Kennedy Prize and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award. His book on Hurricane Katrina titled The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, was a New York Times best seller, recipient of the Robert F. Thompson, and served as editor of President Reagan’s diaries. He has written books about Jimmy Carter, Rosa Parks, Hunter S. Although he doesn’t hunt grisly bears as far as I know, he, like Theodore Roosevelt, is a prolific writer with wide-ranging interests. Much like the subject of his latest book, Theodore Roosevelt, Doug Brinkley is a man of extraordinary energy. He has also served as professor of history and Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Center for American Civilization at Tulane University, and professor of history and Director of the Eisenhower Center for American studies of New Orleans. While teaching at Hofstra, Professor Brinkley started the American Odyssey course, in which he took students across country visiting historic sites. After receiving his doctorate in history at Georgetown University, he taught at the Naval Academy, Princeton University and Hofstra University. Douglas Brinkley is currently a fellow in history at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and a professor of history at Rice University. And lucky for me, today’s speaker happens to be an old friend of mine. And this is my debut in introducing a Kennedy Library Forum. Today marks my two-week anniversary as the new CEO of the Kennedy Library Foundation. I’m pleased to acknowledge the underwriters of the Kennedy Library Forums including lead sponsor Bank of America along with Boston Capital, the Lowell Institute, the Corcoran Jennison Companies, The Boston Foundation, and our media sponsors The Boston Globe, WBUR, and the New England Cable News Network. Kennedy Presidential Library Foundation, and on behalf of all my Library and Library Foundation colleagues, I thank you for coming.

It’s great to see so many people here on Presidents’ Day. Kennedy Presidential Library and MuseumĭAVID MCKEAN: Good afternoon.

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