News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu     www.selu.edu/news Contact: Angey Saucier Date: 3/26/03   Click on image for publication quality photo LIVINGSTON LECTURE - United States Treasurer Rosario Marin will present the annual James Livingston Memorial Lecture on Business Ethics at April 3 at Southeastern Louisiana University.  U.S. TREASURER MARIN PRESENTS LIVINGSTON LECTURE APRIL 3       HAMMOND -- United States Treasurer Rosario Marin will present Southeastern Louisiana University's annual James Livingston Memorial Lecture on Business Ethics at 7 p.m., April 3, in Southeastern’s Vonnie Borden Theatre.        The lecture, co-sponsored by the College of Business and Technology and Arts and Lectures Committee, is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early as entrance will be restricted because of security after 7 p.m.       Marin has served as U.S. Treasurer since August 2001. Her distinguished public service career has included terms as mayor of Huntington Park, Calif., deputy director of the Governor’s Office of Community Relations in Los Angeles, assistant deputy director of the California State Department of Social Services, chair of the State Council on Development Disabilities, and Chief of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Development Services.       A native of Mexico, Marin came to the United States when she was 14 years old. Although she initially did not speak English, she graduated from high school with honors, then went to work to help her family. Working full time and attending evening classes, she earned a two-year degree from East Los Angeles Community College and a bachelor’s degree from California State University. Marin later graduated from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government.       Marin’s commitment to people with disabilities has been recognized with numerous awards, such as the prestigious Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Prize at the United Nations in 1995. She was the only elected official to receive the Excellence in Public Service Award at the 2000 Latino Perspectives Conference in Sacramento. In the February 2000 issue of the “Los Angeles Business Journal,” Marin was one of two elected officials to be featured on the “20 Up and Coming Latinos” list. She was also named one of the 100 most influential Hispanics by the “Hispanic Business Magazine.”       The James Livingston Lecture Series on Business Ethics was founded in 1984 by Hammond businessman John O. Batson in memory of his long-time friend and associate James Livingston.        Vonnie Borden Theatre is located in Southeastern’s D Vickers Hall. For further information, contact the College of Business and Technology at 985-549-2258.     Return to News Releases