Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecture: Senator Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles
January 18, 2012 • 5:30 PM • Page Auditorium
Senator Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, co-chairs of President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, will discuss the work of the debt commission and current federal fiscal affairs. Simpson was the U.S. Senator from Wyoming from 1979-1997 and taught at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government from 1997-2000. Bowles was the president of the University of North Carolina system from 2005-2010 and served as White House Chief of Staff from 1997-1998. This event is sponsored by the Sanford School of Public Policy. For more information, contact Mary Lindsley at mary.lindsley@duke.edu.