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For Immediate Release:  September 28, 2005

ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT TO MODERATE TENTH ANNIVERSARY FREDERICKSBURG FORUM, OCT. 12

Fredericksburg, Va. – ABC News correspondent Judy Muller, a 1969 graduate of the University of Mary Washington, will serve as the moderator for the tenth anniversary of the Fredericksburg Forum on Wednesday, October 12. The program, “The Role of the United States in World Affairs,” will feature former Secretaries of State Madeleine K. Albright and Lawrence Eagleburger and Retired U.S. Army General and former Supreme Allied Commander of Europe Wesley K. Clark.

The forum will be held at 8 p.m. in George Washington Hall, Dodd Auditorium. Tickets are $25 for general admission seating and can be obtained by calling (540) 654-1276.

Judy Muller

Judy Muller joined ABC News in 1990. She has since covered such stories as the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the 1994 Los Angeles earthquake and the O.J. Simpson case. She currently reports for World News Tonight, Nightline, 20/20 and other ABC News broadcasts, and she serves as an assistant professor at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication. She is a regular contributor to NPR’s Morning Edition, and is the author of Now This…Radio, Television and the Real World. Muller was an anchor/reporter for KHOW-AM in Denver from 1979-1981 and WHWH-WPST in Princeton, N.J., from 1977-1979. 

Muller has received several journalism honors, including a Colorado Sigma Delta Chi Award, an American Bar Association Award and a New Jersey Broadcasters Association Award. She also was part of the Nightline team that received a duPont-Columbia Award and an Emmy Award for coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots and for the O.J. Simpson case. Muller also has been awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Mary Washington Alumni Association. She also was a moderator for the Fredericksburg Forum during its inaugural season.

Madeleine K. Albright

When Madeleine K. Albright was sworn in as Secretary of State in 1997, she became the first woman to hold that position and the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government. While serving as Secretary of State, Albright worked to reinforce America’s alliances, advocated for democracy and human rights and promoted American trade and business, labor and environmental standards abroad. She is the founder of the global strategy firm The Albright Group LLC. She also is the chair of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, chair of The Pew Global Attitudes Project and president of the Truman Scholarship Foundation. Her autobiography, Madam Secretary: A Memoir, was published in 2003.

Lawrence Eagleburger

Lawrence Eagleburger capped a successful 27-year career in the U.S. State Department when he was named Secretary of State by President George H.W. Bush in 1992. His achievements include helping to chart and guide U.S. foreign policy through the turbulent end of the Cold War and revolutionary changes in the former Soviet Union, the conflict in the Balkans and the first Gulf War. Immediately prior to being named Secretary of State, Eagleburger was Deputy Secretary of State and Acting Secretary of State. After beginning his Foreign Service career in 1957 in Honduras, he later served in Cuba, Yugoslavia and Brussels. His posts in Washington, D.C., included  the National Security Council, the State Department and the White House.

Gen. Wesley K. Clark

Wesley K. Clark, a four-star general, is one of the nation’s most highly decorated military officers. His leadership experiences have taken him from Vietnam to Latin America and ultimately to the position of NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, where he led a unified force to victory in NATO’s first major combat action. Recently, he has provided expert commentary on the second Gulf War, and he is the author of Washington Post best seller Waging Modern War, which recounts his experience in Kosovo. Clark’s latest book is Winning Modern Wars, a critique of U.S. geostrategy and a narrative of events in the world’s most modern theater of war. Gen. Clark also was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in the most recent election.

The Fredericksburg Forum is a community-sponsored program underwritten by season ticket sales that brings nationally known speakers to the Fredericksburg community and the university. It was founded by the president of the University of Mary Washington, Dr. William M. Anderson Jr., and continues to be hosted through the Office of the President.

The Forum’s spring program will feature explorer and environmentalist Jean-Michel Cousteau, founder of the Ocean Futures Society and son of ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau on Wednesday, March 29. Season tickets both programs are $40 for general admission, $60 for orchestra seating and $100 for patron seating, which includes a post-event reception with the speakers.

For ticket information, contact the Fredericksburg Forum Office at the University of Mary Washington at (540) 654-1276.

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News release prepared by: Katy Nicholson