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Authors! with Former Ohio Governor Richard Celeste

2023-04-27 19:00:00 2023-04-27 20:00:00 America/New_York Authors! with Former Ohio Governor Richard Celeste Join us for Authors! with former Ohio Governor, Richard Celeste Main Library - Large Glass Community Room

Thursday, April 27
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-04-27 19:00:00 2023-04-27 20:00:00 America/New_York Authors! with Former Ohio Governor Richard Celeste Join us for Authors! with former Ohio Governor, Richard Celeste Main Library - Large Glass Community Room

Main Library

Large Glass Community Room

Join us for Authors! with former Ohio Governor, Richard Celeste

Former Ohio governor Richard Celeste’s remarkable journey from humble beginnings in northeast Ohio to Yale, Oxford, Washington DC, India, the governor’s residence, and beyond!

In the Heart of it All recounts Celeste’s childhood in Lakewood, Ohio, where his politically ambitious father eventually served as mayor. Awarded a scholarship to attend Yale University, Celeste studied history and later became a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford; while living overseas, he met and quickly married his first wife, Dagmar Braun. Upon returning from Oxford, Celeste expected to begin a teaching career but was recruited to serve as a liaison for Peace Corps volunteers in Latin America, and the young couple relocated to Washington, DC, where they became friendly with Chet and Steb Bowles. When President Kennedy appointed Chet Bowles US ambassador to India, he invited Dick to work as his personal assistant. There, under Bowles’s tutelage, Dick began to consider a political career of his own.

Celeste returned to Ohio and successfully ran for the Ohio House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1970. After serving two terms, he was elected lieutenant governor in 1974 but lost the 1978 governor’s race by a slim margin. Celeste worked in DC as director of the Peace Corps while plotting his next move, and in 1982, his gubernatorial campaign resulted in a landslide victory. He served two terms as Ohio’s governor, tackling an epic savings and loan crisis along with mental health reform and job creation.

Celeste describes candidly why he considered and dismissed a presidential campaign in 1988. He went on to serve as ambassador to India under President Clinton, traveling there with his second wife, Jacqueline Lundquist, and bringing his career full circle. Shortly after that position ended, Celeste became president of Colorado College, serving from 2002 to 2011.

In each position, Celeste has used his grandmothers’ wisdom to guide his decision-making, putting the needs of his various constituents—Ohio citizens, Peace Corps volunteers, diplomatic colleagues, and college students—above his ego and popularity ratings, and, as he poignantly reflects, sometimes even before his family. In the Heart of It All offers a remarkably frank and expansive account of Celeste’s personal and professional life, including his disappointing defeats and thrilling victories.

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Mon, Jun 05, 10:00am - 10:45am
Program Room (Children's Library)

Mon, Jun 05, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Wed, Jun 07, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
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Rescheduled
Thu, Jun 08, 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Thu, Jun 08, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
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Rescheduled
Thu, Jun 08, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
New date Thursday, June 08, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

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Thu, Jun 08, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Thu, Jun 08, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
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Fri, Jun 09, 10:00am - 11:00am
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Sat, Jun 10, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Teen Space

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Wed, Jun 14, 9:30am - 10:30am
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Wed, Jun 14, 10:00am - 11:00am
Community Room 1 (The Fred H. McDonald) (Capacity : 30)

Wed, Jun 14, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Studio Lab Making Lab
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Wed, Jun 14, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Large Glass Community Room

Wed, Jun 14, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Space

Wed, Jun 14, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Community Room 1 (The Fred H. McDonald) (Capacity : 30)

Rescheduled
Thu, Jun 15, 10:00am - 12:00pm
New date Saturday, June 17, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Thu, Jun 15, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Community Room 1 (The Fred H. McDonald) (Capacity : 30)
This event is full

Thu, Jun 15, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Large Glass Community Room

Thu, Jun 15, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Studio Lab Making Lab

Thu, Jun 15, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Community Room 1 (The Fred H. McDonald) (Capacity : 30)

Fri, Jun 16, 10:00am - 11:00am
Creativity Lab (Children's Library)

Sat, Jun 17, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Teen Space

Sat, Jun 17, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Sat, Jun 17, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Atrium

Sat, Jun 17, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
McMaster Center and Lobby

Sat, Jun 17, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Studio Lab Making Lab

Sat, Jun 17, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Rooftop

Wed, Jun 21, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Large Glass Community Room

Rescheduled
Thu, Jun 22, 10:00am - 12:00pm
New date Friday, June 23, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Thu, Jun 22, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Community Room 1 (The Fred H. McDonald) (Capacity : 30)
This event is full

Canceled
Thu, Jun 22, 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Fri, Jun 23, 10:00am - 11:00am
Creativity Lab (Children's Library)

Canceled
Fri, Jun 23, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Sat, Jun 24, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Teen Space

Sat, Jun 24, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Mon, Jun 26, 10:00am - 10:45am
Program Room (Children's Library)

Wed, Jun 28, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
North Lawn

Wed, Jun 28, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Large Glass Community Room

Wed, Jun 28, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Space

Rescheduled
Thu, Jun 29, 10:00am - 12:00pm
New date Saturday, July 01, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Thu, Jun 29, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Community Room 1 (The Fred H. McDonald) (Capacity : 30)
This event is full

Thu, Jun 29, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Studio Lab Making Lab

Thu, Jun 29, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room 10 (Edward J. Searles) (Capacity : 10)

Fri, Jun 30, 10:00am - 11:00am
Creativity Lab (Children's Library)

Sat, Jul 01, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Teen Space

Sat, Jul 01, 10:00am - 12:00pm

Sat, Jul 01, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Studio Lab Making Lab

Mon, Jul 03, 10:00am - 10:45am
Program Room (Children's Library)

Wed, Jul 05, 11:00am - 12:45pm
Creativity Lab (Children's Library)

Wed, Jul 05, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
North Lawn