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Cosgrove eulogized as 'bridge between founders, future' of National Press Club
With the blessing of his faith and the tribute of his country, John Patrick Cosgrove, the beloved oldest surviving president of the National Press Club and the president who gave President John F. Kennedy his Club membership, was given fond and final farewell Friday. The funeral mass was held in the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, the same sanctuary where Kennedy's funeral was held in 1963. Two years earlier, the two young presidents, both in their 40s, had taken part in the membership ceremony. Participants in the Oct. 21 funeral recalled that Cosgrove had insisted that Kennedy pay…
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Education Secretary King promotes broader civics education
Education Secretary John B. King promoted an expansive view of civics education at an Oct. 19 National Press Club luncheon. Speaking as a contentious presidential campaign nears its end, King said voting is “the cornerstone of freedom” but only one responsibility of citizenship. Preparing students for the world beyond high school, he said, also means helping them understand how government works and getting them involved in solving local and national problems, including “homelessness, air and water pollution or the tensions between police and communities of color.” It's also important to…
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Remembering President Cosgrove, NPC's elder statesman
John Patrick Cosgrove, the grand old man of the National Press Club, died Oct. 14 at the age of 98, just 10 days after he recounted some of his favorite stories during a ceremony when the Club named the new members’ lounge after him. A great raconteur and friend to hundreds – if not thousands -- of members since he joined in 1948, Cosgrove was an adviser to generations of Club presidents who sought his expertise and deep knowledge of Club history. “John was one of the best ambassadors we’ve ever had for the Press Club,” Club President Thomas Burr said. “I personally loved sitting down and…
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Library of Congress makes available past NPC luncheon recordings
Beginning today, recordings of some of the most historic National Press Club luncheons will become available to the public in a new Library of Congress web presentation called, "Food for Thought: Presidents, Prime Ministers, and other National Press Club luncheon speakers, 1954-1989." The Club donated about 2,000 audio recordings of luncheon speakers to the Library as a way to make sure they would be preserved. Since 1989, the Club developed a professional archive that maintains all of the more recent recordings, both audio and video. But until today, getting access to the recordings stored…
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Abdul-Jabbar calls for meaningful discussions to ease racial tensions
At a moment of heightened racial tensions, people from different backgrounds must come together to engage in meaningful discussions that drive progress, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said at a National Press Club luncheon Oct.17. Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, said his latest book, “Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White,” comes at an opportune time, as people are ready to have much-needed conversations about race. “I had to do this book because it was very important to me because of what I’ve seen going on in this country,” Abdul-Jabbar said. “It’s…
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Farewell, Mr. Cosgrove
It is with a heavy heart that I report our friend and longtime National Press Club member John Cosgrove has passed away. He was 98 years old. Mr. Cosgrove, who served as president of the Club in 1961, was surrounded by family in his home when he passed Saturday morning. Club member Matt Schudel wrote Mr. Cosgrove's obituary in the Washington Post. Mr. Cosgrove was born Sept. 25, 1918 in Pittston, Pa., and served in the Navy during World War II. He became Press Club president in January 1961 with Chief Justice Earl Warren swearing him into the post and President John F. Kennedy in attendance…
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Panel sees less transparent White House after election under either outcome
While it’s unlikely that the next president will have the power to greatly undermine First Amendment protections, the media climate will hardly be transparent under the new administration, according to a group of journalists and lawyers who spoke at a Press Club Journalism Institute event Oct.12 Following a video clip of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump slamming media reports that have portrayed him negatively, moderator Chuck Tobin, partner at Holland & Knight LLP, asked the panelists whether the candidate could really follow through on his threats against reporters and…
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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus details progress with people, energy and shipbuilding in Obama era
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus told an Oct. 12 National Press Club Luncheon audience that the U.S Navy and Marine Corps have made great strides developing people, energy and shipbuilding during the Obama administration. Mabus said he helped lead the transition in allowing women to serve in combat roles starting in January, repealing 1993’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy, which prevented gays from openly serving in the military and returning ROTC programs to many colleges which hadn’t had it on campus for decades, including Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. “We’re doing this not as diversity for…
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WTO head calls trade 'pro-growth, anti-poverty' tool
The top official for the World Trade Organization argued at a National Press Club Luncheon Oct. 7 for freer trade but acknowledged that achieving it was having "a hard time." "I'm here to make the case for trade," Roberto Azevedo, WTO secretary-general, said in prepared remarks. And during the questioning period, "This discussion needs to be clarified. It's easy to blame trade" for such things as job loss, he said. But the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, favored by President Obama but opposed by both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, drew few comments from Azevdo. When Club President…
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Rockwell painting sold by the Club now on exhibit at Norman Rockwell Museum
An iconic Norman Rockwell painting formerly owned by the National Press Club and sold last year for more than $10 million is now on display at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Massachusetts. The display, apparently not actively publicized by the museum, was recently discovered accidentally by Club member Michael Freedman. “I turned a corner inside the museum and there it was, right in front of me. I did a classic double take because I couldn't believe my eyes!” said Freedman, an adjunct professorial lecturer on media history at George Washington University. He was browsing the museum in…
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