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TO LAUNCH ROCKWELL ETHICS & LEADERSHIP SERIES Noted political commentator and former presidential adviser David Gergen will speak at the University of Houston’s inaugural Elizabeth D. Rockwell Ethics and Leadership Lecture. The free event will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, in the Hilton University of Houston Hotel. To obtain tickets, which are required for admission, contact UH OnCALL at 713-743-2255. Gergen, editor-at-large at U.S. News & World Report, is director for the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He served as an adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, as communications director for President Ronald Reagan, and as the foreign policy and domestic affairs adviser to President Bill Clinton. He also was Clinton’s special international adviser. Gergen’s UH address is titled “Ethics and Leadership—a 21st Century View.” “What they (future leaders) must have are: inner mastery; a central, compelling purpose rooted in moral values; a capacity to persuade; skills in working within the system; a fast start; a strong, effective team; and a passion that inspires others to keep the flame alive,” Gergen wrote in his best-selling book “Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership, Nixon to Clinton.” The new lecture series was established through a gift from UH alumna Elizabeth D. Rockwell. “I believe ethics is not a business issue or a political issue, it is an everyday life issue. I felt that there was a lot of discussion about ethics in the media and elsewhere without a real understanding about what it is. It was planted with me during my earliest learning when I was 5 years old. It is very simply the Golden Rule,” said Rockwell, retired executive director of CIBC Oppenheimer Corp.’s private client division. “I worked with the University of Houston to develop this lecture series because I wanted to do something to bring a focus on ethics to the community and am very excited that Mr. Gergen will help us inaugurate the series.” A frequent guest on political TV programs, Gergen also moderated “World @ Large,” a PBS discussion series for two seasons. He is a Yale University and Harvard Law School honors graduate and holds numerous honorary degrees. WHAT: David Gergen Lecture on “Ethics and Leadership—a 21st Century View.” WHEN: 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 7 WHERE: Hilton University of Houston Hotel WHO: Elizabeth D.
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