H. Louise & H.E. "Ed" Cobb Speaker Series

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You are invited...
Friday, November 7, 2008

Add your name to the invitation list. Email us your address at lib-pub@okstate.edu

The featured speaker for 2008 is TBA

OSU Students Win Free Tickets!

The H. Louise & H.E. "Ed" Cobb Speaker Series is made possible each year thanks to the generosity of the Cobb family.

Ticket Information

• Seating is limited.
• Friends of the OSU receive priority invitations, for information on joining the Friends visit www.library.okstate.edu/friends/about/become.htm.
• Individual tickets are $75 each and include seating at the dinner and lecture, and admission to the book signing that follows. Half of ticket cost is tax-deductible.
• Table Sponsorships are $750 and include seating for eight at the dinner and lecture, and admission to the book signing reception that follows, a complimentary signed copy of one of the author's books, recognition in the program. $450 is tax-deductible.
• Golden Circle Sponsorships are $1500 and include admission to the VIP Reception, premium seating for eight at the dinner and lecture, and admission to the book signing reception that follows, a complimentary signed copy of two selections of the author's work, recognition in the program and publicity releases. $1200 is tax-deductible
• We have begun offering donors the chance to attend an exclusive VIP reception with the author. To attend you may:
  • make donations to the Library at the level of $1,000 per year
  • make lifetime gifts to the Library totaling $50,000
  • make a planned gift to the Library
  • become a Golden Circle Sponsor of this year's event
  • Contact Library Development at (405) 744-6323 for more details on the VIP reception.
• Last day to place reservations is Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Reservations will be held at the door the evening of the event.
• Welcome reception is at 6 p.m.; dinner begins at 6:30. Lecture and signing will follow. A selection of the author's work will be on sale. Guest are welcome to bring personal copies to be signed.
• Call (405)744-7331 for more information.

Method of Payment

• Pay by a personal check, payable to the OSU Foundation.
• Or pay with Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover. Please include Credit Card number, expiration date & signature
• Send payment information and the names of each person attending to

  Friends of the OSU Library
  216 Library
  Stillwater, OK 74078-1071

• Donation information: 50% of your ticket cost is considered a tax-deductible gift to the Friends of the OSU Library.

Free Tickets for OSU Students

E-Mail us at lib-pub@okstate.edu and in 100 words or less tell us why you want to attend. We will select the best answers and contact the winners.

Include: your name, birth date, E-Mail Address, Phone Number, and your 100 words. We will not be able to consider your entry without this information.

For more information call (405)744-7331.

Deadline: Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Previous Speakers

2007
James Bradley
Author of both the #1 New York Times bestseller "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Flyboys."

2006
Michael Wallis
Route 66 author and authority. Wallis consulted Pixar for Cars and voiced the sheriff for the film.

2005
Frank Deford
Author of fourteen books, senior writer at Sports Illustrated, NPR commentator, and HBO Real Sports correspondent.

2004
Billie Letts
Where the Heart Is, featured in the Oprah Book Club, was the basis of the 2000 movie of the same name. Letts also received the first ever Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma Award. Each of Letts' books is set in Oklahoma.

2003
Ken Burns
Award-winning documentary filmmaker and author. Burns is best known for his series of epic documentaries, The Civil War, Baseball, and Jazz.

2002
S.E. Hinton
Author of The Outsiders, basis of the Frances Ford Coppola movie of the same name

2001
Oliver Sacks
Author of Awakenings, basis of the Academy Award-nominated movie of the same name

2000
William Bernhardt
Author of the Award-winning "Justice Series"

1999
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Author of No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt

1998
Judith Viorst
Beloved children's book author, poet and author of the best selling Necessary Losses

1997
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Author, advisor, columnist, and founder of the National Review

1996
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Internationally-known author of Slaughter-house Five

1995
Baxter Black
Cowboy poet and author of Hey, Cowboy Wanna Get Lucky?

1994
Andrei Codrescu
Romanian-born writer and National Public Radio commentator

1993
Tony Hillerman
Author of the best selling Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee mystery series

1992
Alvin Granowsky
Noted humorist

1991
Michael Wallis
Award-winning reporter and author of Route 66: the Mother Road

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