ONE DAY, THREE DAWNS, CURIOSITY AND WHERE IT TOOK ME – A CONVERSATION WITH RUDY RUGGLES: A conversation with Rudy Ruggles – Scientist, Philanthropist, Explorer, National Security Expert, Inventor – Please join us for a Distinguished Lecture with reception to follow. At 5:30 p.m. in the Ruth Haas Library on the Midtown campus. Reserve a space at https://wcsutickets.regfox.com/rudy-ruggles-lecture.

Rudy Ruggles has pursued a lifelong love of learning and a career that has encompassed scientific research and development, international relations, strategic planning, and high-speed technological innovation. He’s been engaged in National Security and Intelligence Services for more than 35 years, and served with the U.S. Army, Combat Engineers. Ruggles has been posted and worked in multiple countries including Iran, Algeria, Australia and China. His travels have taken him around the world and he has literally explored the ends of the earth, including an 8,500’ dive in a Russian deep submersible to the mid-Atlantic Ridge off the Azores to study the biodiversity of hydrothermal vent fields. He’s also participated in expeditions to the North Pole,
the Antarctic and rainforests in Costa Rica and Madagascar. An inventor and holder of two patents, Ruggles has
amassed numerous awards, published articles and academic honors.