For three decades, L. Keith Bulen personified political leadership in
Indiana and far beyond. Prominent individuals from both parties joined in
1998 to honor both his life and contributions by establishing the Bulen
Symposium in American Politics. The symposium is organized by the
Department of Political Science in conjunction with the School of Public
and Environmental Affairs.
The Bulen Symposium is a one-day event during which political
practioners, journalists, and scholars come together on campus to examine
the state of the American political system and its two major parties.
Topics and speakers are chosen by a committee of representatives from the
university and the community. Past symposium topics have included the
following:
- The impact of the high-tech revolution on politics in America.
- Redistricting and the partisan competitiveness of elections.
- The front-loading of presidential primaries.
- The "virtues of partisanship".
- The general health of political parties in the United States.
For more information, visit the Web site of the
Bulen Symposium.
The co-chairs of the symposium represent both major political parties,
and public servants with experience in Indiana and at the national level.
They are Joseph J. Andrew, Charles Black, Dr. and Mrs Lawrence Borst,
Mitchell E. Daniels Jr., Sandra Donovan, Gordon Durnil, Rex Early, David
Frick, Stephen Goldsmith, William H. Hudnut III, Andrew Jacobs Jr., US
Senator Richard G. Lugar, Michael McDaniel, Mr and Mrs Owen Meharg, James
T. Morris, Juhn Mutz, Dr. Dennis Nicholas, Lyn Nofziger, Gordon St.
Angelo, John Sears, Dr. Beurt SerVaas, and John Sweezy.
