ADRIAN – National bestselling author John U. Bacon will be the featured speaker at Adrian College’s Freligh Community Lecture Series at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 16th, in Downs Hall.
His lecture, “Edmund Fitzgerald, the Untold Story,” is free and open to the public.
Bacon has worked more than three decades as a writer, public speaker, college instructor, radio and TV commentator, and high school hockey coach, winning awards in all five categories.
He has authored 14 books on sports, business, health, and history, eight of which are national bestsellers, including his most recent, published last October, “The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”
The book has been featured in The New York Times, The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, “CBS Saturday Morning,” NPR’s “Morning Edition” and PBS, among others, and received a starred review in Kirkus.
Andrea Milner, Adrian College Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs, said in a statement that Bacon’s lecture, quote, “aligns with our commitment to bringing thought-provoking voices to campus,” unquote, while Adrian College President Jeffrey Docking called Bacon, quote, “a special Michigander.” unquote.
For more information about the lecture series, visit adrian.edu.