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Lake Forest, Ill – David Laitin, professor of political science at Stanford University, will present a talk titled, "Sons of the Soil, Immigrants and Civil War" at Lake Forest College on Wednesday, April 10 at 4 p.m. in Meyer Auditorium. The talk is in honor of Jonathan Galloway, retiring professor of politics at Lake Forest College. The event is free and the public is welcome to attend. Meyer Auditorium is located in Hotchkiss Hall on the College’s Middle Campus at the intersection of College and Sheridan Roads in Lake Forest. For more information, please call 847-735-6010. Prior to his arrival at Stanford, Professor Laitin was the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago (1992–1998) and Director of the Center for the Study of Politics, History and Culture at the University of Chicago (1987–1998). Professor Galloway arrived at Lake Forest College in 1967; he is a graduate of Swarthmore College and received his doctorate from Columbia University. He continues to be active professionally, being especially well-known as an expert in the politics of outer space. He also has a keen interest in globalization and in American foreign policy after the end of the cold war. At the College Galloway has been honored with the Trustee Award for Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership and the Charlotte Simmons Prize. He served as an alderman in the city of Lake Forest for six years. Galloway retires as one of the most senior members of the Lake Forest College faculty at the end of the current academic year. Lake Forest College is a private liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has 1,250 students representing 44 states and 41 other countries.
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