Senator Howard H. Baker

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Two prominent national figures, Howard Baker Jr. and Harry Stonecipher, will open the Stonecipher Symposium on Technology, Communication and Culture Monday, March 22, at Tennessee Technological University.

In its second year, the Stonecipher Symposium continues to bring together scholars with representatives from industry, media, government and the community. The TVA is our focus this year because it has influenced so many aspects of life in our rural region, and because its future as an institution has become an urgent matter of debate both locally and in Washington. Its past contributions and controversies, and how it will continue to shape our future, are the legacies of TVA.

Baker, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and White House Chief of Staff, will deliver the symposium's featured keynote address at 8 p.m. in the university's Derryberry Hall Auditorium.

Stonecipher, president and chief operating officer of The Boeing Co., will introduce Baker. A 1960 Tennessee Tech physics graduate, Stonecipher held leadership positions at major industrial firms including General Motors, General Electric, Sundstrand and McDonnell Douglas before joining Boeing.

The annual symposium is named for and partially funded by Stonecipher through the Terry Martin Stonecipher Fund for Arts and Sciences he established in honor of his son.