Lee University will welcome well-known actor and scholar John Chalberg to its campus on November 15 and 16 as part of the Humanities Lecture Series. Chalberg will portray Teddy Roosevelt on the first night and G.K. Chesterton on the second. Both performances will be in the Rose Lecture Hall at 7 p.m.
Teddy Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States, was also known as an outdoorsman, Rough Rider, historian, progressive reformer and champion of the American navy.
Chesterton is considered one of the great thinkers and commentators of the early twentieth century. He is known in Christian circles for his defense of traditional Christianity, having debated the likes of George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, Bertrand Russell, Clarence Darrow.
John “Chuck” Chalberg holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in American history from the University of Minnesota and has taught at the college level for many years.
Submitted by the Office of Public Information
Pictured is Chalberg portraying Chesterton
