Attorney General Reno to speak at Wheaton
November 8, 2000
United States Attorney General Janet Reno will deliver the 30th Miriam Lee Tropp Memorial Lecture at Wheaton on Thursday, November 9.
Reno is the first woman Attorney General of the United States of America. Nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, Reno was sworn in as the nation's seventy-eighth attorney general on March 12, 1993.
A graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School, Reno was one of 16 women in her law school class of 500. Her distinguished legal career has included service on the Judiciary Committee of the Florida House of Representatives and as counsel for the Florida state senate committee responsible for revising the Florida Criminal Code. She has worked in private practice as a partner in a Miami law firm and was appointed State Attorney for Dade County, Florida, in 1978.
As State Attorney, Reno regularly prosecuted cases involving violent crimes, drug trafficking cases and white-collar crimes. Reno worked on reform of the Florida juvenile justice system and was instrumental in establishing the Miami Drug Court, which has been a model for courts around the country by providing alternative punishment for nonviolent offenders with substance abuse problems.
As Attorney General of the United States, Reno has focused a variety of issues, including reduction of crime and violence through tough sentencing for repeat offenders, prevention and early intervention efforts to keep children away from gangs, drugs and violence, and enforcement of civil rights.
The Tropp lecture brings prominent public figures to campus to speak on issues of public interest. Past speakers have included U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, former New York Times columnist Tom Wicker and Habitat for Humanity founder Millard Fuller. The lecture series was established in 1967 in memory of Miriam Lee Tropp, Class of 1965, by her family and friends.
The lecture will be held in the Hindle Auditorium of the Wheaton Science Center at 7:30 p.m., and is open to the public without charge. The Hindle Auditorium is wheelchair accessible and doors will open at 7 p.m. There is no charge for parking at Wheaton. For directions to Wheaton, call 508-286-5602 or log on to www.wheatoncollege.edu/about/directions/. For further information about the event, please call the Wheaton Communications Office at 508-285-8235.
Last updated on 11/8/00.
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