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Image: Charles Meynier, Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence, 1800

Dr. Halper delivers a lecture, "On Written Speech."

Faculty

Mary Elizabeth Halper

Mary Elizabeth Halper is Dean of the Humanities at Hertog program and a tutor at St. John’s College, Annapolis. Previously, she was Associate Director of the Hertog Foundation. She graduated with B.A.s in Philosophy and Classics from the University of Dallas and has since been devoted to liberal education in various forms.

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