ATLANTA, April 3, 2003- Morehouse College will host the first ever Andrew Young Lecture on International Affairs featuring R.E. “Ted” Turner, Vice Chairman, AOL Time Warner, Inc. The lecture is part of the larger Executive Lecture Series jointly sponsored by the Division Economics and Business and the Office of Institutional Advancement at Morehouse.

Turner, who received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Morehouse last May, will speak on the universality of the world/common threads.

Who: R.E. “Ted” Turner, Vice Chairman, AOL Time Warner, Inc.

What: Andrew Young Lecture on International Affairs

When: Monday, April 7, 2003, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Where: Sale Hall Chapel, 830 Westview Drive (on the campus of Morehouse College)

Turner became Vice Chairman of Time Warner in October 1996, with the merger of Time Warner Inc. and Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Turner oversaw Time Warner's cable networks division, which included the assets of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), the CNN Newsgroup, as well as Home Box Office, Cinemax, and the company's interests in Comedy Central and Court TV. He also oversaw New Line Cinema and the company's professional sports teams-the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Thrashers.

In his current role, Turner works closely with AOL Time Warner senior management across all of the company's operations. He is also a philanthropist, environmentalist, bison rancher and an avid outdoorsman.

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