HARVEY GANTT TO DELIVER ROCKEFELLER LECTURE
Will focus on political and social issues that cities are likely to face in the next millennium
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Harvey Gantt has been selected as the University of Arkansas Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecturer for 1999.
In his lecture, "The Challenge of Rebuilding U.S. Cities in the 21st Century," Gantt will focus on political and social issues that cities are likely to face in the next millennium. The lecture, free and open to the public, will be at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 19, in the Arkansas Union Theater on the UA campus
Gantt, a distinguished architect and former mayor of Charlotte, NC, is co-founder of the award-winning design firm Gantt Huberman Architects located in Charlotte, N.C.
In 1963, Gantt was admitted to Clemson under court order, becoming the first black student to attend a previously all white school in South Carolina. There he earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree with honors from Clemson University in 1965. In 1970 he earned a Master of City Planning degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In both 1990 and 1996, Gantt challenged Jesse Helms in the Senate race in North Carolina. Although unsuccessful, Gantt went on to win national acclaim for positions he has taken on education, health care, the environment, and for improving the quality of life for all citizens.
In 1995, President Clinton appointed Mr. Gantt as Chair of the National Capital Planning Commission. In 1987, the American Institute of Architects admitted Gantt as a Fellow in the Institute.
He has been a lecturer and visiting critic at colleges and universities nationwide, including Hampton, Yale, Cornell, UNC-Chapel Hill, Michigan, MIT, Mississippi State, Tuskegee A&T, Tennessee, and Virginia Tech.
A reception will be held in the Red Lounge of the Arkansas Student Union immediately following the lecture. This event is sponsored by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, U of A School of Architecture, the Black Students Association, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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