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2010 Downtown Business BreakfastTuesday, April 6, 2010, 7 a.m.The Westin Seattle
Seattle Pacific University’s 14th annual Downtown Business Breakfast features Benjamin S. Carson, M.D., professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he has served as the director of pediatric neurosurgery since 1984.
In 1987, Carson led a team of 70 in the first successful separation of craniopagus conjoined twins connected at the back of the head. Since then he has received international renown for his pioneering work in neurosurgery. In 2008, Carson received the highest civilian honor in the nation — the Presidential Medal of Freedom. During his distinguished career, he has received hundreds of other awards and recognitions.
A highly regarded motivational speaker, Carson has addressed audiences from grade school classrooms to the National Prayer Breakfast. The 2009 movie Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, starring Cuba Gooding Jr., is based on Carson’s life.
Carson and Candy, his wife of 30 years, have three sons.
For more information about the 2010 Downtown Business Breakfast, contact Bobbie Taylor at 206-281-2723 or btaylor@spu.edu. |
Former Downtown Business Breakfast speakers include: Robert J. Shiller
Carly Fiorina
Senior fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
David McCullough |
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Afternoon Public Lecture on the SPU CampusAt 1 p.m., Carson will speak in Upper Gwinn Commons at Seattle Pacific University. The lecture is free and open to the public. |
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About the Downtown Business BreakfastThrough this annual event, now in its 14th year, SPU President Philip Eaton gathers more than 1,200 community leaders for breakfast to hear from national speakers who engage the audience with discussion of the most thought-provoking ideas and issues of our time.
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