The Kennedy Political Union is proud to present Chris Matthews on September 7th in Bender Arena at 8:15PM.

Chris Matthews

Chris Matthews is the host of Hardball with Chris Matthews, weekdays on MSNBC and the syndicated weekly news program, The Chris Matthews Show. He has covered some of the most important events of our time, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the 1994 South African elections, the Good Friday Peace Talks in Northern Ireland and the funeral of Pope John Paul II. Matthews has covered American presidential election campaigns since 1988.

Matthews worked for 15 years as a print journalist, 13 of them as Washington Bureau Chief for The San Francisco Examiner, and two years as a nationally syndicated columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle. Prior to that, Matthews spent 15 years in politics and government, serving under President Jimmy Carter as a speechwriter, in the U.S. Senate for five years on the staffs of Senator Frank Moss (Utah) and Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine) and as the top aide to Speaker of the House Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. for six years.

Matthews is the author of four best-selling books. A graduate of Holy Cross College, Matthews did graduate work in economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Matthews also worked for two years as a trade development advisor with the U.S. Peace Corps in the southern African nation of Swaziland.