Dr. Peter Raven was appointed director of the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1971.
On September 1, 2010 Dr. Raven will become president emeritus, marking the start of a new phase in a career of immense accomplishment and scientific renown.
Dr. Raven sat down with Post-Dispatch editorial writer Eddie Roth on Aug. 11.
Here are audio excerpts of that interview.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial writer Eddie Roth asks viewers to join him on his evening walk with his dog Chandler and see for themselves opportunities for consolidated police service in St. Louis.
The Platform, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Page blog (stltoday.com/thepla tform), presents The Deal, video editorials presented by editorial page staff. Deputy Editorial Page Editor Kevin Horrigan offers commentary on the sale of Classic 99/KFUO-FM.
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan reflects on a May 2010 visit to the site of the old Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis, with a slide show of archival photographs from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and edited excerpts of a telephone interview with Post-Dispatch editorial writer Eddie Roth.
Audio excerpts from the 2009 James Neal Primm Lecture at the University of Missouri-St. Louis by Princeton University Prof. Sean Wilentz on the "Political Presidency of Abraham Lincoln," delivered at the Mercantile Library on September 14, 2009 -- edited Eddie Roth for The Platform, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial page blog, stltoday.com/theplat form.
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, U.S Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and local teachers union president Mary Armstrong meet with St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporters and editorial writer Eddie Roth at Lexington Elementary School in St. Louis on August 27, 2009. Photo by Eddie Roth
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood visited the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board and reporters on August 21, 2009. Here are excerpts of the interview, with Editorial Writer Eddie Roth asking him about the Department of Transportation's role in encouraging states to support public transit. (Photo by Robert Cohen/Post-Dispatch) .
The health care debate as it is playing out in a far away place. Closer to home, read this post on The Platform, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial page blog. http://tinyurl.com/l v8cx5
Video images from public meeting at Bernard Middle School, home of The Patriots. Read the post on The Platform, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial page blog. http://tinyurl.com/l v8cx5
On July 10, 2009, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar meets with the editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to talk about the Gateway Arch, the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and urban national parks. Secretary Salazar and National Parks Service acting director Daniel Wenk had toured the park with U.S. Sen. Clair McCaskill earlier that day. Audio and photo by Eddie Roth
Kevin Horrigan and I produced a video last spring at the St. Louis Zoo (Zoo 2033, also on my channel), during which I recorded some video of Hope the polar bear who recently died. Here are the raw video files strung together.
Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall fields a question on charters schools after a talk at Webster University in Webster Groves (St. Louis), Missouri on March 5, 2009.
Final preparations by volunteer poll director Renee Racette at the old Lester's Music Store in St. Louis' Shaw Neighborhood -- Barack Obama's first Missouri field office.
Legendary lyricist Fran Landesman performs at The Gaslight Theater in Oct 2008 -- around the corner from where her career took flight, Gaslight Square in St. Louis.
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