The second installment of the CSUCI Benjamin Franklin Distinguished Lecture Series took place in March, with Gordon Wood (above, left, with President Richard R. Rush), the Alva O. Way University professor and professor of history at Brown University speaking on the topic of “The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin.” That evening, J.A. Leo Lemay (above, right), the H. F. DuPont Winterthur professor of English, University of Delaware, spoke on “Franklin's Intellectual and Personal Characteristics.”
Speaking earlier in the semester were Carla Mulford, associate professor of English, Pennsylvania State University, and Michael Kammen, the Newton C. Farr professor of american history and culture, Cornell University. The series culminated with author David McCullough presenting the keynote speech at the University's commencement ceremony.