Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will speak in the morning chapel service today, Oct. 6, at Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn.
His address will begin at 10:40 a.m. in the Dixon Center, 1053 Church St. NE.
The grandson of a Mexican immigrant, Gonzales served as the 80th U.S. Attorney General under appointment by President George W. Bush.
In his recent memoir, “True Faith and Allegiance,” Gonzales opens up about his 2007 resignation as attorney general and about his controversial decisions regarding CIA surveillance following the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Gonzales currently serves as dean of Belmont’s College of Law in Nashville.
He will sign copies of his new book, “The President’s Counselor: The Rise to Power of Alberto Gonzales,” following the program.
Seating is first-come, first-served.
For more information, contact Bethany McCoy in the Office of Community Relations at bmccoy@leeuniversity.edu.