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Dowling College Welcomes Joshua Wolf Shenk, Author of 'Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness'
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| Dowling College to welcome Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness |
Joshua Wolf Shenk, author of Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness, will host an informative discussion on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 5:45 p.m. in the Hunt Room of Fortunoff Hall, located at Dowling's Rudolph Campus in Oakdale.
The discussion, sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Department of History, and the Department of Political Science, is free and open to the public.
A review from Mike Wallace of CBS News stated, "Lincoln's Melancholy is an extraordinary story, for the depth of its scholarship and the lure of its style. Today's depressive gets substantial help from medications that were unavailable to Lincoln. It was an incredible mountain he had to climb, as this book so vividly shows, and it's inspiring to see the heights he was able to reach."
Rosalynn Carter, former First Lady and Chairperson of the Carter Center Mental Health Task Force, commented, "Through careful research and his personal understanding of mental illness, Shenk takes us into the inner-world of a revered leader who profoundly impacted American history while managing his own depression. Lincoln's Melancholy cuts through long held misconceptions about an illness that affects so many."
For more information, please contact: 631-244-3030, or visit www.dowling.edu.
About Dowling College
Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at
its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre
Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk
border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several
disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.
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