Jefferson Portrayer to Speak at Fairgrounds
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
The title of his reenactment will be “A Conversation with Mr. Jefferson.” The program is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. Reservations are required, please call 574-453-1838 before noon on September 4, 2012 to reserve seating.
Best is a 1950 graduate of Harvard University. He was a member of the adjunct faculty at Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis for 17 years before retiring in 1999 as an associate professor. He is an Indiana Registered Land Surveyor since 1958, is a member of the Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors and is a former editor of the Hoosier Surveyor, the Society’s quarterly publication.
He is a fellow of the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping and is a life member of the National Society of Professional Surveyors.
He is a past president of the Harvard Club of Indiana, a past president of The Propylaeum Historic Foundation, Inc. in Indianapolis, and is the president elect of the Breakfast Optimist Club of Indianapolis. He is First Vice President of The Indianapolis Literary Club.
As an avocation he presents one-man shows as Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and the Marquis de Lafayette. He is known locally and nationally for these presentations before groups ranging from kindergartners to attendees of national conventions.
In his portrayal of Thomas Jefferson at the age of 82 the setting is in Mr. Jefferson’s Monticello study. Mr. Jefferson will reminisce about pivotal events in his life and about his role in writing The Declaration of American Independence.[[In-content Ad]]
The title of his reenactment will be “A Conversation with Mr. Jefferson.” The program is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. Reservations are required, please call 574-453-1838 before noon on September 4, 2012 to reserve seating.
Best is a 1950 graduate of Harvard University. He was a member of the adjunct faculty at Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis for 17 years before retiring in 1999 as an associate professor. He is an Indiana Registered Land Surveyor since 1958, is a member of the Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors and is a former editor of the Hoosier Surveyor, the Society’s quarterly publication.
He is a fellow of the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping and is a life member of the National Society of Professional Surveyors.
He is a past president of the Harvard Club of Indiana, a past president of The Propylaeum Historic Foundation, Inc. in Indianapolis, and is the president elect of the Breakfast Optimist Club of Indianapolis. He is First Vice President of The Indianapolis Literary Club.
As an avocation he presents one-man shows as Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and the Marquis de Lafayette. He is known locally and nationally for these presentations before groups ranging from kindergartners to attendees of national conventions.
In his portrayal of Thomas Jefferson at the age of 82 the setting is in Mr. Jefferson’s Monticello study. Mr. Jefferson will reminisce about pivotal events in his life and about his role in writing The Declaration of American Independence.[[In-content Ad]]
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