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BIDDEFORD, Maine

Former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card to speak at UNE Campus Center Sept. 22nd

Andrew Card, former White House chief of staff, will deliver University of New England's 2011 George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. in the Campus Center on UNE's Biddeford Campus.

Card's lecture topic is "Whispered Interruption: Bush Leads a Changed World."

This is the second high-profile speaker in the George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series, an annual event honoring the legacy of President and Mrs. Bush as political and community leaders.  Last year's inaugural lecture, which was attended by George and Barbara Bush as well as other dignitaries, featured Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft.

Andrew H. Card Jr., has held a variety of top-level governmental positions under three U.S. presidents.  He is currently acting dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.

Card served as White House chief of staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2006. He served as deputy chief of staff and, subsequently, as secretary of transportation under President George H.W. Bush.  Card also was appointed as special assistant and later deputy assistant to the president, as well as director of intergovernmental affairs by President Ronald Reagan.

He began his public service career in 1975 when he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he served until 1983. In 1982, he was named "Legislator of the Year" by the National Republican Legislators Association and received the "Distinguished Legislator Award" from the Massachusetts Municipal Association.

Card also has served in leadership positions in industry. He is a co-founder of the Lonsdale Group and currently serves on several boards and councils, including the board of directors of Union Pacific Corporation.  Additionally, he is senior counselor on the international advisory board at Fleishman-Hillard and the advisory board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Card is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a B.S. in engineering. He also attended the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1965 to 1967.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.