Roy & Margaret Shilling Lecture Series
The 2010 Shilling Lecture will feature Dr. William H. Foege. The Shilling Lecture will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 11 in the Alma Thomas Theater.
Dr. Foege is credited for the successful global campaign to eradicate smallpox. Hear what President Jimmy Carter said at the dedication of the University of Washington's Bioengineering-Genome Sciences Building named in Dr. Foege's honor.
Melinda and Bill Gates made the lead gift of $70 million for the construction of the building and requested that it bear Dr. Foege's name.
In 2007, Dr. Foege was identified as one of "America's Best Leaders" by U.S. News & World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Foege directed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Carter Center's Global 2000 program before joining the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as Senior Fellow for the Global Health Program.
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