ADVISORY/Broadcast Veteran Bill Moyers to Present Stetson University's 1998 Stewart Lecture.

DELAND, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 1998--Nov. 6, 1998 One of America's most celebrated broadcast journalists, Bill Moyers will be the featured speaker for Stetson University's prestigious 1998 Stewart Lecture on Nov. 11.

Moyers, an author and observer of the national scene with more than 30 years in print and broadcast journalism, will speak on the topic, "Ethics for a New Millennium." The public is invited to the 7:30 p.m. lecture in the university's Edmunds Center, 143 E. Pennsylvania Ave.

"We are delighted that Bill Moyers, a journalist who challenges his audiences to think and learn, and is recognized for his dramatic influence on American television, will be our Stewart Lecturer this year," said Stetson President Doug Lee. "His visit will underscore Stetson University's commitment to values and ethics, to intellectual exploration and social responsibility as critical to the education process."

Tickets are available at the Edmunds Center ticket office (904-738-HATS) from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. A $5 donation per ticket is requested, with proceeds to benefit the Spring Hill Redevelopment Project, an ongoing effort to improve housing in the Southwest DeLand neighborhood of Spring Hill.

After the lecture the public is invited to a reception in the lobby of the Hollis Center, 601 Bert Fish Drive, on Stetson's campus. Moyers will sign copies of books he has authored, including his 1971 bestseller Listening to America, and Genesis: A Living Conversation, which grew from one of his television productions.

Moyers and his wife, Judith Davidson, an education specialist, collaborated to create Public Affairs Television Inc., which has produced hundreds of hours of programming for the Public Broadcasting Service since 1986.

Moyers, who began his career in journalism as a 16-year-old cub reporter in Texas, has won more than 30 Emmy Awards for his television work. He served as executive editor of the series "Bill Moyers' Journal"; as senior news analyst for the "CBS Evening News"; and was chief correspondent for the documentary series, "CBS Reports."

Among Moyers' recent work has been the five-part series "Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home." The series focused on various aspects of drug and alcohol dependencies, including a look at Moyers' eldest son's recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

His appearance will be the fifth Stewart Lecture since the Institute for Christian Ethics was founded at Stetson in 1991. The last Stewart Lecturer was holocaust survivor, author and Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel in 1996. Earlier lectures were given by Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

The Stewart Lecture Series of Stetson's Institute for Christian Ethics is named for the university's first dean of the chapel, Irish missionary and pastor James A. Stewart of Jacksonville, Fla. Led by Religious Studies Professor Dixon Sutherland, the institute works to involve the university and religious communities in dialogue with leading thinkers in areas of ethical concern; and to encourage students to be socially responsible and involved in their communities.