Join the University Sunrise Rotary Club for a program featuring former Congressman Brian Baird discussing his efforts to spearhead the creation of a national museum for service. The full title of Rep. Baird’s talk is “Creating the National Museum and Center for Service – Unifying and inspiring America through our shared value of service.”
The program will be presented on Zoom on Thursday morning with the Zoom line opening at 7 a.m. The formal meeting including the program runs from 7:30-8:30 a.m. No registration is required, and the program is free.
The meeting will be available via Zoom. Click here to join the meeting Thursday morning. The Zoom line will open shortly after 7 a.m.
The Honorable Brian Baird, Ph.D. served for twelve years in the United States House of Representatives, where he represented the 3rd Congressional District of Washington State, comprising most of Southwest Washington. Congressman Baird focused on science and technology, energy, mental health, oceans, foreign policy, science diplomacy, fiscal discipline and congressional integrity.
Congressman Baird was known and respected for taking principled stands, careful study of issues, and the ability to build bipartisan relationships. He was the primary author of legislation to restore federal deductibility of Washington state sales taxes, saving Washingtonians billions of dollars every year. He also authored the STOCK act, to ban insider trading by members of Congress, families or staff. In addition to his work in Congress, Dr. Baird holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, chaired the department of psychology at PLU and was president of Antioch University in Seattle.
He is married to Rachel Nugent, an economist specializing in global health. Together with their 19-year old twin boys, their family enjoys skiing, sea kayaking, diving, camping and travel together. Brian is fluent in Spanish and recently lived in Argentina, where he taught a Fulbright sponsored course on American Government. He is the founder and chair of the National Museum and Center for Service, a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring and inspiring service in ALL its forms through a nationwide network of local exhibitions in schools and communities and in a signature building near the National Mall in Washington DC.
