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The Northwestern University Philosophy Department presents the Distinguished Alumni Lecture

Background

Proud of its many distinguished alumni, the Philosophy Department at Northwestern has decided to initiate an annual Distinguished Alumni Lecture, to be delivered by one of our distinguished alumni each year.  The goals of the event are several: first, to give one of our distinguished alumni the opportunity to reflect on the relevance of her/his undergraduate training in philosophy to her/his post-college career; second, to give our many individual alumni an opportunity to return to campus once a year, to reconnect with old friends and meet other alumni from NU's Philosophy Department, and to meet our current crop of majors and minors; and third, to give our current majors and minors the opportunity to meet our alumni, to get a sense of the variety of possible careers that might await one with a B.A. in philosophy, and to begin to develop an early career network for themselves.

The event will involve a lecture focusing on the relevance of an education in philosophy to the lecturer's post-college career, followed by a cocktail reception (including hors d'oeuvres). This year's inaugural Distinguished Alumni Lecture will be delivered by Dan O'Keefe (BA 1993)

 

Details:

Friday, June 3rd, 6-8 pm

Guild Lounge, Scott Hall

601 University Place

 

Dan O'Keefe

Daniel O’Keefe is a Managing Director of Artisan Partners, an asset management firm with more than $55 billion in assets under management.  He is Portfolio Manager of Artisan’s Global Value Strategies. The outstanding long-term investment track record of his fund was recognized in 2008 when he and his partner won Morningstar’s International Manager of the year award.  In his role as a Fund Manager he currently manages more than $9 billion.  He has described his education in Philosophy at Northwestern as a foundation of his analytical approach to investing. More information can be found in Mr. O'Keefe's alumni profile.