Make Your Mark: Lessons in Character from Seven Presidents

Thu Oct 30 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-04:00

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library | Ann Arbor

Terra Brock
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Make Your Mark: Lessons in Character from Seven Presidents
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Award-winning author Mark K. Updegrove offers incisive compelling sketches of seven modern presidents and the character traits that made each suited to his moment in the Oval Office.
Mark K. Updegrove is a presidential historian and the author of six books on the presidency. Earlier in his career he was the director of the LBJ Presidential Library and the publisher of Newsweek. He has interviewed seven US presidents.  Join us for a riveting lecture with a book signing and reception to follow.
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Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, 1000 Beal Ave., Ann Arbor, United States

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