Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will speak about leadership at a March 26 breakfast sponsored by the at .
Frist is University Distinguished Professor at ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ, a partner in the private invetment firm Cressey and Company LP and a heart and lung transplant surgeon. He represented Tennessee in the Senate for 12 years.
Today he is focused on domestic health reform, heart transplantation, global health policy, economic development in low-income countries, health care disparities, medical mission work in Sudan, genocide in Darfur and HIV/AIDS issues.
The public is invited to the event, to be held at the University Club of Nashville, 2402 Garland Ave. Admission, which includes a breakfast buffet, costs $10 for ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ students and $20 for others. Pre-registration is required to attend, and can be done at . Audio and video of Frist’s talk will be recorded for podcast on VUCast, the website of ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ News Service, at .
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