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Organized Crime and Abortion (Works in Progress Seminar)
Organized Crime and Abortion (Works in Progress Seminar)
Presenter: Katherine Parkin, Ph.D., Professor, Department of History and Anthropology; Jules Plangere, Jr., Endowed Chair in American Social History Organized crime played a role in the experience of many securing, providing, and paying for abortions before they were legalized. The high rates for the procedure made illegal abortion in the 1960s the third largest moneymaker for […]
Building a Global Medtech Leader (Leon Hess Business School H.R. Young Lecture, 2025)
Building a Global Medtech Leader (Leon Hess Business School H.R. Young Lecture, 2025)
Great Hall Auditorium Meet Vincent Forlenza Vincent Forlenza, chair of Lehigh Univeristy’s Board of Trustees, is a retired executive known for transforming Becton, Dickinson and Company from a medical supplies manufacturer into a global leader in medical devices, diagnostics, and life sciences. A Lehigh University alumnus with a bachelor’s in chemical engineering and an MBA […]