2008 Woodie Awards
RSSFormer White House counsel to discuss presidential power
By Adrienne Gerard
Issue date: 10/19/07 Section: News
John Dean, counsel to former President Richard M. Nixon, will speak on executive power and the office of presidency at the 2008 Tresolini lecture on April 3.
Brian Pinaire, assistant professor of political science and organizer of the Tresolini Lectureship in Law, said Dean's visit will include a speech in Zoellner's Baker Hall, an organized dinner with professors and alumni before the lecture and possibly a private meeting for students interested in speaking with Dean one-on-one.
"This will be an opportunity for political junkies at Lehigh to see the personalities shaping our government today," Pinaire said. "These speakers are so important because students would other-wise never see them. We can bring interesting, high-profile people to Lehigh Valley who normally wouldn't travel here."
Pinaire said Dean will discuss both past and present politics.
"He will give us his perspective about when political leaders cross certain boundaries," Pinaire said, "and will compare his experience with Nixon to George W. Bush's present actions in office the past seven years."
Dean has written several books documenting his experiences in Washington including "Blind Ambition," which recounts his days in the Nixon White House and "Lost Honor," which talks about his experience during Watergate. His most recent book, "Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches," caused controversy over the impact of the Bush administration on current society.
In addition to serving in President Nixon's White House counsel for a thousand days starting at age 31, Dean was the associate director of a law reform commission and associate deputy attorney general of the United States.
Dean studied at Colgate University and the College of Wooster, where he majored in English literature and political science. Dean completed graduate work at American University and Georgetown University Law Center, where he earned his J.D. in 1965.
Brian Pinaire, assistant professor of political science and organizer of the Tresolini Lectureship in Law, said Dean's visit will include a speech in Zoellner's Baker Hall, an organized dinner with professors and alumni before the lecture and possibly a private meeting for students interested in speaking with Dean one-on-one.
"This will be an opportunity for political junkies at Lehigh to see the personalities shaping our government today," Pinaire said. "These speakers are so important because students would other-wise never see them. We can bring interesting, high-profile people to Lehigh Valley who normally wouldn't travel here."
Pinaire said Dean will discuss both past and present politics.
"He will give us his perspective about when political leaders cross certain boundaries," Pinaire said, "and will compare his experience with Nixon to George W. Bush's present actions in office the past seven years."
Dean has written several books documenting his experiences in Washington including "Blind Ambition," which recounts his days in the Nixon White House and "Lost Honor," which talks about his experience during Watergate. His most recent book, "Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches," caused controversy over the impact of the Bush administration on current society.
In addition to serving in President Nixon's White House counsel for a thousand days starting at age 31, Dean was the associate director of a law reform commission and associate deputy attorney general of the United States.
Dean studied at Colgate University and the College of Wooster, where he majored in English literature and political science. Dean completed graduate work at American University and Georgetown University Law Center, where he earned his J.D. in 1965.
