Simon Cordery
5:30 – 6:30 pm | Reception at 5:00 pm

While George Pullman is associated with luxury railroad cars, his older brother Albert actually designed the cars and promoted them to wealthy clients. Historian Simon Cordery, Iowa State University history department chair, recounts Pullman’s fascinating, erratic career as a Gilded Age entrepreneur.

 Copies of the speaker’s book are available for purchase at the lecture.