Former President of the Republic of Botswana, Ketumile Masire, to speak at Santa Clara University; Masire's Visit is Part of the William P. Laughlin Lecture Series on Global Leadership and Ethics

Business Wire, Oct 17, 2005

Santa Clara University

WHEN:
Oct. 20, 2005, noon-1:15 p.m.
Benson Parlors, Santa Clara University
RSVP: 408-554-5319

WHAT:
Ketumile Masire will speak on the critical political and social
achievements that have allowed Botswana to maintain a peaceful
democracy and to instigate its transition towards greater market
participation in its economy.

WHO:
Ketumile Masire started his career as a farmer and educator. He
entered politics when Botswana gained independence from British
colonial rule in 1966. Initially serving as a member of parliament,
Masire rose to become the second president of Botswana, serving from
1980 to 1998. Masire served as the first vice-chairman of the
Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1991 and as chairman of the
Eminent Personalities of the OAU Committee Investigating the
Circumstances Surrounding the 1994 Rwanda Genocide. He was also a
member of the Commonwealth Observer Group to the 1999 Nigerian
Assembly and Presidential Elections, and from 2000 to 2003 he was
facilitator for the Inter-Congolese National Dialogue.

About the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Founded in 1986, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics has grown into one of the four most active university-based ethics centers in the United States. The center at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Calif., is a nationally recognized resource for people and organizations that want to study and apply an ethical approach to decision-making. The center supports research, assists faculty in integrating ethics into their courses and helps businesses, schools, hospitals and other organizations put ethics to work. Ethics center programs include: biotechnology and health care ethics; business ethics; K-12 character education; philosophical questions in applied ethics, public policy and government ethics, and emerging issues in ethics. For more information, see www.scu.edu/ethics.> About Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,213 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees. Distinguished nationally by the third-highest graduation rate among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. More information is online at www.scu.edu.