{"id":4091,"global_id":"coolidgefoundation.org?id=4091","global_id_lineage":["coolidgefoundation.org?id=4091"],"author":"321","status":"publish","date":"2015-07-02 12:26:08","date_utc":"2015-07-02 16:26:08","modified":"2015-07-13 15:04:21","modified_utc":"2015-07-13 19:04:21","url":"https:\/\/coolidgefoundation.org\/events\/annual-summer-gala-under-the-tent\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/coolidgefoundation.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/4091","title":"Annual Summer Gala “Under the Tent”","description":"

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Our\u00a0August 1st\u00a0Gala this year will sparkle under a near-full moon, not only because it will provide an opportunity for us to enjoy an evening with so many grand Coolidge supporters like you, but also because two speakers of tremendous caliber will grace the dinner.\u00a0Richard Norton Smith<\/strong>\u00a0is the foremost living historian of the American presidency. You’d be hard-pressed to find another scholar whose knowledge compares to\u00a0both the breadth and depth of Mr Smith’s. In October 2014 Random House published Mr. Smith’s latest book\u00a0On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller<\/a><\/em>, a masterful volume which Mr. Smith will be available to autograph on the night of the gala.\u00a0Smith’s Rockefeller biography was described by historian Douglas Brinkley\u00a0as \u201cone of the greatest cradle to grave biographies written in the past 50 years,\u201d<\/strong> and tagged in advance by Amazon.com as one of the fall\u2019s Twenty Big Books in Biography and Memoir.\u200b<\/strong> The book will be of special relevance to the Vermont community given the great contributions members of the Rockefeller family have made to the\u00a0region.<\/p>\n

Our co-host and interviewer, The Honorable John H. Sununu<\/strong>, has led a tremendous life. Governor Sununu\u00a0is a\u00a0first-generation Palestinian\u00a0American and holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. He worked for many years in academia as\u00a0Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and\u00a0Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering\u00a0at Tufts University.\u00a0\u200bMr. \u200bSununu became New Hampshire’s 75th governor<\/strong> on January 6, 1983, and served three consecutive terms. Mr. \u200bSununu served President George H.W. Bush as his first White House Chief of Staff<\/strong> from 1989 to 1991.\u00a0Since retiring from public office he has worked extensively in the private sector, and continues to advise Republican presidential candidates. He is the author of the recently released book\u00a0The Quiet Man: The Indispensable Presidency of George H.W. Bush<\/a><\/em>, and will be autographing copies of this work\u00a0at the gala.<\/p>\n

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