November 1 : Roger Billings, Author, “Abraham Lincoln Esq.: The Legal Career of America’s Greatest President”

What Abraham Lincoln Took from Indiana

In the midst of a presidential election year that has been contentious at best and down right ugly at worst, our Club is excited to welcome a speaker to talk about a president almost any of us can get behind- Abraham Lincoln!

Roger Billings is a retired law professor from Cincinnati, OH with a personal passion for President Lincoln.  His unique path of study includes how Lincoln’s profession as a lawyer helped shape his presidency.  His presentation on Tuesday will focus on the Indiana connections that Lincoln had.  By the time he left the Little Pigeon Creek community in Indiana at age 20, his personal traits were fully formed, so we’ll learn about how his Hoosier roots and values impacted his Presidency. The audience will learn more about Indiana’s role as Lincoln’s boyhood home and how all he was, or ever hoped to be, he took from his Indiana home.

Roger Billings received a degree in History and German from Wabash College and received his JD from The University of Akron.  He has taught at at Northern Kentucky University as well as the University of Salzburg. His most recent book published in 2010 is, “Abraham Lincoln, Esq., the Legal Career of America’s Greatest President.”