Richard Hartigan was a professor of political science at Loyola from 1966 to 1991. Nancy Hartigan was Associate Dean and Director of Executive Programs at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University from 1985 to 1994. The lecture is given annually by a member of the discipline of political science who has made a noteworthy contribution to her or his field of teaching and research.
Lectures cover the broad range of fields encompassed by the discipline of political science.
Paul Simon is currently a professor of public policy at Southern Illinois University. He recently finished his 12th year in the U.S. Senate, where he served on the Budget, Foreign Relations, Indian Affairs, Judiciary and Labor and Human Resources Committees. Prior to his Senate post, Simon spent 10 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He holds 39 honorary degrees and has written 15 books. The 1998 Hartigan Lecture Series presented Steven B. Bright, director of the Southern Center for Human Rights.