Barack H. Obama, the 44th president of the United States, will be the next guest in Hamilton College’s Sacerdote Great Names Series Thursday, April 3 at 7 p.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.
This free event, “A Conversation with President Barack Obama,” will require tickets, which will be made available first to members of the Hamilton campus community starting Monday, Feb. 24 at 9 a.m., with public access opening in March, should tickets still be available.
Few presidents have walked a more improbable path to the White House.
Born in Hawaii to a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya, President Obama was raised with help from his grandparents, whose generosity of spirit reflected their Midwestern roots.
The homespun values they instilled in him, paired with his innate sense of optimism, compelled President Obama to devote his life to giving every child, regardless of his or her background, the same chance America gave him.
After working his way through college with the help of scholarships and student loans, President Obama moved to Chicago, where he worked with a group of ...