University and Lackawanna Bar Association Host Hoban Lecture

From left: Robert Farrell, Esq., general counsel at the University and Lackawanna Bar Association Hoban committee; Mary Theresa Gardier Paterson, Esq., president of the Lackawanna Bar Association; David Miliband, speaker; University of Scranton President Kevin P. Quinn, S.J.; Sondra Myers, director of the University’s Schemel Forum; Joseph H. Dreisbach, Ph.D., interim provost and senior vice president of academic affairs; Matthew Meyer, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy and pre-law advisor at the University; and Julie Schumacher Cohen, director of community and government relations at the University.

The Honorable T. Linus Hoban Memorial Lecture, organized by The University of Scranton and Lackawanna Bar Association, since its’ inception in 1978, has sponsored prominent world figures who speak about various global issues. Recently, the committee hosted a lecture by David Miliband, president and chief executive of International Rescue Committee and former United Kingdom foreign secretary.