Presidential historian
"Presidential Leadership"
Tuesday, April 13, 1999
Praised by Newsweek magazine as "the nation's leading presidentialhistorian," Michael Beschloss is a provocative political author and televisioncommentator. He is a regular on PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and appears frequently on network news programs including Nightline and Meet thePress. Beschloss is also the author of the national bestseller Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964 and a former member of the President'sCommission on White House Fellowships. He currently serves on the boards of theWhite House Historical Association, Foreign Affairs magazine,and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Cold War History Project.
Read the Press Release: "Michael Beschloss, America's "Leading Presidential Historian" Discusses Leadership in Lawrence University Convocation"
- Internet links
- Beschloss biography from the PBS program, "Character above all"
- Beschloss biography from the Annenberg Washington Program at NWU
- Online Newshour Interview with Historian Michael Beschloss
