Tues., Sept. 9, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Concert Hall
Robert F. McDonnell
Attorney General
Commonwealth of Virginia

Robert F. McDonnell was elected the 44th Attorney General of Virginia in November 2005 and was inaugurated on January 14th, 2006. Prior to leading as the Attorney General, McDonnell served in the House of Delegates for 14 years, representing Virginia Beach, where he had served previously as a prosecutor in the Commonwealth's Attorneys Office after he retired from the U.S. Army as a Lt. Colonel for 21 years of service including active duty during the height of the Cold War. Attorney General McDonnell has and continues to focus on issues concerning sexual crimes, drug dealings, terror threats, internet crime, and identity theft.

This information and more is available at: http://www.oag.state.va.us/

Tues., Sept. 30, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Concert Hall
Dr. Ralph Waller
Principal of Harris Manchester College
University of Oxford

Current principal of Harris Manchester College at the University of Oxford, Reverend Dr. Ralph Waller, MA, BD, MTh, PhD, is an author, lecturer, minister of the Methodist Church and the Director of The Farmington Institute. Dr. Waller is known for making incredible contributions to both academic and religious communities, and received the UK Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in 1994.

This information and more is available at: http://www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/

Tues., Oct. 14, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Concert Hall
The Honorable Tony P. Hall
Former Congressman and United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture

Tony Hall is one of the leading advocates for improving international human rights conditions in the world, most notably, world hunger. Hall has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize for hunger-related and humanitarian work. Prior to serving as Ambassador, he served the people of the Third District of Ohio as a congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives for almost 24 years. Congressman Hall chaired the House Select Committee on Hunger and the Democratic Caucus Task Force on Hunger in addition to founding and steering multiple committees focused on hunger as well as authoring legislation supporting food aid, child survival, primary health care, basic education, as well as micro-enterprise and development assistance programs to some of the poorest countries. He also fasted for 22 days in response to the abolition of the Hunger Committee in 1993 in order to draw attention to the needs of the hungry. He authored the book Changing the Face of Hunger, released in 2007.

This information and more is available at: http://www.state.gov/