March 20, 2007: Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes' accomplishments suit the mission of the Lyceum Series 鈥� to promote intellectual
exchange 鈥� well, said Rob Carroll, SGA president and a member of the Lyceum Series
Committee.
鈥淪teve Forbes continues the tradition of bringing excellent speakers to 四色AV through
the Lyceum Series. His accomplishments are obvious: editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine,
CEO of Forbes, Inc., two-time candidate for the Republican presidential nomination,
and frequent television panelist and political commentator,鈥� Carroll said. 鈥淔ew speakers
blend success, passion, and notability in diverse arenas like Mr. Forbes."
Forbes, the nation鈥檚 leading business magazine, combined with Forbes Asia and the
company鈥檚 eight local-language editions, together reach a worldwide audience of over
five million readers.
Forbes writes editorials for each issue of Forbes entitled 鈥淔act and Comment.鈥� A respected
economic forecaster, he is the only writer to have won four times the prestigious
Crystal Owl Award, an award given to the financial journalist whose economic forecasts
are most accurate.
In 1985, President Reagan named Forbes chair of the Board for International Broadcasting.
In this position, he oversaw the operation of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.
Broadcasting behind the Iron Curtain, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty were praised
by Poland's Lech Walesa as being critical to the struggle against communism. Forbes
was reappointed to his post by President George Bush, Sr. and served until 1993.
In both 1996 and 2000, Forbes campaigned for the Republican nomination for the Presidency.
Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security
system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, political
term limits and a strong national defense. Forbes continues to promote this agenda.
Steve Forbes was born on July 18, 1947, in Morristown, N.J. He graduated cum laude
in 1966 from Brooks School in North Andover, Mass. He received a B.A. in history from
Princeton in 1970. At Princeton, he was the founding editor of 鈥淏usiness Today,鈥� which
became the country's largest magazine published by students for students, with a circulation
of 200,000. The magazine continues to be published today by Princeton undergraduates.
Forbes serves on the boards of The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, the Heritage
Foundation and The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. He is on the Board of
Overseers of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and on the Board of Visitors
for the School of Public Policy of Pepperdine University. He served on the Board of
Trustees of Princeton University for 10 years.
His books include: 鈥淔lat Tax Revolution: Using a Postcard to Abolish the IRS鈥� (Regnery,
2005). He also wrote 鈥淎 New Birth of Freedom鈥� (Regnery, 1999), a book of bold ideas
for the new millennium.
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