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演 讲 人
鲍勃·克里(Bob Kerrey)
美国纽约New School University校长
时间：2005年6月20日(周一)上午10:00-11:30
地点：北京大学中国经济研究中心万众楼二楼
工作语言：英文
鲍勃·克里校长简介
鲍勃·克里先生为New School University校长。在担任此职之前，他分别于1988年和1994年作为内布拉斯加州的民主党代表当选美国参议院议员，任期达12年；在此之前，他还担任过内布拉斯加州州长，在这个以共和党人占主导地位的州任职四年。
鲍勃·克里先生以鲜明的观点和雄辩的口才著称于美国政坛，是美国自由派的代表人物之一。他提倡环境保护和妇女的生育选择权，并支持同性恋者的权利。在国际事务上，他赞成多边主义，支持和中国的接触政策。他曾担任国会伊拉克战争调查委员会的委员。
The U.S., China, and the Global Economy: A View from Congress
Speaker: Bob Kerrey
(President of New School University in New York City)
Time:：Jun 20th, 2005 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Wanzhonglou Auditorium, CCER
Working Language: English
Biography of Bob Kerrey
Bob Kerrey is President of New School University in New York City.
New School University has seven schools and one program serving the diverse educational needs of 7,200 undergraduate and graduate degree students and nearly 20,000 continuing education students annually.
New School University emphasizes critical thinking and small class size. It has two liberal arts colleges: Eugene Lang College and the Graduate Faculty, as well as an adult education college, The New School, which provides continuing education and undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The liberal arts are enhanced by four visual and performing arts schools: Parsons School of Design, Mannes College of Music, the Actors Studio Drama School, and the Jazz and Contemporary Music program. In addition, the University is home to the Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy.
For twelve years prior to becoming President of New School University, Bob Kerrey represented the State of Nebraska in the United States Senate. Before that he served as Nebraska’s Governor for four years.
Educated in pharmacy at the University of Nebraska, Bob Kerrey served three years in the United States Navy. After his military service, he started a chain of restaurants and health clubs in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas.
Bob Kerrey entered the race for Governor of Nebraska with no prior political experience and was elected as a Democrat in a heavily Republican State. After serving a single four-year term, he returned to business.
Upon the death of Nebraska’s senior United States Senator, Kerrey became a candidate for the U.S. Senate. He was elected in 1988 and re-elected in 1994. He chose not to run for re-election a third time because of the offer to be President of New School University and his desire to return to private life.
As a Senator, Bob Kerrey acquired a reputation as someone willing to take a stand on issues even in the face of public opposition. He was a defender of free speech and the separation of Church and State as guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Kerrey opposed taking away the right of a woman to make her own reproductive decisions, supported extending civil rights protection in the workplace and in housing to gays and lesbians, and voted for reasonable gun control legislation. He also put his name behind Social Security reform and universal health insurance. In Nebraska, these were not traditionally popular positions.
From his first days as Governor to his last days in the Senate, Bob Kerrey has been involved with all levels of education in Nebraska and around the country. For the past 20 years, he has given his strong support both to increased funding and the need for significant reform. He headed the bipartisan Congressional Web-Based Education Commission which in 2001 produced an influential report entitled “The Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice.”
In many ways New School University is an institution made for Bob Kerrey’s leadership. One reason is that the university’s founder, Alvin Johnson, was from Nebraska. In addition, Bob Kerrey’s experience in politics has taught him the importance of the social research currently performed at the Graduate Faculty and the Milano Graduate School. Both New School On-Line University and the communication design investment and leadership at Parsons School of Design dovetail with his educational and public policy interests.
For Bob Kerrey, being President of New School University represents a chance to continue his passion for education and is a very hands-on educational opportunity. He has always been interested in the practical application of ideas. In his own words: “What I love is learning and helping others to do the same, especially when the learning requires hard work and a disciplined giving of individual attention that leads to discovery. We all underutilize our talents in part because we are afraid, in part because the inertia of educational organizations discourages us from becoming excited when the ‘eureka’ moment arrives.”
Bob Kerrey is the author of When I Was A Young Man: A Memoir, published by Harcourt Books (May 2002). He served as a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, currently leads a five year writing challenge sponsored by The National Commission on Writing in America’s Schools and Colleges, and is co-chair with Newt Gingrich of The National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care.
He is married to Sarah Paley. The couple have a young son, Henry, who was born on September 10, 2001. Bob Kerrey’s children from a prior marriage are named Ben and Lindsey.
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