Leon Botstein has been president of Bard College since 1975. He is also the Leon Levy Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Bard. He received the B.A. degree with special honors in history from the University of Chicago and the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in European history from Harvard, as well as having received several honorary degrees. He was a National Arts Club Gold Medal recipient in 1995, and in 1996 he was awarded the Centennial Medal of the Harvard Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences.
The title of this lecture is, "Culture, Education and Violence in Our Society."