
News from the Forum
In the photo above: Governor Thornburgh addresses the Pitt Law Class of 2014. Click here to read the Governor's address.
October 18, 2017. Rory Cooper, Founding Director and VA Senior Research Career Scientist of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh....Learn more >
This award is available each year to a University of Pittsburgh student from any campus whose service has made a difference in the lives of children and adults with disabilities....Learn more >
Share your good wishes, reminiscences, anecdotes, or actions that may have been inspired by Dick on his 85th birthday....Learn more >
Sept. 11, 2017. Christine Todd Whitman, President of the Whitman Strategy Group and former Governor of New Jersey....Learn more >
April 13, 2017. Mayor William Peduto presented, Pittsburgh - The Resilient City....Learn more >
The Dick Thornburgh Summer Fellowship award....Learn more >
January 2017 marks the 30th anniversary of the conclusion of Dick Thornburgh‘s two remarkable terms as Governor of Pennsylvania....Learn more >
February 22, 2017. Michael Missal, Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs....Learn more >
C-Span / American History segment. WATCH THE VIDEO....Learn more >
December 6, 2016. Cokie Roberts, political commentator for ABC News and NPR, presented the American Experience Distinguished Lecture....Learn more >
Message from the Governor
The Forum was established at the late Dick Thornburgh’s Law School alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh. In connection with the Dick Thornburgh Papers held by the University's Hillman Library, the Forum reflects his experiences in public life. It is in intended to foster discourse on issues vital to the preservation of our democratic system and the Rule of Law upon which that system depends.
Special thanks are due to Chancellor Emeritus Mark Nordenberg who serves as the Director of the Dick Thornburgh Forum and has been unstinting in support of this effort since its inception. In addition, many others have provided time, resources and dedication to this undertaking.