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Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton visits the USD School of Law to discuss the current foreign policy issues and challenges that the next U.S. president will face once in office.
 

Monday, December 8, 2008
5:30 p.m. – Presentation at the Peace & Justice Theatre, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
6:30 p.m. – Reception in the Rotunda, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

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John Bolton

The son of a Baltimore firefighter and the first person in his family to go to college, with scholarships to Yale University and Yale Law School, John Bolton studied with preeminent conservative thinkers Robert Bork and Ralph Winter. After law school, he experienced the "Reagan Revolution" firsthand in Edwin Meese's justice department-where the American judiciary was fundamentally reshaped. His diplomatic skills were honed working with Secretary of State James Baker during the presidency of George H. W. Bush, and serving in the administration of President George W. Bush as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. Bolton also served as the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 1, 2005 to December 9, 2006. Prior to being named ambassador, Bolton was Senior Vice President of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He supervised the AEI research program, financial oversight, dissemination of the AEI research and publications, public affairs and general management. Bolton currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and is of counsel to the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, in their Washington D.C. office. He is also involved with a broad assortment of conservative think tanks and policy institutes, including the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), Project for the New American Century (PNAC), Institute of East-West Dynamics, National Rifle Association, US Commission on International Religious Freedom, and the Council for National Policy (CNP).

Ambassador Bolton is the author of numerous journal articles; his book Surrender is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad was published by Simon and Schuster in 2007. He resides in Bethesda, Md., with his wife Gretchen Smith Bolton.

Joan E. Bowes

Longtime La Jolla, Calif. resident and civic activist Joan E. Bowes began her association with the University of San Diego in the early 1970s when she accompanied her mother to campus for a number of concerts. In 1985, University of San Diego Distinguished Professor of Law Bernard Siegan asked Joan to form the San Diego County Commission for the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. By September 1987, when Joan's committee had completed its ambitious mission, San Diego was second only to Philadelphia in the number of educational and celebratory events held in one metropolitan area. From then on, Joan's ties to the law school were solidly forged.

Continuing a family passion for learning, Joan established the Joan E. Bowes-James Madison Distinguished Speaker Series through the School of Law to inspire law students and other members of the San Diego community and to promote the open exchange of ideas. Bearing the name of James Madison-fourth president of the United States and “Father of the Constitution”-this annual series brings distinguished speakers from the field of law, diplomacy, government and politics to the University of San Diego School of Law.

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