His talk, "Revisiting the Republican Revolution: 10 Years of Republican Rule," is sponsored by the Riley Institute at Furman.  The public is invited to attend without charge.

      Gingrich will also participate in a panel discussion after his talk.  The panelists will be Dr. Danielle Vinson, an associate professor of political science at Furman, and Dr. John Pitney, Jr., a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College in California.  Dr. Thomas Kazee, Furman's vice president for academic affairs and dean, will moderate the discussion.

      Gingrich served as a member of Congress for 20 years and as Speaker of the House from 1995 to 1999.  He is widely recognized as the chief architect of the Republican "Contract with America," and was the key strategist and leader behind the 1994 Republican victory.  Under his leadership, Congress passed welfare reform, the first balanced budget in a generation and the first tax cuts in 16 years.  He was named Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1995.

      Since resigning from the speakership in 1999, Gingrich founded the Center for Health Transformation, a collaboration of leaders dedicated to the creation of a 21st Century Intelligent Health System that saves lives and money.  In addition to serving as a political analyst for FOX News Network, he is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., and a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

      Gingrich is the author of nine books, including the bestsellers, Winning the Future, Contract with America and To Renew America.  A graduate of Emory University, he earned master's and doctorate degrees in Modern European History from Tulane University.   Before his election to Congress, he taught History and Environmental Studies at West Georgia College for eight years.

      For more information, contact Furman's Riley Institute at 864-294-3251 or visit the website at www.rileyinstitute.org.

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