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By Shelby Brown–
U of L alumna Barbara Perry delivered the McConnell Center’s President’s Day lecture Feb 20 in Chao Auditorium. Perry examined the leadership skills in presidencies like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whom she calls the Great Presidents. Her goal was to explain why some presidents were more “consequential” than others.
“You have to have preserved the country during an existential crisis or challenge.” Perry said.
She explained how Washington protected the Union as it was being founded in a time of uncertainty.