Anti-hunger crusader to speak as E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer
David Lambert, a former diplomatic appointee to the United Nations World Food Programme in Rome and a nationally recognized advocate to end hunger, will speak Wednesday, April 16, as part of the AU College of Agriculture's E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series. His presentation, "A World Free of Child Hunger: An Imperative for All," is set for 7 p.m. in The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center auditorium. The presentation is free and open to the public, as is a reception that precedes the lecture at 5:45 p.m. in ballroom B. Lambert is principal of Lambert Associates, a Washington, D.C.-based public affairs consulting firm that focuses on global food security, child nutrition, food safety and agricultural biotechnology. He also teaches on the international politics of hunger and food and speaks nationally on global hunger issues. He was in Auburn in February 2006 as a presenter in the War on Hunger Summit and has participated in subsequent summits. The E.T. York Distinguished Lecturer Series was established at Auburn in 1981 with an endowment by E.T. York Jr. and his wife, Vam Cardwell York, both native Alabamians and AU graduates. York served as head of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service from 1959 until 1962, leaving to head the Federal Extension Service in Washington, D.C. He later became provost and vice president for agriculture at the University of Florida. In 1975, York was named chancellor of the State University System of Florida, a post he held until his retirement in 1980. For more information, contact Bill Hardy at hardywe@auburn.edu.
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