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Baltimore Faculty on the Road

The Office of Alumni Programs cordially invites you to a cocktail supper hosted by the Dean of the School of Public Affairs, William LeoGrande, featuring an interactive lecture by Professor Howard McCurdy, entitled, "Future of the U.S. Space Program: Moon, Mars, or Beyond?"

Dr. Howard McCurdy is professor of public affairs in the public administration and policy department at American University in Washington, D.C. Public management, organization theory, public policy, and financial management are the focus of Professor McCurdy’s teaching and research. An expert on space policy, he recently authored Faster, Better, Cheaper, a critical analysis of cost-cutting initiatives in the U.S. space program. An earlier study of NASA’s organizational culture, Inside NASA, won the 1994 Henry Adams prize for that year’s best history on the federal government. He has also written Space and the American Imagination and co-edited Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership. His work appears in scholarly journals such as Public Administration Review and Space Policy. He is often consulted by the media on public policy issues and has appeared on national news outlets such as the Jim Lehrer News Hour, National Public Radio, and NBC Nightly News.

	November 16, 2009
	6-8 p.m.
	Peabody Court 612 Cathedral Street Baltimore
	Alumni and Guests: $25 Parents: $25

Please RSVP online by Friday, November 13.

For more information, please contact Dan Beardslee at 202-885-5962.