Speakers

Andrew W. Reddie is an Associate Research Professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, and Founder of the Berkeley Risk and Security lab. His research at the intersection of technology, politics, and security examines how emerging military capabilities shape international order—with a focus on nuclear weapons policy, cybersecurity, AI governance, and innovation. He is also a pioneer of the use of wargaming methods in both classroom and experimental settings. Andrew serves in faculty leadership roles at UC Berkeley’s Center for Security in Politics, the Berkeley APEC Study Center, and UC-wide Disaster Resilience Network. He is also an affiliate of UC Berkeley’s Institute of International Studies and the University of California’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Andrew received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.Phil. in International Relations from Oxford University and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019.

As a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Spaulding Marine Center’s mission is to preserve the Spaulding Boatworks as a working and living museum; to educate the next generation of shipwrights and marine service technicians; to restore and return to active use historically significant vessels such as our flagship Freda; to share with the community maritime history and culture through classes and public programming.

We all have our opinions on how presidents have handled affairs of state, but how exactly did they handle their own financial affairs? In her delightful and chatty book, Megan offers plenty of anecdotes: how a president born wealthy died broke (Thomas Jefferson, whose last correspondence was about buying wine on credit), a president born poor died rich  Lyndon Johnson, who used his government connections to build a tiny Texas radio station bought by his wife for $17,500 in 1942 that  netted the family $105 million 30 years later after LBJ died, and a president addicted to get-rich-quick schemes (that would not be the one you might be thinking of but Ulysses S. Grant, who lost money "selling ice, developing farmland, and invested in a social club in San Francisco"). J.F.K. was wealthy but frugal, Lincoln died without a will, and the Clintons...well, let's just say they are comfortable thanks to post-presidential speeches and books.

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