Well-known author David Eisenhower will be the featured speaker at Kent State University at Tuscarawas Oct. 12, at 7 p.m., in Founders Hall auditorium. Sponsored by the Voices of Distinction Series, Eisenhower will speak on A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Although admission to the presentation is free, tickets are required and will be available while supplies last at the main office in Founders Hall beginning Oct. 5.

The grandson of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, David Eisenhower authored the critically acclaimed Going Home To Glory A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969 with his wife, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. David Eisenhower also wrote Eisenhower at War: 1943-1945, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1987.

David Eisenhower is the director of the Institute for Public Service at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. He was educated at Philips Exeter Academy, Amherst College and George Washington University Law School.

David and Julie are the parents of three adult children and live in suburban Philadelphia. David is the son of John and Barbara Eisenhower, and Julie is the daughter of former President Richard Nixon.

A limited number of free tickets for this Voices of Distinction speaker event will be available to the public beginning Oct. 5 at the main office in Founders Hall. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. Tickets are limited to two per person.

Kent State Tuscarawas is located at 330 University Dr. NE, New Philadelphia.