Betty Lou Hummel Memorial Lecture with U.S. Amb. Mary Ann Peters

The Fourth Annual Betty Lou Hummel Memorial Lecture featured distinguished SAIS Alumna and leading global thinker, Ambassador Mary Ann Peters, who will address the topic “Why America Matters”. Betty Lou Hummel (1925-2001) was a member of SAIS’s first graduating class of 1946 and the endowed series presents perspectives on international policy challenges. Ambassador Mary Ann Peters is currently Ambassador in Residence and Professor of Practice at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. She spent more than 30 years as a career diplomat, including as US Ambassador to Bangladesh. Additionally, she served as CEO of the Carter Center and Provost of the Naval War College.

Betty Lou Hummel was a member of the school's first graduating class of 1946. Her close friends endowed a generous gift in her name to the Foreign Policy Institute that funds this annual lecture as well as additional programming and research.