On Friday, September 19th, join us for a presentation by Dr. Paul Woodruff on the topic: “Leaders and Tyrants.”
Our mission is to elevate the role of leadership in the lives of the citizens of Central Texas; to focus on the vitality and necessity of regional leadership capital; and to serve others through the process of encouraging individuals to grow, prosper and make a significant difference through the practice of leadership skills.
Paul Woodruff is a philosopher and classicist with broad interests in our legacy from the ancient Greeks, especially the climate of ideas that made possible the first steps in the evolution of democracy.
He has degrees from Princeton and Oxford University and has taught at the University of Texas since 1973, where he is currently the Inaugural Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Darrell K. Royal Professor in Ethics and American Society. He was chair of the Department of Philosophy, 1988-91, and director of the Plan II Honors Program, 1991-2006.
He has published a number of translations from the Greek of such authors as Plato, Sophocles, and Thucydides. His publications include Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue (2001) and First Democracy: The Challenge of an Ancient Idea (2005). His latest book, The Necessity of Theater, came out in spring 2008.
Paul Woodruff was born in New Jersey and raised in western Pennsylvania. He served as an officer with MACV at Chau Doc in the Delta of Vietnam from June 1969 to June 1970. He has written plays, opera libretti, poetry, and short fiction, as well as a number of translations and scholarly works. His novella set in Vietnam won an Austin Book Award, and his play on returning veterans won a B. Iden Payne Award for best new play in 1983. A play he wrote at Oxford was produced as a radio play by the BBC in 1968.
The breakfast will be held from 7:30 until 9:00 a.m. on Friday, September 19th, at the Austin Club. The Austin Club is located on the north side of 9th Street between Congress and Brazos. The cost is $20.00 per person. Reservations are required. To register go to www.theaustinleadershipforum.com. Registration closes on Wednesday, September 17th. Please don’t delay.
