News Headlines Thiel College   Betsy Hildebrand Director of Public Relations 75 College Avenue Greenville, PA 16125 Phone: 724-589-2855 FAX: 724-589-2856 bhildebrand@thiel.edu 1-800-24-THIEL Press Release CONSERVATIONIST WERBACH TO SPEAK AT THIEL For immediate release October 24, 2005 GREENVILLE, PA - Adam Werbach, former Sierra Club president and well-known conservationist, will be a guest lecturer at Thiel College at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 in the Lutheran Heritage Room of the Howard Miller Student Center. At age 23 Werbach was elected president of the Sierra Club, America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization. While Werbach served as president, the Sierra Club protected more than two million acres of land and helped to pass one of the strongest clean air standards. Most recently Werbach served as executive director of the Common Assets Defense Fund and is the president and co-founder of Act Now Productions, which develops digital television and also streaming and downloadable media for internet sites. Werbach hosted the Outdoor Life Network's environmental newsmagazine "Thin Green Line" and appeared on numerous television programs including ABC's "Politically Incorrect." Werbach is the author of "Act Now, Apologize Later" and has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, People, LA Times, Newsweek, and Time. Werbach's lecture, part of the Thiel's First-Year Perspectives Program, is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Marianne Calenda at 724-589-2028.