Downie to visit ASU in the fall

Leonard Downie Jr., who led The Washington Post to 25 Pulitzer Prizes during his 17 years as executive editor, will be the Flinn Foundation Centennial Lecturer this fall at Arizona State University.
Downie will spend a week at ASU in October, one month after stepping down from the Post. He will deliver the Flinn Foundation Centennial Lecture on Oct. 16 at the Galvin Playhouse on the Tempe campus and will visit with students and professors during the week.
“The Flinn Centennial Lecture was established to bring some of the world’s most influential intellects to ASU’s campus,” said Dean Mark Jacobs of the Barrett Honors College. “Len Downie’s remarkable record at the helm of one of the world’s best newspapers makes him a perfect choice for this lectureship.”
The lecture series was established in 1985 by the Flinn Foundation to commemorate ASU’s 100th year. Past Centennial lecturers include journalists Anna Quindlen, David Halberstam and James Fallows and playwrights Edward Albee and Susan Sontag as well as scientists, diplomats, poets and legal scholars.
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