constitutional Liberty,” by U.S. Sen. Robert C. Scholars held in Ky.; competed in first regional George H.W. Bush Byrd, foreword by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell now an annual event competition in St. Paul, MN

5 6 MCCONNELL CENTER BY THE NUMBERS

The year U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Number of McConnell Center Fellows. These 1991 University of Louisville officials established nationally recognized academics lead Socratic the McConnell Center 5 seminars for McConnell Scholars, offer career advice and guide students through China. 253 Number of McConnell Scholars, past and present 1,200 Number of community service hours McConnell Number of Kentucky counties represented Scholars complete every year 74 by McConnell Scholars Money spent annually on professional Percentage of McConnell Scholar alumni who $200,000 development programs for Kentucky social currently reside in the Commonwealth. Sen. studies teachers, grades K-12 65% McConnell said the original vision of the center was to "keep Kentucky's best and brightest in Kentucky." Number of seminars offered each year to Total scholarship money distributed to Kentucky McConnell Scholars. Past topics include military $3 million students to attend the University of Louisville 33 leadership, religion, gender, political philosophy, race, economics, politics, public policy, constitutionalism, pop culture and classical literature Number of pocket-sized U.S. Constitutions 30,000 distributed by the McConnell Center since 2007

8 Number of McConnell Scholars receiving Fulbright Number of Telly Awards earned by the Scholarships in the past 10 years McConnell Center for two films, shown daily 4 at the U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Secretary Elaine L. Chao Archives Number of McConnell Scholars named 2 Truman Scholars at the University of Louisville

Number of guests in our Distinguished Speaker Series. Recent speakers include U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, Number of books and publications produced 45 Nobel Peace Prize winner Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and 10 by the McConnell Center CIA Director David Petraeus.

7 8 THE MCCONNELL CENTER: A Legacy of Leadership

The McConnell Center at the University of Louisville is a premier scholarship program centered on three principles: scholarship, leadership and service. It is dedicated to providing a non-partisan, well-rounded education that encourages top undergraduate students to become valued citizens and future leaders of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the nation.

The center pursues its mission through the following:

McConnell Scholars scholars to the University U.S. Sen. Mitch Program: McConnell and Secretary of Louisville, where their Elaine L. Chao Archives: A society limited to 40 insights and examples undergraduate students can serve the community The civic education gallery, at the University of and the Commonwealth an outreach program of Louisville who participate of Kentucky. the McConnell-Chao in liberal arts seminars Archives, brings people and earn tuition and Civic Education Program: in direct contact with travel scholarships to archival material, creating The McConnell Center Washington, D.C., and a greater awareness conducts a series of the People’s Republic and appreciation for programs established of China. Graduating primary sources and to improve Kentucky’s Kentucky high school their importance in understanding of its own seniors are eligible documenting the past to history; assists Kentucky to apply. understand the present. citizens in developing a This outreach program better understanding of Public Lecture Series: is free and open to the the U.S. Constitution and public. The McConnell- Through a variety of American history; and Chao Archives Collections lectures, seminars, encourages open and free are not yet open for panel discussions discussion contemporary research. and conferences, the politics. Programs are McConnell Center seeks available for teachers, to bring influential students (both high political leaders, school and college) and business executives the general public. and accomplished

9 10 As everyone at the McConnell Center clearly understands, a solid grounding in the liberal arts develops critical thinking skills and SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENTS prepares students to see possibilities that lie beyond their immediate McConnell Scholars attend the university on tuition scholarships and receive funding for an extended summer study-abroad program to the People’s Republic horizons. It equips them to see unconventional solutions and to chart an of China and a trip to Washington, D.C. Participants also receive an enhanced azimuth through challenging periods." academic experience, including seminars in the liberal arts. Finally, they get many opportunities to meet and engage prominent national, state and local leaders and —DAVID PETRAEUS, CIA DIRECTOR (Public Speech, 9/10/12) are committed to community service.

McConnell Center Facts and Figures

The center has distributed McConnell Scholar Community Service Reading List (a sample) $3 million in scholarship Scholars accumulate more money to date. • The Education of than 1,200 community Henry Adams service hours each year. Travel packages Henry Adams Service partners have supported by McConnell included Habitat for Center Scholarships • Fahrenheit 451 Humanity, Kentucky • Oxford and London, Ray Bradbury Humane Society, Kentucky England Refugee Ministries, Ronald Great Britain’s • The Road to Serfdom McDonald House and Influence on the F.A. Hayek cleanup projects. American Founding • A History of the Moot Court • Williamsburg, Va. American People In recent years, Scholars The Colonial Origins of Paul Johnson have won regional Modern America • Henry Clay: Statesman undergraduate moot court competitions and placed • Edinburgh, Scotland for the Union in the Top-16 nationally. How the Scots Invented Robert Remini the Modern World • The Prince Leadership • Rome, Italy Niccolo Machiavelli From Greek life to Roots of the clubs and student American Republic • Various Works government,scholars William Shakespeare provide leadership on • Philadelphia, Pa. campus. Four McConnell The Federalist Papers • All the King’s Men Scholars have been and the Creation of Robert Penn Warren presidents of UofL's the Constitution Student Government • America Beyond Association: • Mecosta, Mich. Capitalism Retreats studying Gar Alperovitz Justin Brandt: 2012-2013 literature and Kurtis Frizzell: 2011-2012 political ideas • The Republic Rudy Spencer: 2008-2009 Plato Bill Brammell: 2005-2006

11 12 ALUMNI: PROOF OF SUCCESS

Cultivating Kentucky’s future leaders is the primary mission of the McConnell Center. To date, more than 160 of its graduates now provide leadership in their respective communities. Our alumni regularly attribute their success to opportunities and skills developed through the McConnell Center.

What are they doing now?

Our alumni are presently working as professors, museum curators, medical doctors, military officers, pharmacists, lawyers, city planners, public servants, teachers, pastors, political strategists, campaign directors, hospital administrators, engineers, musicians, physical therapists, small business owners, policy analysts, dentists, Fulbright Scholars and graduate students.

Elite colleges attended by alumni

Our alumni have pursued graduate degrees at Harvard University, Yale University, The College of William and Mary, Washington and Lee University, Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, University of Oxford, George Washington University, University of California-Berkeley, University of Michigan, University of Cambridge, University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College.

The McConnell Center not only gave me the credentials to be competitive in applying to Ivy } League law schools but gave me the confidence and analytical skills to succeed once I arrived.” —Mike Adams (Class of 1998), Harvard Law School, 2001; Republican Governors’ Association General Counsel

The McConnell Center is one of a kind. I picked UofL because of it and feel much of my success } today is a result of the program. Dr. Weber was an awesome mentor and helped me realize that I would find happiness thinking beyond a career in traditional medicine. Today, I work in inter- national health research and policy and could not be happier. Thank you for the memories, the friends and for helping each of us find direction.”

—Christa Fischer Walker (Class of 1997), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2006; Associate Scientist, Johns Hopkins University

13 14 Just a few of the many distinguished leaders who have visited the McConnell Center: A CLASSROOM LIKE NO OTHER: Distinguished Speakers Series

Through a variety of lectures, seminars, panel discussions, and conferences, the McConnell Center seeks to bring influential political leaders, business executives, and accomplished scholars to the University of Louisville, where their insights and examples can serve the community and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Previous Speakers

• Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator, • Edward M. ‘Ted’ Kennedy, • Robert C. Byrd, U.S. R-Fla. U.S. Senator, D-Mass. Senator, D-W.V.

• Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, • Richard Lugar, U.S. • William J. Perry, 19th U.S. Nobel Peace Prize Winner Senator, R-Ind. Secretary of Defense

• David Petraeus, 20th CIA • Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. • Li Zhaoxing, Chinese Director Senator, R-Texas Ambassador to the U.S.

• Leon Panetta, 23rd U.S. • Joe Lieberman, U.S. • Anne Northup, U.S. Secretary of Defense Senator, I-Conn. Representative, R-Ky.

• John Boehner, 61st U.S. • Condoleezza Rice, 66th • James Baker, 61st U.S. Speaker of the House, Secretary of State Secretary of State R-Ohio • William S. Cohen, • Madeleine Albright, 64th • Joe Biden, 47th Vice 20th U.S. Secretary U.S. Secretary of State President of the U.S. of Defense • Thomas E. Graham, • Scott Brown, U.S. Senator, • Elizabeth Dole, U.S. House of Lords, Labour R-Mass. Senator, R-N.C. Chief Whip

• Hillary R. Clinton, 67th • Patrick Leahy, U.S. • William Bradley, U.S. U.S. Secretary of State Senator, D-Vt. Senator, D-N.J.

• John McCain, U.S. Senator, • Phil Gramm, U.S. Senator, • Ahmed Maher El Sayed, R-Ariz. R-Texas Arab Republic of Egypt Ambassador to the U.S. • Elaine L. Chao, 24th U.S. • Barbara Mikulski, U.S. Secretary of Labor Senator, D-Md. • Nelson ‘Strobe’ Talbott, 12th U.S. Deputy • John Roberts, 17th • Colin Powell, 65th U.S. Secretary of State Chief Justice of the U.S. Secretary of State Supreme Court • Itamar Rabinovich, Israeli • George F. Will, Pulitzer Ambassador to the U.S. • Mitch McConnell, Prize Winning Columnist U.S. Senator, Senate • Robert White, Ret. U.S. Republican Leader, R-Ky. • Said W. Musa, 5th Prime Ambassador to Paraguay Minister of Belize and El Salvador • Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize Winning • Christopher Dodd, U.S. • George Shultz, 60th U.S. Author Senator, D-Conn. Secretary of State

• Harry Reid, U.S. Senate • Christopher Meyer, Majority Leader, D-Nev. KCMG, British Ambassador to the U.S. • George W. Bush, 43rd President of the U.S. • Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the • Lynne Cheney, former U.S. Supreme Court second lady

15 16 International Travel Supported by the A CLASSROOM LIKE NO OTHER: McConnell Center, 2003-Present International Experiences

Recognizing the increasing interconnectedness of the Each summer, the McConnell Center organizes and funds student travel to modern world, the McConnell Center assists students with the People’s Republic of China for an extended cultural immersion program. travel, internships and study abroad opportunitites. Led by McConnell Center Fellow and University of Louisville faculty member Shiping Hua, the group studies economic and political interests as they relate Belize Guatemala Scotland to U.S.-China relations. The center also leads other international experiences Brazil Mexico Spain Cambodia Haiti Malaysia including trips to the United Kingdom and Italy. Each year, the center helps China Ireland Macau McConnell Scholars financially afford study-abroad semesters, internships Costa Rica India Thailand in foreign countries and language immersion programs. Most recently, the Ecuador Italy South Korea center spent a year studying the connections between the United Kingdom England Japan Germany and the United States—from Shakespeare and the Magna Carta to World War Galapagos Islands Philippines Sri Lanka II and contemporary literature. That yearlong experience culminated in a Germany Poland Colombia study trip to Oxford, with trips to various parts of Great Britain. Ghana Portugal Argentina Greece Russia

17 18 A CLASSROOM LIKE NO OTHER: Conferences and Lecture Series

For 20 years, the McConnell Center has hosted numerous seminars, lectures and colloquia encouraging students to explore great ideas and rethink fundamental assumptions about American life.

Lecture Series Themes and Titles:

‘reTHINK’ America: Remembering America: Other topics and thematic series A nine-part lecture A nine-part lecture sponsored by the series challenging series exploring more McConnell Center people to reconsider big than 400 years of • Beyond Left and Right ideas and fundamental American history (2011- • George Washington assumptions in 2012) and the American American life (2012- Political Tradition 2013) • Faith, Fortune and the Founding of English • The Publius Society America and The Federalist • reTHINK the Gold Papers Standard • The Constitutional Legacy of Thomas • The Burke-Paine • reTHINK the 2012 Jefferson Society Election • Power, Persuasion • The Henry Clay Society PAST • reTHINK the Trail of and the Origins of the MCCONNELL Tears Imperial Republic • Debate Society CENTER • reTHINK American • Jacksonian Democracy • Literature and Exceptionalism and Jacksonian Leadership CONFERENCES America • reTHINK FDR, WWII • C.S. Lewis and the Consequential and the Cold War • First Lady of the Modern World Elections (2012) Confederacy: Varina • reTHINK Federalism Davis’s Civil War • Leadership in the U.S. Senate Leadership in the • reTHINK ‘BIG’ • Was there a Gilded US Senate (2011) Age? Was there a • Literature of Wendell Progressive Era? • reTHINK Capitalism & Berry Equality America's Forgotten • Progressivism, Founders (2008) Democracy and Urban • reTHINK Liberalism Democracy

The Life and Legacy of • The Cold War and the Henry Clay (2007) Middle East in the Late 20th Century

Presidential Moments/ • Ronald Reagan and the Presidential End of the Cold War Mistakes (2006)

The Future of the Electoral College (2001) The McConnell Center has hosted conferences and educational programs that have been broadcast to national audiences via C-SPAN, network television news, radio talk shows and through its own publications. Winston Churchill: Statesman of the Century? (2000) 19 20 A CLASSROOM LIKE NO OTHER: Publications, Co-Sponsored Reports and Projects

Books

Hero Tales from American History by Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt, with an introduction by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Gary L. Gregg, republished 2011.

The Senate: Great Forum of Constitutional Liberty by U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, foreword and afterword by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, introduction by Gary L. Gregg, 2011.

America’s Forgotten Founders, edited by Gary L. Gregg and Mark David Hall, 2008.

Books and the Founding Fathers by George H. Nash, 2007.

George Washington: A Photographic Story of a Life, by Lenny Hort, foreword by Gary L. Gregg, special McConnell Center edition, 2005

A Student’s Guide to American Political Thought by George W. Carey, special McConnell Center edition, 2004.

The Senate: Great Forum of Constitutional Liberty by U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, foreword by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, 2000.

Pocket-size editions of The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States of America.

Co-Sponsored Projects

Henry Clay and the Struggle for the Union, a Witnessing History Film, 2011.

2011 Kentucky Civic Health Index: Shaping Kentucky’s Future Together, 2011.

21 22 McConnell Center Civic Education A CLASSROOM LIKE NO OTHER: Since 2005 Teacher Education

The McConnell Center has sponsored more than To date, the center has offered professional development programming to more 40 unique professional development conferences than 1,000 social studies teachers from more than 150 Kentucky schools. It also helping Kentucky social studies teachers visit historically has sponsored 40 unique professional development conferences in more than 26 significant locations and learn from top experts. different locations. Topics vary widely and are tailored based on teacher input. Partnerships with the Teach American History grants, Filson Historical Society, Washington, DC Kansas City, Mo. Charleston, S.C. Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, Kentucky Department of Education, Atlanta, Ga. Princeton, N.J. Rapid City, S.D. Liberty Fund, Inc., Ohio Valley Education Cooperative and Sons of the American Chicago, Ill. Santa Fe, N.M. Nashville, Tenn. Revolution, among others have developed a growing network of Kentucky’s social Springfield, Ill. New York, N.Y. Williamsburg, Va. studies teachers, and, by extension, have impacted their students. Louisville, Ky. Cincinnati, Ohio Charlottesville, Va. Bowling Green, Ky. Portland, Or. New Orleans, La. Gettysburg, Penn. Boston, Mass. Philadelphia, Penn. Baltimore, Md. Pittsburgh, Penn.

23 24 A CLASSROOM LIKE NO OTHER: U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Secretary Elaine L. Chao Archives

The U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Secretary Elaine L. Chao Archives augment the University of Louisville's already outstanding archives collection. When the collections are eventually catalogued and preserved, they will be made available to researchers, authors and students interested in learning more about the careers of Sen. McConnell and Secretary Chao. These archives are designed to inspire a new generation of Kentucky leaders and help Kentucky students become more knowledgeable and engaged citizens.

The archives collection provides primary source material that:

• Serves as indispensible sources Additionally, visitors can: for the study of modern American • Watch and evaluate campaign representative democracy commercials with noted experts Michael Barone and Jennifer Duffy • Documents vital international, national, regional and local public • View an award-winning film on the policy developments history of the U.S. Senate narrated by Sen. McConnell • Provides an understanding of people, events and ideas that • View "The Promise of America," shaped the state and national an award-winning film outlining political arenas Elaine Chao's rise from immigrant to member of the President's • In 2009, the McConnell Center Cabinet opened the Archives' Civic Education Gallery, which brings • See awards, commendations, people in direct contact with documents and other artifacts from archival material. the long careers of two of the most consequential Americans of the last two decades

25 26 What Do Our Students Have to Say?

Accepting the McConnell Scholarship has undoubtedly been one of the best decisions I've ever made. It has influenced my education, helped me travel and study in England and China, and impacted my philosophical and political thoughts in a way that an ordinary college education would not have."

—MEGHAN WATERS, CALIFORNIA, KY, CLASS OF '14 Justice administration and political science; classical languages minor

To me, the McConnell Center means self-discovery. I have been able to meet so many great leaders and peers as a McConnell Scholar. Through these interactions, I have learned what kind of leader— and what kind of person—I want to be."

—ABEER SIKDER, STAFFORDSVILLE, KY, CLASS OF '14 Economics; political science and finance minors

The McConnell Center has laid a foundation for my education that I would not have received elsewhere. Meeting high-profile leaders such as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and regularly engaging my peers in discussions that range across the philo- sophical and political spectrum, has challenged my own convictions and made me a better person."

—SEAN SOUTHARD, OWENSBORO, KY, CLASS OF '15 Political science and history

27 28 Faculty & Staff Fellows

BRADLEY J. BIRZER, PHD GARY L. GREGG, PHD History Professor Director, Mitch McConnell Hillsdale College Chair in Leadership [email protected] SHIPING HUA, PHD 502.852.8811 Political Science Professor University of Louisville SHERRY ALLEN JOHN E. KLEBER, PHD Program Manager History Professor Emeritus [email protected] Morehead State University 502.852.3130 THOMAS C. MACKEY, PHD DEBORAH SKAGGS SPETH History Professor Curator, U.S. Sen. Mitch & Pre-Law Adviser McConnell and Secretary University of Louisville Elaine L. Chao Archives BARBARA A. PERRY, PHD [email protected] University of Virginia’s 502.852.7964 Miller Center

GLYPTUSANN GRIDER JONES P.R. and Recruitment Coordinator [email protected] 502.852.4579

TRISHA VAUGHN KEEPING Civic Education Coordinator TRADITIONS: [email protected] 502.852.8811 Following their public remarks at AARON VOWELS the University of Administrative Assistant Louisville, more than 30 Distinguished [email protected] Speakers have 502.852.3158 signed world- famous Louisville JESSICA FREELS Slugger bats for the Administrative Assistant McConnell Center. [email protected] A tradition started by U.S. Sen. Robert 502.852.1473 Byrd, D-W.Va, in 2000, the growing Slugger collection can be viewed outside of Ekstrom Library’s Chao Auditorium. McConnell Center, University of Louisville, Ekstrom Library, West Wing, Louisville KY 40292 | 502.852.8811 m [email protected] |  mcconnellcenter.org | ⤭mcconnellcenter/McConnellCenter | ☍ ULmCenter

29 30 The University of Louisville is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, age, religion, sex, disability, color, sexual orientation, national origin or veteran status. This publication was prepared by the University of Louisville and printed with state funds KRS 57.375.

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