'Understanding the Modern American Presidency'
A Colloquium in Honor of Elspeth Davies Rostow
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
2:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, 10th Floor Atrium
The University of Texas at Austin
2313 Red River Street
Austin, TX
Agenda
2:00 Welcome
- Betty Sue Flowers, Ph.D.
Director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
- James B. Steinberg
Dean, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
2:00 – 2:15 Elspeth and the Presidents
- Harry Middleton
Former Director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum (1972-2002)
Former Speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johnson
2:15 – 3:30 Styles of Leadership
Chair, Frank Gavin
Tom Slick Professor of International Affairs, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
James B. Steinberg
Dean, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Larry Temple
President, Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation
Former Aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson
Veronica Vargas Stidvent
Director, Center for Politics and Governance
Former Special Assistant for Policy to President Bush
3:45 – 4:00 Elspeth Rostow: An Appreciation
- Allen Weinstein
9th Archivist of the United States
4:00 – 5:15 The Current State and Future of the Presidency
- Chair, Philip Bobbitt
Senior Lecturer, University of Texas School of Law
- Bruce Buchanan
Professor, University of Texas Department of Government
- Admiral Bobby R. Inman
Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy, LBJ
School of Public Affairs
- Thomas Mann
Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution
Closing Remarks
- James B. Steinberg
Dean, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
- Jennifer Crow
LBJ School student, co-chair of 2008 commencement committee
- Michelle Lalonde
LBJ Masters degree student
- Tanvi Mandan
LBJ PhD student
- Former Texas Lt. Governor Ben Barnes
representing LBJ Foundation
