The Phi Beta Kappa Society
1606 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 265-3808
Fax: (202) 986-1601
Member Network  |  For Chapters  |  For Associations  |  Support ΦBK  |  Login  
Home > PodCast

Paul Farmer at Occidental College, Delta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa

Get the Flash Player to see this player.
New York entrepreneur Robert Merriman Ruenitz has given Occidental College $320,000 to establish the Phi Beta Kappa Distinguished Speakers Forum. This initiative will bring a provocative speaker to the campus each spring.The inaugural program was held February 17, 2008. Paul Farmer of Partners in Health and Harvard University addressed an overflow audience on "Global Health Equity Examples from Haiti to Rwanda." After the presentation, he joined students for a luncheon at the home of Occidental President Susan Prager.