Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator George F. Will visited Carleton on October 28–29, 1999 as the college’s Alice Lynch Vincent Fellow and delivered the weekly convocation address in Skinner Memorial Chapel.
Will is one of the country’s most well-known political writers. His newspaper column has been syndicated by the Washington Post since 1974 and appears in 470 newspapers in the U.S. and Europe. As a regular contributor to Newsweek, he writes the magazine’s back page essay twice a month.
Will has published six collections of his newspaper and magazine essays, three books of political philosophy, and two books on the subject of baseball, including the best-sellers Bunts: Curt Flood, Camden Yards, Pete Rose and Other Reflections on Baseball and Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball.
Will serves in an advisory capacity for numerous organizations and has received honors from several colleges and universities. He earned his B.A. degree at Trinity College in 1962 and a second B.A. in politics, philosophy, and economics from Magdalen College at Oxford University. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in politics from Princeton University. He has taught at several universities and was a staff person for U.S. Senator Gordon Allott (R-Colo.) from 1970–72. In the early 1970s, Will was Washington editor of National Review magazine.