Poland's Lech Walesa on campus May 28

Following the talk, a panel of University faculty members will join Walesa for a discussion of NATO expansion into Poland.

Walesa will speak through an interpreter both for his lecture and for his exchange with the faculty panel.

A former shipyard electrician, Walesa was awarded the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on behalf of democracy. He led a wave of strikes five years later that pressured the Communists into ceding power.

In 1990, he was elected president of Poland, a position he held until his defeat in Poland's 1995 election.

The University of Chicago Political Union is a nonpartisan student organization founded in January. Its mission is to enhance political and social awareness on campus through a speaker program, campus debates and organized political discussions among students, faculty members and local, national and international leaders.

For more information, call 834-5531.