University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present University Relations

4-15-1974

Columnist Art Buchwald to give free public lecture at University of Montana Thursday

University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations

Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/newsreleases Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y

Recommended Citation University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations, " Art Buchwald to give free public lecture at University of Montana Thursday" (1974). University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present. 23166. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/newsreleases/23166

This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Relations at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1nformation Services University of montana • missoula, montana 59801 • (406) 243-2522

IMMEDIATELY sale/jp 4-15-74 local + cs +

COLUMNIST ART BUCHWALD TO GIVE FREE PUBLIC LECTURE AT UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA THURSDAY

MISSOULA-- Syndicated columnist Art Buchwald wi II present a free pub I ic lecture entitled "I Never

Danced at the White House" at 8 p.m. Thursday (Apri I 18) in the University Center Ballroom

at the University of Montana.

The program is sponsored by the Program Counci I of the Associated Students of UM. A

public reception for Buchwald wi I I follow the lecture. The reception wi I I be in the UC

Montana Rooms.

Buchwald's columns appear in more than 400 newspapers throughout the world. He also

is author of a number of. books, including one which bears the title of Thursday's speech;

"Getting High in GJvernment Ci rc Ies"; "The Estab I i shment is A I i ve and We I I in Washington";

"Have I Ever Lied to You?"; "Son of the Great Society," and " ••• And Then Told the

President." A play by him, "Sheep on the Runway," opened on Broadway in January of 1970

and later in Washington.

After attending the University of Southern California, where he was managing editor

of the col lege humor magazine, columnist for the school paper and author of a variety show,

Buchwald went to and afterwards got a job on "Variety."

With his trial column, "Paris After Dark," Buchwald obtained a job with the European

edition of The in 1949. By 1952 his column, then cal led

"Europe's Lighter Side," was syndicated by the American press. A decade later he moved

to Washington, D.C., where he now works. #II#