ALBION, Mich. – One of the world’s most widely respected contemporary authors, Kurt Vonnegut will present the keynote address to the 13th annual Albion College Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium, on Thursday, April 18, at 7 p.m. in the College’s Goodrich Chapel. 

Author of numerous novels, plays and other works, including contemporary classics “Cat’s Cradle” and “Breakfast of Champions,” Vonnegut’s work has won rave reviews from both literary critics and the general public.  His 1969 novel “Slaughterhouse-Five,” based on his WWII experience as a POW in Germany, rose to the top of the New York Times Bestseller list.

The Symposium also will highlight original research done by more than 80 students in science and non-science majors, with public presentation all day.  The College’s annual Honors Convocation, highlighting the best and brightest students as recognized by the faculty, will take place at 11 a.m. Thursday morning, in Goodrich Chapel. Albion alumnus Joseph B. Serra, ’56, an orthopedic surgeon and a leader of Rotary International’s global polio-eradication campaign, will present the Isaac Symposium lecture on Wednesday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Bobbitt Auditorium.

This annual all-college symposium is named in honor of Elkin R. Isaac, former coach and athletic director at Albion College who retired as athletic director at University of the Pacific in 1984.  Along with highlighting current student research and achievement, the Symposium brings Isaac’s former students and nationally prominent scholars to present their unique discoveries and celebrate the excitement of sound research.

All symposium events are open to the public.  For more information and a full schedule, contact 517-629-0445 or http://www.albion.edu/library/isaac/isaac.htm.

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