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Lake Forest, Ill.— Are the college-age youth of today interested and educated about public service and its role in democracy? Are we at risk of losing the well informed and educated leaders we need to fill the many elected and appointed positions at all levels of government? As part of the national Congress to Campus Program, two former members of congress will spend two and half days at Lake Forest College discussing the importance of public service in a democratic society to help students understand why they should be concerned about and involved in public affairs. The Congress to Campus Program sends bipartisan pairs of former Members of Congress – one Democrat and one Republican – to visit college and university campuses around the country. Bruce Morrison, D-CT, and Ronald A. Sarasin, R-CT, will visit Lake Forest College on November 3, 4 and 5. Lake Forest College is one of 30 campuses nationwide paricipating in the proagram this year (2003-04)and the the only one in Illinois. While on campus, the former congressmen will visit and speak in classes such as America and the War on Terrorism, The Presidency, Major Ethical Theories, Foundations of the American Republic, and Health Care Issues in the United States; they will speak to student organizations; meet informally with students; gather with local political officials; and preside over an open forum to which the community is invited. The open public forum will be held on Tuesday, November 4 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in McCormick Auditorium. For more information call 847-735-6010. The program is sponsored by the U. S. Association of Former Members of Congress and is managed in partnership with the Stennis Center for Public Service. Founded in 1982, the organization is nonpartisan, nonprofit and national in scope. Bruce A. Morrison represented the Third District of Connecticut (New Haven) from 1983 to 1991, during which he served on the Judiciary Committee. His areas of specialization include: intellectual property, bankruptcy law, consumer protection policy, and immigration. During the Clinton Administration, as the Chairman of the Federal Housing Finance Board from 1995 to 2000, he developed and implemented a modernization of the twelve Federal Home Loan Banks. He graduated from MIT with a degree in Chemistry, then he earned a Master’s in Organic Chemistry from the University of Illinois, and he is a graduate of the Yale Law School. Ronald A. Sarasin represented the Fifth District of Connecticut for three terms until 1978. He ran an unsuccessful campaign for governor in that same year. Sarasin is currently the President and CEO of the United States Capitol Historical Society, a non-profit and non-partisan educational organization that propagates the history of the building and those who have served there. Sarasin served in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict, during which he attained the rank of petty officer, second class. He received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut and a J.D. degree from the University of Connecticut Law School. Lake Forest College is a private, liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The college has 1,300 students representing 46 states and 50 other countries.
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