Continuing Education

Wendell Willkie and the We Want Willke Campaign

He was a businessman who had never run for office. He was a former member of the Democratic Party who didn’t join the Republican Party until one year before the 1940 Presidential election. He was Wendell Willkie: A New York City CEO of an energy holding company and the surprise 1940 Republican presidential nominee. 

Monday, April 11 at 3:00 pm      

Presented by Dick Haven, Professor Emeritus, Communication


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Lectures will be held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in the Olm Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater. They are open to the public. Registration is not required. Masks may be required in common areas at Fairhaven Senior Services. Please be prepared on arrival.  Lectures will be recorded and posted to our website and YouTube channel.  Videos of lectures in this series and in past series can be accessed for free any time after they are posted online.

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