Our presentation this month will be “The Presidential Libraries and the George W. Bush Presidential Center”  made by Alan C. Lowe.

Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.

Review the minutes from last months meeting by clicking here….

Presentation Description: Alan Lowe, Director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, will speak about his career with the National Archives and the role of the Presidential libraries.  He will give in depth information on the mission of and plans for the George W. Bush Library which is now open to the public at its permanent facility on the campus of SMU in Dallas.  Lowe provides details on that facility and the many resources and programs the Library will provide.

Our Speaker: Alan C Lowe is the Director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. He obtained his B.A. and M.A. in history at the University of Kentucky. In 1989, Lowe joined the staff of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California as an archivist. In 1992, he moved to the Office of Presidential Libraries at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., where he helped to oversee the Presidential libraries located throughout the nation. During part of that time, he served as interim Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York.

From 2003 to 2009, Lowe served as the founding Executive Director of the Howard Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee. In April 2009, Lowe began serving as Director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library.