Michael Beschloss

Oregon Historical Society welcomes Michael Beschloss to the Portland’5 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 7pm, as part of the 2019 Mark O. Hatfield Lecture Series.

For over 20 years, the Oregon Historical Society has presented the Mark O. Hatfield Lecture Series, bringing together the nation’s top scholars and award-winning authors for thought-provoking evenings of history.

All lectures take place at 7:00pm at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

2019 Mark O. Hatfield Lecture Series Speakers:

• Mitch Landrieu – Tuesday, March 5, 2019
• H.W. Brands – Tuesday, March 19, 2019
• Liza Mundy – Tuesday, April 16, 2019
• Michael Beschloss – Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Michael Beschloss is an award-winning historian, bestselling author of nine books, and has been a New York Times contributing columnist. He is the NBC News Presidential Historian and a contributor to the PBS NewsHour. His forthcoming book, Presidents of War, tells the epic story of all of the American Presidents who have waged our major wars. It took him ten years to write and research, and historian Jon Meacham says it is “a landmark book about power, leadership, and human nature itself.” He is an alumnus of Andover and Williams College and the Harvard Business School, where he studied leadership in both the private and public sectors.