Danforth Center hopes to set tone for civility
Just across from the Gephardt Institute for Public Service at
Washington University in St. Louis, employees are moving into a new
center named for another legendary Missouri politician.
The John
C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics, launched last year with a
$30 million gift from the Danforth Foundation, officially opened its
doors on October 26 with an inaugural speech at the university's Graham
Chapel by journalist and historian Jon Meacham.
The proximity of
the two centers, one named for former Democratic congressman Richard A.
Gephardt and the other for former Republican senator John C. Danforth,
is emblematic of what Danforth anticipates the new center will do for
the tenor of political conversation in the country.
