President Ronald Reagan’s call to General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall” made history, and on Feb. 3, Peter Robinson, the man who penned those famous words, will visit the Grove City College campus for the fourth annual Ronald Reagan Lecture in Ketler Auditorium of the Pew Fine Arts Center.

The Ronald Reagan Lecture is held each year around Feb. 6, the anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth. The lecture series aims to bring to light Reagan’s contributions to America and the world. Each year, the Center hosts an individual who worked for, knew or has produced important work on the 40th President. Past lectures have featured Reagan’s son, Michael; former Attorney General Edwin Meese; and Herb Meyer, former special assistant to the Central Intelligence Agency director. Registration is required.

Robinson is a former special assistant and speechwriter to President Ronald Reagan and author of the historic Berlin Wall address. A respected author and commentator, he currently serves as a research fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover’s quarterly journal, the “Hoover Digest,” and hosts Hoover’s vidcast program, “Uncommon Knowledge.”

Robinson is also the author of Reagan’s famous speech to pro-life activists in 1987. Reagan began: [M]any of you, perhaps most, never dreamed of getting involved in politics. What brought you into politics was a matter of conscience, a matter of fundamental conviction. Many of you’ve been attacked for being single-issue activists or single-issue voters. But I ask: What single issue could be of greater significance?” The speech also included this famous quote: “If there’s even a question about when human life begins, isn’t it our duty to err on the side of life

Through a town-hall discussion moderated by the Center’s Executive Director, Reagan biographer and Cold War historian Dr. Paul Kengor, Robinson will give a behind-the-scenes perspective as one of Reagan’s most important associates at a pivotal time in history. The event will feature a question-and-answer session.

There is no fee for the lecture, however, registration is required. To register for the lecture, contact Brenda Vinton at (724) 450-1541 or by e-mail at [email protected].