This is a collection of rare conversations with the authors, artists, scientists, and visionaries who have been bestowed with the Order of Lincoln Medallion. "The Lincoln Laureates" represent the most revered Illinoisans through the mission of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois.
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This is a collection of rare conversations with the authors, artists, scientists, and visionaries who have been bestowed with the Order of Lincoln Medallion. "The Lincoln Laureates" represent the most revered Illinoisans through the mission of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois.
By age 16, Walter Massey was already in his first year at Morehouse College and ready to prove he could solve any mathematical equation he was given. During this episode, you'll hear how this passionate thinker from Mississippi, turned one car ride during the Jim Crow Era into global acclaim as a physicist.
Born in Hattiesburg, Walter Massey planted deep roots in the Land of Lincoln, as a professor at the University of Chicago and Director of Argonne National Laboratory. But it was the Civil Rights Movement that drove Mr. Massey to join the faculty at the University of Illinois as a mentor for Black Students in 1968. He's served as Director of the National Science Foundation, as President of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and currently chairs the board of the Giant Magellan Telescope Project in Chile.
Our guest host for this Lincoln Laureates conversation is award-winning broadcast journalist, Ron Claiborne.
The Lincoln Laureates
This is a collection of rare conversations with the authors, artists, scientists, and visionaries who have been bestowed with the Order of Lincoln Medallion. "The Lincoln Laureates" represent the most revered Illinoisans through the mission of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois.
