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Gonzaga president to speak on "Healing the Culture"

Author: Michael O. Garvey

Rev. Robert Spitzer, S.J., president of Gonzaga University, will give two lectures March 1 (Monday) at the University of Notre Dame. He will speak on “Healing the Culture: The Role of the Lawâ€� at 4 p.m. in the Law 91ÊÓÆµ Courtroom, and he will speak on “Restoring the Culture: Life and the Pursuit of Happinessâ€� at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International 91ÊÓÆµ.p. Father Spitzer, who has been president of Gonzaga since 1998, writes and lectures on a wide variety of subjects, including leadership, ethics, metaphysics, the ontology of physics, and higher education. He also is the author of two books, “The Spirit of Leadership: Optimizing Creativity and Change in Organizationsâ€� and “Healing the Culture: A Commonsense Philosophy of Happiness, Freedom, and the Life Issues.â€�

A third book, “New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Late Twentieth Century Philosophy and Physics,� is forthcoming.

Father Spitzer’s lectures are sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Culture, the Center for Social Concerns, and several student groups.

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