Fall Scholars Lecture featuring Edward O'Keefe
Thu, Sep 26
|The Mather Homestead
A dazzling look at the making of one of America's most remarkable presidents, "The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt" celebrates five extraordinary yet unsung women. Funds to benefit the 1778 house restoration. Please consider becoming a patron of this event.
Time & Location
Sep 26, 2024, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Mather Homestead, 19 Stephen Mather Rd, Darien, CT 06820, USA
About the event
Event begins at 6 o’clock with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the Mather Homestead sunken garden. We will be open for tours of the historic Homestead. Lecture starting at 7 o’clock, followed by dessert and a champagne toast to Bertha Mather, and the women who have impacted all of our lives!
Edward F. O’Keefe is the CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation. He previously spent two decades in broadcast and digital media at ABC News, CNN, and NowThis, during which time he received a Primetime Emmy Award for his work with Anthony Bourdain, two Webby Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and a George Foster Peabody Award for ABC’s coverage of 9/11. A former fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, he graduated with honors from Georgetown University. He was born in North Dakota and lives in New York with his wife, daughter, and son.
Proceeds from this event support the Mather Homestead's 1778 House Restoration Project. Thank you!