April 3, 2006
Nobel laureate Lech Walesa's speech moved to larger venue
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His 7 p.m. talk, which was originally scheduled to take place in Fowler Hall, is part of the Purdue Series on Corporate Citizenship and Ethics and is free and open to the public.
Walesa, an electrician and underground union activist, led Poland's Solidarity movement that turned a 1980 strike in the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk into a social revolution that ultimately resulted in a capitulation by the Polish Communist Party. Walesa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 for his efforts.
In 1990 Walesa became Poland's first democratically elected president. He now heads the Lech Walesa Institute, which aims to advance the ideals of democracy and free-market reform throughout Eastern Europe and the rest of the world.
The lecture series is co-sponsored by the James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship and the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship in collaboration with the College of Education and the Krannert School of Management. The series also receives support from the Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union and CSX Transportation.
Other speakers in the series have included Rush Kidder, founder of the Institute for Global Ethics; Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry's ice cream; and Arthur Martinez, former chairman and CEO of Sears.
Writer: Mike Lillich, (765) 494-2077, mlillich@purdue.edu
Sources: Tim Newton, Krannert School director of external relations and communications, (765) 496-7271, tnewton@purdue.edu
Phillip Van Fossen, director of the Ackerman Center, (765) 494-2367, vanfoss@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
Note to Journalists: Lech Walesa will be available only during the public question-and-answer session following his speech.
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