Contact: Sammy McDavid
A Johns Hopkins University administrator and professor who is an internationally recognized authority on the People's Republic of China will be guest speaker Thursday [March 17] for the Executive Lecture Forum of Jackson.
David M. Lampton of Washington, D.C., will be featured during the ELF's 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. luncheon at the Country Club of Jackson. "Thinking about China and What It Means for America" is his topic.
As with all ELF guest speakers, Lampton is visiting the state at the invitation of the Janos Radvanyi Chair in International Security Studies at Mississippi State University.
Lampton is a very busy man. He is dean of faculty, the George and Sadie Hyman Professor and director of China studies, all at JHU's School of Advanced International Studies. Additionally he is founding director of the Richard Nixon Center, also in Washington.
Prior to assuming these posts, he was president of the New York City-based National Committee on United States-China Relations.
Lampton is the author of numerous books and articles on Chinese domestic and foreign affairs. In addition to having his articles appear regularly in professional research and popular publications, he is a frequent guest on national and cable news programs.
The Stanford University doctoral graduate also holds an honorary degree from the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Far Eastern Studies. At various times throughout his career, he has lived in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
As with all ELF programs, Lampton's presentation is not a public event. Interested members of the news media are invited to attend, however. To assure adequate seating, media representatives are asked to telephone (662) 325-8406 or e-mail jr1@ra.msstate.edu as soon as possible in advance.