UND to host CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation for Eye of the Hawk Lecture

Edward O’Keefe will return to Grand Forks for a conversation with President Andrew Armacost, in which they will discuss O’Keefe’s journey from North Dakota to national media prominence and beyond

Who: Edward O’Keefe, CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation and ABC News and CNN journalist.

What: Eye of the Hawk lecture series, presented by the UND College of Arts & Sciences

When: Monday, Oct. 21, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Where: Memorial Union, Henry Family Ballroom, Room 220

The University of North Dakota is pleased to announce it will be hosting Edward O’Keefe for its Eye of the Hawk lecture series on Monday, Oct. 21.

Join us as Edward O’Keefe returns to Grand Forks for a conversation with UND President Andrew Armacost, in which they will discuss O’Keefe’s journey from North Dakota to national media prominence and beyond.

A Grand Forks native, Edward F. O’Keefe spent two decades in broadcast and digital media at ABC News, CNN and NowThis, during which time he received a Primetime Emmy Award (for his work with Anthony Bourdain), two Webby Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Award and a George Foster Peabody Award for ABC’s coverage of 9/11.  Focusing again on North Dakota, O’Keefe is now the CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation, and his newly published book, The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President, reveals how TR was profoundly shaped by the women in his life.

People can register online to attend the discussion, which will also be livestreamed for people who are not able to attend in person.

Following the discussion there will be a reception and book signing. Copies of The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt will be available for purchse.

The UND College of Arts & Sciences Eye of the Hawk Lecture is sponsored by Rick & Jody Burgum.