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Richard G. Lugar
James F. Collins
Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The passing of Dick Lugar brings a life of service and meaning for good to a close. It was a great honor to know and work with Dick over almost two decades and to enjoy his company in EE any number of ways from visits to missile silos to chats in his Senate office and our breakfasts during the meetings of the Hamilton Lugar School advisory board. I shall miss his counsel and his wit along with his dedication to what is best in our system and in his state.
Marie Harf Description of the video: Scarpino: Okay, so I’m going to switch and we’re going to talk specifically about IUPUI. Again for the record and to tell you, in case you don’t know, there’s a soon-to-be-published history of the IU Medical School that’s mostly written… Lugar: …Oh, great… Scarpino: … and I’ve had an opportunity to read it draft, and I’m just going to quote one line from that soon-to-be-published study. It says “The election of 1968 changed the political landscape in Indianapolis, and high on the list for the new Republican regime at City Hall and the Statehouse was creation of a new university in Indianapolis.” Well, of course, you were the Mayor then. Why was the creation of a new university in Indianapolis a goal of yours? Lugar: Well, I envisioned Indianapolis as one of the great cities of America. I saw at a time in which – it was John Gunther who talked about “Indianoplace” – but the problems that Mayor Cavanagh, Mayor Stokes, the others had were getting much wo Former United States Senator Richard G. Lugar was the first President of The Lugar Center, a non-profit organization focusing on global food security, WMD nonproliferation, aid effectiveness, and bipartisan governance. Senator Lugar served as a Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar at the School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University. He also served as a distinguished faculty member in the Department of History and Political Science and led the Richard G. Lugar Symposium for Tomorrow’s Leaders at the University of Indianapolis. A fifth generation Hoosier who left the United States Senate as the longest serving member of Congress in Indiana history, Senator Lugar was recognized as a gifted local and state leader, as well as a respected national and international statesman. During his tenure in the United States Senate, he exercised leadership on critical issues such as food security, nuclear non-proliferation, energy independence, and free trade. He earned 46 honorary degrees from colleges and universities in
Political Analyst
Member, Dean's Advisory Council, IU Hamilton Lugar School
Senator Lugar, the Indiana farmer turned global diplomat, was what we all aspire to be—someone who never forgot his roots but knew he had to go out and work to make the world a better place. He was a kind and decent man, and he made all of us better for having known him. It has been the honor of my lifetime to showcase Senator Lugar’s wisdom for a new generation of students through our pub •
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