The University of Akron will commemorate the 200th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's birth with a celebration on Feb. 12 at noon at The University of Akron Student Union in the Student Theater. The event is free and open to the public.
The celebration will be a birthday celebration featuring light refreshments and an appearance from President Lincoln himself, as well as short presentations by the following Lincoln scholars:
Dr. Lesley Gordon, UA Dept. of History
Professor Wilson R. Huhn, UA School of Law
Dr. David Cohen, UA Dept. of Political Science
Professor Jeffrey M. Samuels, UA School of Law
Professor J. Dean Carro, UA School of Law
Professor Stephen Cook, UA School of Law
The presentations will cover topics such as President Lincoln's "Team of Rivals" concept; how his adversity affected his role as a leader, what the crisis at Fort Sumter revealed about President Lincoln as a military and political leader and President Lincoln's role as an inventor and patent holder.
The event is co-sponsored by the Constitutional Law Center at the Akron Law, the UA Dept. of History, the UA Dept. of Political Science, the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics and the Office of the Associate Vice President for Inclusion & Equity/CDO.
