Please join us for a special Rowell Lecture event, “AN EVENING WITH GREG MORTENSON,” a reception and program with the co-founder of the Central Asia Institute and best-selling co-author of Three Cups of Tea as he pays tribute to his friends Galen and Barbara Rowell and discusses his life’s work in promoting education and literacy, especially for girls, in the remote mountain regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The program will also feature the opening of the nomination period for the 2008 Rowell Award for the Art of Adventure. The Award honors that adventurer whose artistic passion illuminates the wild places of the world, and whose accomplishments significantly benefit both the environment and the peoples who inhabit these lands and regions. Please visit www.rowellaward.com for more information about the Award.

Bob Hansen, Rowell Legacy Committee member and President of The Yosemite Fund will emcee this special evening.

This event is presented by The Rowell Legacy Committee, The Yosemite Fund and the Commonwealth Club of California.

Date & Location: September 24, 2008 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. 950 Mason Street.

• 5:30 – 7:15 p.m. VIP Reception with Greg Mortenson. Includes wine, hors d’oeuvres and preferred program seating - $150.
• 7:30 p.m. Program: Rowell Lecture with Greg Mortenson. $25 Commonwealth Club members and $35 non-members

TICKETS: Available on July 10, 2008. Reservations can be made through the Commonwealth Club website, http://www.commonwealthclub.org, and will be confirmed by email. Tickets will be sold at the door only if space is available.