Jackson Center Dinner Program Set for Chautauqua
Robert H. Jackson Center Executive Director, Rolland Kidder, announced that
the full program for the April 28th dinner at Chautauqua Institution had been
completed. “We are looking forward to a wonderful event at Chautauqua
on Wednesday night, April 28th,” Mr. Kidder said. “We will be honoring
not only the Brown sisters who will be speaking the next day at Chautauqua,
but we will also be recognizing four former law clerks from the United States
Supreme Court who will have participated in a Roundtable at the Jackson Center
that morning. In addition, we have invited five high school essay contest winners
from across New York State to be in attendance and to be recognized for their
accomplishment.”
Mr. Kidder indicated that Thomas Becker, President of Chautauqua would be welcoming
the dinner guests and that the Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell of Chautauqua Institution
would also be participating. Professor John Q. Barrett, Elizabeth S. Lenna Fellow
at the Jackson Center, will be introducing the honored guests and Greg Peterson,
President of the Robert H. Jackson Center, will act as Master of Ceremonies.
The keynote address will be given by former Attorney General of the United States,
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach.
A reception prior to dinner will commence at 6 p.m. and the dinner program will
begin at 7 p.m. Both events will be held at the Athenaeum Hotel. Dinner reservations
are $100 per person and may be made by contacting the Jackson Center at 716-483-6646.
The major sponsors of the various events surrounding the recognition of the
50th Anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision have
been: National Fuel Gas Company, HSBC Bank, U.S.A., The Cummins Foundation,
Chautauqua Institution, the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, the New
York Bar Foundation and the law firm of Phillips Lytle LLP.