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Justice Richard J.Goldstone to Speak at Whittier College
March 27, 2008 Press Release
Justice Richard J. Goldstone will be on campus to deliver the 2008 Feinberg Lecture and receive an honorary degree from Whittier College on April 24 at 7p.m. in the Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts at Whittier College, 6760 Painter Ave., Whittier, CA 90608. The program is part of Whittier's annual Feinberg Lecture series. The lecture is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and reservations are required. For more information or to RSVP please call Terrie Valenzuela at (562) 907-4219.
Justice Goldstone has been a key player in the development, protection, and preservation of human rights in countries such as South Africa, Rwanda, and Kosovo. In particular, his work in South Africa was instrumental in helping the county manage the transition from apartheid to democracy. He was part of the international panel examining Nazi activity in Argentina and was appointed by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to the Volcker Commission, investigating the Iraq Oil for Food program. Justice Goldstone is currently teaching international law in the United States.
Established by college trustee Sheldon Feinberg and his wife, Betty, the Feinberg Lecture Series was created to invite major scholars to the college to discuss the broad historic, religious and political issues encompassed by Judaism and its role in a changing world.
Previous Feinberg Lecturers include radio talk show host and author Dennis Prager; John Loftus, prosecutor of Nazi criminals; Seymour Martin Lipsetp; Hazel Professor of Public Policy at the Institute of Public Policy at George Mason University; David Myers, professor of history at UCLA; John Rothmann, KGO talk show host; Rodger Kamenetz, author of the national bestseller The Jew in the Lotus, and Leonard Greenspoon, Klutznick Professor of Jewish Civilization at Creighton University.
Founded by Quakers in 1887, Whittier College is an independent, four-year college offering a traditional liberal arts program integrated with both professional and pre-professional courses of study. With an emphasis on diversity, community, and curricular innovation, the College’s primary mission is to endow students with the education, skills, and values appropriate for global leadership and service. Whittier College is a designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).
Whittier Law School, which is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools, is located on a separate campus in Orange County.
