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The Monday Night Alternative this month will feature Roger G. Kennedy, director of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution.
Mr. Kennedy will speak on “Some French Influences Upon the Shape of Things in Virginia.” His talk on architecture will be illustrated by slides.
The program, which is co-sponsored by the Rappahannock Library and the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community, will be held June 20 at the Trinity Church Parish Hall in Washington. Mr. Kennedy’s talk begins at 7:30 p.m.
A graduate of Yale, Mr. Kennedy earned his law degree from the University of Minnesota. His real interest, however, soon gravitated toward the arts. He worked in public affairs programming with the National Broadcasting Co. (NBC), then moved on to governmental involvement.
He spent a stint at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now Health and Human Services) as a special assistant to the secretary, a post he also held at the Department of Labor.
After a brief association with the University of Minnesota as vicepresident for investments, Mr. Kennedy moved on to the Ford Foundation, where he served as vicepresident for arts, vice-president for finance, and senior financial officer.
Since he assumed his present post at the Smithsonian, Mr. Kennedy’s interest, as well as his writing, has most often turned to architecture. They include “American
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