Noted Author to Speak at SAS

This year’s Bishop Reynolds Forum speaker will be author and journalist Richard Louv. Louv will be speaking to the St. Andrew’s-Sewanee community at 8 a.m., Friday, April 10, in McCrory Hall for the Performing Arts. The public is invited to attend.
Louv is the author of eight books, including “Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder” and “The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age.”
As co-founder and chairman emeritus of the Children & Nature Network, Louv has catalyzed the creation of an international movement to connect people and communities to the natural world.
Louv appears frequently on national radio and television programs, including the Today Show, CBS Evening News, and NPR’s Fresh Air, and often addresses national and international gatherings. In 2010, he delivered the plenary keynote at the national conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and in 2012 was keynote speaker at the first White House Summit on Environmental Education.
In 2008, he received the Audubon Medal; past recipients include Rachel Carson, E.O. Wilson and Jimmy Carter.
Louv’s appearance is made possible by the support of The Friends of South Cumberland State Park. Louv will also be the keynote speaker at Trails & Trilliums on Saturday, April 11.
The Bishop Reynolds Forum brings a prominent speaker to campus each year to engage students and the community in a topic of current interest. The Bishop Reynolds Forum was established through an endowment in memory of The Rt. Rev. George Reynolds, the late Bishop of Tennessee and a former SAS trustee and parent. Reynold’s daughter Katherine was a graduate of the SAS Class of 1988.