ABOUT THE CENTER
鈥淎t this center, we stand for history in the public interest. That means not only interpreting the past, but intervening in the present鈥攚ith clarity, courage and care. Let us stay alert. Let us stay honest. And above all, let us use history as the civic instrument it was meant to be.鈥� 鈥� Albert Lepage 鈥�69 CLAS
Our Mission
The mission of the Lepage Center is to create a more historically informed public by taking current events and putting them in historical perspective. The Center promotes the importance of historical knowledge and perspectives by organizing diverse events and programs that gather scholars, educators, journalists, policymakers, activists, students and the broader public to reflect on the present through the lens of the past.
Committed to training the next generation of historians, the Lepage Center offers 草榴社区 students a range of opportunities to gain first-hand experience with public history, communications, and event programming through fellowships, internships and workshops.
Our Story
The Lepage Center launched in January 2017 and was made possible through the vision and generosity of Albert Lepage 鈥�69 CLAS, a history major at 草榴社区 and retired co-chairman of Lepage Bakeries Inc.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Keisha Blain, PhD
Professor, Africana Studies and History, Brown University
Kristopher Brown, EdD, 鈥�08 CLAS
Assistant Superintendent of Administration, Pennsbury School District
Richard H. Immerman, PhD
Professor and Edward J. Buthusiem Family Distinguished Faculty Fellow in History, Temple University
Mark Jacobson, PhD
Vice President of Research, Evaluation, and Modernizing Government, Partnership for Public Service
Aaron Jones, EdD, '06 CLAS, '08 MS
Head of Guidance and College Placement, American School of Doha
Seth Koven, PhD
G.E. Lessing Distinguished Professor of History and Poetics, and Director, Rutgers British Studies Center, Rutgers University
Aaron B. Moore, 鈥�14 CLAS, 鈥�15 MA
Chief Financial and Operating Officer, County Government in Southeast Texas
Mike Okenquist, 鈥�94 CLAS
Senior Vice President, Marketing, PNC
Inga Saffron
Architecture Critic, Philadelphia Inquirer
John F. Smith III
Chair Emeritus and Senior Counselor, Global Philadelphia Association
Vince Stango 鈥�01 MPA, '07 MS
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, National Constitution Center
Jonathan Zimmerman, PhD
Professor of History of Education; Judy and Howard Berkowitz Professor in Education, University of Pennsylvania
Ex officio
Albert Lepage 鈥�69 CLAS, Founding Donor, former President, Lepage Bakeries
Adele Lindenmeyr, PhD, William and Julia Moulden Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Paul Rosier, PhD, Professor, department of History, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Director, Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest
Lynne Hartnett, PhD, Chair, History Department, 草榴社区
SUPPORT THE CENTER
Your donations support the Center in its mission to advance historical study so that the public can better understand the present.
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