David Rubenstein and Faculty Panel Discuss the Declaration of Independence at 250

David Rubenstein, chair of the University of Chicago’s Board of Trustees, moderated a faculty panel on November 5 focused on the history and legacy of the Declaration of Independence 250 years after it was written. Rubenstein is himself a collector of historical documents, including a 1297 copy of the Magna Carta and original copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and Declaration of Independence—one copy of which was donated to be put on display on the ground floor of the David Rubenstein Forum. The panel, held at the Rubenstein Forum, included Steven Pincus, the Thomas E. Donnelly Professor of British History, Alison LaCroix, the Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law, associate professor of political science Ruth Bloch Rubin, and Deputy Dean of the Humanities Division Eric Slauter.

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