The Vernon L. Pack Distinguished Lecture and Scholar in Residence

Actor and environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr., was the 2008 Vernon L. Pack Distinguished Lecturer. More photos.

The The Vernon L. Pack Distinguished Lecture and Scholar in Residence program was established in 2002 through a generous gift from alumnus Vernon L. Pack, a 1950 graduate of the College. A distinguished lecturer visits campus to address important current issues that will allow the Otterbein community to reflect on ethical, spiritual and social issues. In alternate years, an esteemed scholar is invited to campus to reside for up to one academic year in order to provide an educational enrichment experience for Otterbein students.

The 2008 Vernon L. Pack Distinguished Lecturer was actor and environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr. who presented a lecture at Otterbein on February 13, 2008. Mr. Begley was featured in the Fall issue of Towers magazine. Read the article.

Distinguished Lecturers:

2002 - Doris Kerns Goodwin, acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize in history winner for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.

2004 - Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International and news analyst for ABC News and host of the PBS weekly show, Foreign Exchange.

2005 – Alan Lightman, noted physicist and critically acclaimed author of Einstein's Dreams

Distinguished Scholars in Residence:

2005- Lois Raimondo, an internationally-known photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist nominee for her work on the New York City Mitchell Lama housing project for New York Newsday.

2007 - Wande Abimbola, President of the International Congress of Orisa Tradition and Culture, and world-renowned expert on Ifa, a West African sacred divinatory and literary system.