The 10th annual George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture

A 30th Anniversary Celebration of President Bush’s Education Summit Featuring President Bill Clinton and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush

A 30th Anniversary Celebration of President Bush's Education Summit

On September 27, more than a thousand people assembled in UNE’s Harold Alfond Forum to witness President Bill Clinton and former Governor Jeb Bush participate in a moderated discussion in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of President George H.W. Bush’s Education Summit, held at the University of Virginia in 1989. As UNE President James Herbert noted in his welcoming remarks, “This work brought data and research at long last into the process of creating education policy.”

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President Herbert at the Bush Lecture
Former President Bill Clinton shakes hands on stage
Former president Clinton and Former Governor Jeb Bush on stage
President Herbert and Maine Governor Janet Mills in the audience at the Bush Lecture
An audience member watches the Bush lecture
A male audience member watches the Bush lecture
The audience watches the Bush Lecture
Audience members watch the Bush lecture
The audience listens to the Bush lecture

The UNE event, which served as the University’s 10th annual George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture, was made possible through a partnership with the George & Barbara Bush Foundation and through the generosity of Peter and Ros Whalon. The audience was composed of students, faculty, professional staff, members of the public, and special guests, including Maine Governor Janet Mills and former Maine Governor John Baldacci. Roger B. Porter, IBM Professor of Business and Government at Harvard University’s Kennedy School and former assistant to the president for economic and domestic policy under George H.W. Bush, served as the event moderator.