As part of the activities for friends and family on U-M Parents Weekend, the LSA Honors Program welcomes celebrated author, college instructor, and speaker John U. Bacon. Bacon will address participants on Friday afternoon, beginning at 4pm, on the LSA Sports Semester Theme: Sport and the University, in conjunction with details from his latest book, “Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football.”
Bacon, an Honors alum (History ’86, M.Ed. ‘94), began in journalism with The Ann Arbor News, covering high school sports. His prolific career has spanned the globe, including writing for the 1998 Nagano Olympics, Formula One racing in Australia, and Japanese Hockey. He’s coauthored six books, with “Bo’s Lasting Lessons: The Legendary Coach Teaches the Timeless Fundamentals of Leadership” hitting The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal’s Business Best Seller lists.
Local residents may be familiar with his broadcasts on Sunday mornings (WTKA, 1050 AM), “Off the Field,” launched in 2002, and his weekly sports commentary on Michigan Radio every Friday morning since 2007. He’s received the Golden Apple (U-M, 2009), a student-selected award for top teacher, and also teaches at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism.
His books’ themes – leadership, creativity, and diversity – provide content for his many speaking engagements. This lecture, sponsored by the LSA Honors program, is part of UM’s Parents and Family weekend and is open to the public: Friday, September 19, 4-5p, in Angell Hall (Auditorium A). Reception and book-signing follows. The courtesy of a reply is request at the google.doc link below (there is no cost/this is for numbers, only).

Speaker’s Website: www.johnubacon.com
Program Website: www.lsa.umich.edu/honors/events