Leadership Lecture Series with Talmage Boston
Join us for a special evening on Tuesday, March 3rd, as DBU’s Institute for Global Engagement hosts Talmage Boston, acclaimed author, historian, and leadership expert. Drawing from his latest book, How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our Top Presidents, Boston will explore timeless leadership principles through the lives of America’s most consequential presidents, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. Audience Q&A will follow the lecture.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | 7:00 p.m.
The Great Hall, Mahler Student Center
Free Registration
Talmage Boston
Boston is the author of Cross-Examining History, Raising the Bar, Baseball and the Baby Boomer, and 1939: Baseball’s Tipping Point. A nationally respected speaker and onstage interviewer, Boston has been endorsed by David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jon Meacham, Douglas Brinkley, Annette Gordon-Reed, Evan Thomas, and H.W. Brands. Boston brings a rare blend of historical insight, legal expertise, and practical leadership application. His work examines how great leaders navigated conflict, inspired unity, exercised moral courage, and achieved lasting impact, offering lessons that remain deeply relevant for leaders today in business, law, education, and public life. Boston lives in Dallas with his wife Claire, son Scott, daughter Lindsey, son-in-law Mitchell, and grandson Nolan.