Real estate tycoon and PennReal estate tycoon and Pennalum to lecture, dine withReal estate tycoon and Pennalum to lecture, dine withWharton undergraduates The Donald is coming. Casino and real estate mogul -- and Wharton School alumnus -- Donald Trump will share his personal success story with students during an October 17 visit to campus. Sponsored by Wharton's Musser-Schoemaker Leadership Lecture Series, Trump's hour-long presentation, which is open to all University students, will include both a prepared speech and a question-and-answer session, according to Wharton's Associate Director for Student Affairs Belinda Huang. "I'm very excited that Mr. Trump is coming to speak for the series," Huang said. "There's been a lot of excitement about this series among students because the prominence and caliber of speakers is growing." Trump, a 1968 Wharton graduate, plans to speak on "The Resurgence of New York Heading into the New Millennium," and will focus on real estate issues impacting the region. His son, Donald Trump Jr., enrolled as a Wharton freshman this fall. Trump's presentation will be followed by a closed dinner reception for Wharton undergraduates. Huang speculated that a lottery system will be implemented to determine who will dine with Trump, because she expects that more students will want to attend the reception than space allows. The Musser-Schoemaker lecture series, which began in 1991, invites high visibility speakers with experience in an array of business-related fields, according to Wharton Undergraduate Dean Richard Herring. In the spring, a panel of six students submits names of possible speakers to the Wharton dean's office. Herring noted that Trump's reputation in the business world makes him an ideal candidate for the Musser-Schoemaker lecture series. Noted past speakers have included the late U.S.Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, federal Office of Management and Budget Director Alice Rivlin and Rajat Gupta, managing director of McKinsey and Co. Despite the fact that the series is sponsored by Wharton, Huang encouraged all University students to attend the open lectures. She added that a diverse audience brings a well-rounded perspective to the question and answer session. "I'm excited to see this take off," she said. "My mission is to bring co-curricular activities to the students, to talk about success and career paths and to broadly educate these students about real world experience." Trump's lecture, which will take place in Dunlop Auditorium, is the second in a series of this semester's four scheduled speakers.
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