Tuesdays 10-12 Noon
September 30 through November 18, 2003
Kendal - Card Room
This course will offer a look at Benjamin Franklin's life and those with whom he associated. Franklin "is perhaps the most remarkable figure in American history. The greatest statesmen of his age, he played a pivotal role in the formation of The American Republic. He was also a pioneering scientist, a best-selling author, the country's first postmaster general, a printer, a bonvivant, a diplomat, a ladies man, and a moralist. The most prominent celebrity of the Eighteenth Century." Franklin and his associates, both American and European, tell a most engrossing story of the years between 1706 and 1790.
This course will be comprised of lecture, class discussion, and class member reports on selected topics.
Class is limited to 20 participants.
Tom Simon was raised in Cincinnati, has an AB from Brown University in philosophy and an MA in American History from Xavier University. He has been a study leader for ILEAD since 1994 and this is his 16th ILEAD course. Tom has been Treasurer of YMCA Camp Coniston in Croydon, NH, a past member of the Lebanon College Board of Trustees.
