"Conflict and Resolution on the Missouri River" is the topic when Bob Kerrey, former Nebraska governor and U.S. senator, presents the third Heuermann Lecture at 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12, in Hardin Hall at 33rd and Holdrege.
The new, public Heuermann (pronounced Hugh-er-man) Lectures in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln focus on meeting the world's growing food and renewable energy needs while sustaining natural resources and rural communities.
Lectures run monthly throughout the school year and are made possible by a gift from B. Keith and Norma Heuermann of Phillips, long-time university supporters with a strong commitment to Nebraska's production agriculture, natural resources, rural areas and people.
Kerrey noted conflicts produced by the 2011 Missouri River flooding are just the latest in a long series, and he said his lecture will focus on three critical moments in which the resolution of Missouri River conflicts produced federal and/or state laws that continue to affect lives today.
Kerrey served as Nebraska's governor from 1983-1987, and as a Nebraska U.S. senator from Jan. 3, 1989 to Jan. 3, 2001. He was president of The New School in New York from 2001-2010, and now is company chairman of M&F Worldwide Education Holdings.
A 3:30 p.m. reception in the Hardin Hall lobby precedes the lecture.