VERO BEACH — The Emerson Center is proud to include the former Governor of Missouri Kit Bond as part of their cultural calendar of lectures on Wednesday evening, March 27, at 7 p.m. The speech will be on the oversight of the U.S. Intelligence Community as well as other policy issues.
Christopher S. “Kit” Bond, a sixth generation Missourian, is a graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and received a law degree from the University of Virginia.
His vast experience spans from practicing law in Washington, D.C. to becoming an Assistant Attorney General under former Senator John Danforth, elected State Auditor, then chief counsel of Missouri’s Consumer Protection Division.
At age 33, Bond became the 47th Governor of the State of Missouri, the youngest Governor the state has ever had. He was re-elected to a second term as Governor in 1980. He later won a seat in the United States Senate; the only Republican to capture a seat previously held by a Democrat and held that post for four successive terms.
While serving in the United States Senate, Bond built a reputation as a statesman who advocated for a strong U.S. military, improved care for our nation’s veterans and men and women in uniform, became an expert regarding Southeast Asia, and a reformer of our nation’s intelligence community.
He is also recognized as a national leader in the promotion of plant biotechnology.
As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and ranking member of the subcommittee that funds the nation’s housing and transportation needs, Bond worked to increase access to safe and affordable housing and improve critical infrastructure in Missouri and across the country.
Advance tickets of $30 may be purchased online at www.TheEmersonCenter.org or by calling the Box Office at (772) 778-5249. Tickets at the door are an additional $5.
The Emerson Center, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach, is conveniently located at 1590 27th Ave., on the SE corner of 16th St. and 27th Ave., and has more than 300 parking spaces, an auditorium that seats over 800 people in comfortable padded seating, a raised stage that offers everyone unrestricted views, and professional state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems.
