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8/23/99

KIRK DOUGLAS '39 TO SPEAK AT ST. LAWRENCE

CANTON -- Motion picture legend Kirk Douglas, who graduated from 
St. Lawrence University in 1939, will return to his alma mater on 
September 16, for a public presentation. The visit marks only the 
second time that he will have come to the Canton campus since his 
graduation; Douglas visited in 1958, when he received an honorary 
doctoral degree.
	The public event, which will include his reminiscences of 
St. Lawrence, will be held at noon in Gulick Theatre. Free tickets 
are required for admission. Tickets will be available to students, 
faculty and staff beginning September 7 at the E.J. Noble University 
Center main desk and to the community beginning September 10 at the 
St. Lawrence Bookstore. 
	Douglas grew up in Amsterdam, New York, and graduated from 
St. Lawrence with a degree in English. While a student here, he was 
president of the student government organization and a member of the 
wrestling team and German club. He also participated in dramatics, 
and went on to a distinguished career on the stage and screen.
	He has appeared in over 80 films, including classics such 
as Spartacus, Lonely Are The Brave, Lust For Life and Gunfight 
At The OK Corral. Douglas' 85th film, Diamonds, is scheduled 
to open later this year.
	Douglas received an honorary Academy Award in 1995, and earlier 
this year, he was named one of the 50 greatest screen legends of all 
time by the American Film Institute. In conjunction with his appearance 
at St. Lawrence, three of Douglas' films are being shown on campus: 
Monday, September 13, Lust For Life; Tuesday, September 14, Paths Of 
Glory; and Wednesday, September 15, Lonely Are The Brave. All film 
showings are at 7:30 p.m. in Gulick Theatre and will be followed by 
faculty-led discussions.

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