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Presidential historian for ABC News comes to MSU for Presidential Lecture Series

By Todd Hatton

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Murray, KY – Tuesday, April 14th, Historian and author Richard Norton Smith will lecture at Murray State's Lovett Auditorium as part of the University's Presidential Lecture Series. Smith is currently presidential historian for ABC News and was a director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois, as well as the Hoover, Eisenhower, Ford and Reagan libraries. He's also published biographies of Thomas Dewey, Herbert Hoover, and George Washington. Todd Hatton spoke with Smith about the continuous renewal of Abraham Lincoln's significance, and what Smith will speak about Tuesday night.