the gilder lehrman lincoln prize was sponsored currently by the gilder lehrman institute of americantory and gettysburg college. ♪♪ it gives is my purpose now to choose the president of the gettysburg college robert iuliano distinguished lawyer for former appeals court -- and federal prosecutor. bob was for sever your senior vice president and general counsel at harvard university where he led many university wide initiatives and was president trusted adviser. bob became 15 present at gettysburg college in july 2019 in the midst of his first years resident covid struck in bob has been heroic and very successful in his efforts to lead the college through this challenging time. bob is a member of the lake price school and i can tell you from personal observation he is an ardent and eloquent -- to offer a few remarks about the price and the college here is president robert iuliano. >> i am robert iuliano president of the college and its a pleasure to join you. our college events had a long relationship with the gilder lehrman institute and it's been a joy to be so involved with the linc

the gilder lehrman lincoln prize.now how much our work together in this common cause means to him and we are grateful for your continued support. imagine now my father's unmistakable presence and voice. distinguished friends of the gilder lehrman institute we as an institute find ourselves grateful to you for so many things were investment your encouragement, your belief in our educational reason. we gather to celebrate american history. one of the greatest stories ever told and we gather especially to honor my co-founder from the institute richard gilder. my dear friends you know how we dedicated we are to the study of american history. we truly aspire to the goal that every american citizen of whatever age will know and embrace the price was passion we have inherited ford generations past. let it also be said that we are committed to this mission unselfconsciously because we believe the study of american history is one indispensable formation of confidence and responsible american citizens. nick gilder and i history

i'm the senior at high school and on the advisory council at the lehrman institute of american history. i'm pleased to announce i've been accepted at several colleges including georgetown, harvard, brown, and boston university and will be deciding to start this fall. i'm thrilled to bee here this evening with you all speaking at this event. the guild institute is one of [inaudible] we are honored to take this program online and to be joined by more than a thousand teachers, students and history learners across the country. tonight we celebrate not one but two distinguished lincoln prize winners professorss elizabeth, winner of the 2020 prize for her book use of deliverance and professor david reynolds winner of the 2021 prize for his book abraham lincoln in his time. .... >> please note that we are going to use the chat during this program and we encourage the audience members to submit a question mechanic feature at the bottom of the screen. before we get started, program tonight will begin is traditionally does, then invitation a recent graduate and former trustee of gettysburg colle

. >> sponsored by the builder lehrman institute at gettysburg college. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it is my privilege nottroduce the president of the gettysburg college area a distinguished lawyer, editor of the law review while a student at law school and a former appeals court clerk and former prosecutor, he was a senior vice president and general counsel at harvard where he led many initiative and had trusted advisers. in the midst of a covid-19 strike, heroic and successful and efforts to weave the college to this challenging time, bob is also a member of this and i can tell you that he is an ardent and happy participant. and here is president bob juliano. >> good evening, everyone. it is truly an honor to join you for this special celebration. we've had a long and strong relationshipte for a good many years and it has been a joy to be so intimately involved with the presentation to deserving honorees. that not only recognizes the work of exceptional scholarship but it has a way of a shining le on our shared past and the offering of all new understanding of how we navigate the understanding of our wo

universityda were proud because sponsored with his webinar with "lincolnomics" in our partners, gilder lehrman institute of american history and this event is part of our centennial series celebrating 100 years of purpose driven education. this particular, since we are currently offering a course in financial history, and in conjunction with the museum of american finance and during the presentation, please enter your questions byth typing them in te q&a section near the bottom of your zoom screen and we will be addressing as many questions as possible after the presentation and lastly, as a participant in today's webinar, you will be entered into a raffle to win a free e-book of "lincolnomics" and winners willom be notified t the end of the week. now i would like to turn it over to david president of this and is our speaker. >> thank you. and this is the third of time that i've had the pleasure to introduce john buried in the first time i introduced him he had written ten books which i thought was pretty impressive and while the second time he was up toas 16 and now we are up to9 books it is

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