Newsweek lecture at Purdue postponed

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - The first lecture of the 2010 Sears Lecture Series, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, has been postponed due to inclement weather.

The rescheduled date for the lecture will be announced as soon as possible.

The talk, part of the 2010 Sears Lecture series, was to feature Newsweek editor Jon Meacham. The theme for the series is "Presidential Leadership in Global Economic Crisis." All talks are free and open to the public.

The Sears Lecture Series is sponsored by the Department of History, which is housed in Purdue's College of Liberal Arts.

Meacham's talk was to be an historical overview examining the limits of presidential influence over the economy and outlining how presidents from Washington to Roosevelt to the present have confronted the challenges and opportunities of global crises.

Editor of Newsweek and author of "Franklin and Winston and American Lion," Meacham was named one of the most influential editors in the news magazine business by The New York Times.