/ en /news/2021-04/chuck-robb-launches-memoir-special-schar-school-appearance-c-span-founder-brian-lamb <span>Chuck Robb Launches Memoir in Special Schar School Appearance With C-SPAN Founder Brian Lamb</span> <span><span>Andrew J Schappert</span></span> <span>Wed, 04/21/2021 - 09:25</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/chuckrobb" hreflang="en">Chuck Robb</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><div alt="Event poster for the Book Release of Governor Chuck Robb鈥檚 鈥淚n the Arena: A Memoir of Love, War, and Politics鈥� on May 5 at 7:00 p.m. ET." data-embed-button="media_browser" data-entity-embed-display="media_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"large","image_link":"","svg_render_as_image":1,"svg_attributes":{"width":"","height":""}}" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="8383ff57-ef2a-4828-95fa-57316f8e0ecc" title="Event poster for the Book Release of Governor Chuck Robb鈥檚 鈥淚n the Arena: A Memoir of Love, War, and Politics鈥� on May 5 at 7:00 p.m. ET." class="align-right embedded-entity" data-langcode="en"> <img src="/sites/g/files/yyqcgq291/files/styles/large/public/2021-04/Chuck-Robb-In-the-Areana-book-cover.jpg?itok=y51iHRkU" alt="Event poster for the Book Release of Governor Chuck Robb鈥檚 鈥淚n the Arena: A Memoir of Love, War, and Politics鈥� on May 5 at 7:00 p.m. ET." title="Event poster for the Book Release of Governor Chuck Robb鈥檚 鈥淚n the Arena: A Memoir of Love, War, and Politics鈥� on May 5 at 7:00 p.m. ET." /></div> <p><span><span><span>It might have taken 20 years after leaving elected office, but former Virginia governor and U.S. senator Chuck Robb (D) has finished his memoirs. The former </span><a href="http://schar.gmu.edu/"><span>Schar School</span></a><span> distinguished visiting professor鈥攈e taught at the school from 2001 to 2010鈥攚ill discuss the book, <em>In the Arena: A Memoir of Love, War, and Politics</em> (UVA Press), and his career in public service during a special Schar School appearance on Wednesday, May 5, at 7 p.m.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>C-SPAN founder and former <em>Booknotes</em> host Brian Lamb will moderate the virtual discussion. The event is free and open to the public.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>The book, Robb said in a recent Zoom call, is written the way he taught his classes: Without a syllabus and in the manner of 鈥渨ar stories.鈥� 鈥淚 used to represent anything I was going to say or do [in class] like Jack Webb from the TV show <em>Dragnet</em>: 鈥楯ust the facts,鈥欌€� he said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Those facts encompass an entire generation of Virginia and national politics, beginning with his military service at the White House as a Marine Corps officer鈥攚here he famously met his future wife, Lynda Bird, the daughter of then-president Lyndon Johnson鈥攁nd later as a battlefield officer in Vietnam. </span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>His rise through Virginia politics is detailed frankly and unflinchingly, taking in his sometimes-bruising inter-party skirmishes and his exhaustive search 鈥渢o find an electable candidate鈥� for his senate seat in 2000 when he knew 鈥渢his was going to be my last tour,鈥� he said. 鈥淐redible candidates,鈥� he said, had reasons for not running 鈥渁nd I didn鈥檛 want to put somebody in there to be a sacrificial lamb by encouraging someone to do it. I decided I was going to have to do it myself. (He eventually lost to Republican George Allen.)</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>The senate鈥檚 loss was the Schar School鈥檚 gain. As a distinguished visiting professor, Robb and his wife opened their home鈥檚 doors many times for faculty and staff celebrations. It鈥檚 a relationship that continues to this day.</span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/556" hreflang="en">Schar School of Policy and Government</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/9981" hreflang="en">Book Talk</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/9486" hreflang="en">麻豆国产</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/7506" hreflang="en">Schar School News April 2021</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:25:19 +0000 Andrew J Schappert 55841 at