ADVISORY/ Anthony J. Drexel Biographer Dan Rottenberg to Deliver Keynote Address at Patriotic Drexel University Convocation.News & Assignment Editors ADVISORY...Wednesday Wednesday: see week. (Nov. 7) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
What: As the new biography The Man Who Made Wall Street:
Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Finance hits
the shelves of bookstores across the country, author
Dan Rottenberg will deliver the keynote address at
this year's convocation at the university Anthony J.
Drexel founded in 1891.
President Constantine Papadakis will lead the
assemblage in a rendition of "God Bless America"
during the proceedings. Following convocation,
Papadakis will host a reception -- against the
backdrop of a three-story 1,200-square-foot
American flag -- in the Great Court of the Main
Building.
The formal celebration of the new academic year,
convocation is also an opportunity to recognize
faculty achievement and student leadership.
When: Wednesday, November 7, 2001, from 11 a.m. - Noon.
Where: Drexel's Main Building Auditorium (32nd & Chestnut
streets).
Background: One of the 19th century's most influential financiers,
Anthony J. Drexel was banking giant in Philadelphia,
New York, London and Paris. A native Philadelphian, he
laid the groundwork that made Wall Street the world's
financial center.
Philadelphia writer and journalist Dan Rottenberg has
authored seven books and written for The Philadelphia
Inquirer, The Wall Street Journal, Town & Country,
Forbes and others.
Visuals: Formal procession of Drexel faculty in academic
robes ... A choral and organ rendition of pomp and
circumstance ... Students and professors singing
"God Bless America" ... The Victorian architecture of
the auditorium Anthony J. Drexel himself designed ...
The sheer enormity of the American flag in the Great
Court.
www.drexel Drexel can refer to: People
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