October 5, 1989 press release

TOWSON MEDIA RELEASE STATE UNIVERSITY Towson, Maryland 21204-7097 October 5, 1989 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE University Relations (301) 830-2230 FAX (301) 830-2328 EDWIN MEESE TO SPEAK AT TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY Former United States Attorney General Edwin Meese III wi 11 speak on American politics on Sunday, November 5, at 8 p.m. at Towson State University in the Chesapeake Rooms of the University Union on Osler Drive. The 1 ectu re is part of TSU' s Student Government Association Speakers Series. General admission is $10; TSU faculty, staff and alumni $6; TSU students admitted free. Meese served as U.S. Attorney General from 1985 until his resignation in 1989. During his term as head of the Justice Department. he initiated cooperative programs with state and local authorities, as well as law enforcement officials of other countries, that resulted in many arrests in the areas of espionage, drug trafficking and child pornography. From the beginning of the Reagan administration he was considered the President's top domestic affairs adviser, dealing with such issues as AIDS policy, welfare reform, family care, crime control, and drug abuse policy. He is now a Distinguished Fellow at the Heritage Foundation and the Hoover Institution and is the author of a nationally syndicated column.