The Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
and the
Baruch College Newman Library
of the City University of New York
will commemorate the 80th anniversary
of
FDR's 1939 reorganization
of the executive branch
with an afternoon symposium:
"Making Democracy Work:
FDR's Bitter Struggle to
Modernize the Presidency"
Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.
Henry A. Wallace Center at the
FDR Presidential Library and Home
HYDE PARK, NY -- On Sunday, April 28, 2019, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and the Baruch College Newman Library of the City University of New York will commemorate the 80th anniversary of FDR's 1939 reorganization of the executive branch -- the elusive goal of Presidents since Teddy Roosevelt and a timely topic today. The symposium,
"Making Democracy Work: FDR's Bitter Struggle to Modernize the Presidency" -- beginning at 2:00 p.m. in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home -- is based on Baruch College's historic collection of the papers of one of FDR's administrative geniuses, Luther Halsey Gulick, III.
This is a free public event but registration is required.
Discussing the most momentous restructuring of the government since 1787 will be three leading scholars:
Susan Dunn, Massachusetts Professor of Humanities at Williams College and author of several histories including ROOSEVELT'S PURGE: HOW FDR FOUGHT TO CHANGE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY;
David Woolner, Senior Fellow and Resident Historian of the Roosevelt Institute, Professor of History at Marist College, and Senior Fellow of the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College, and author of THE LAST 100 DAYS: FDR AT WAR AND AT PEACE; and
Kenneth Meier, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University, and coauthor, POLITICS AND THE BUREAUCRACY. The discussion will be moderated by
Ralph Blumenthal, Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College and a
New York Times reporter from 1964 to 2009.
Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.
