POSTPONED: Book Talk: The American Story

Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and philanthropist David M. Rubenstein will visit Duke for a discussion of his new book The American Story at a date to be determined in the future.

The American Story takes readers on a sweeping journey through American history through conversations with historians such as David McCullough, Jon Meacham, Ron Chernow, and many more.

David M. Rubenstein endowed the lecture in his name to bring thought leaders to Duke. He is a co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world's largest and most successful private equity firms. Mr. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Rubenstein is an original signer of The Giving Pledge and a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy and the MoMA's David Rockefeller Award, among other philanthropic awards. The host of The David Rubenstein Show on Bloomberg TV and PBS, he lives in the Washington, DC area.

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