Robert Coles, the renowned child psychiatrist and author, will deliver the Founders Day convocation address, “Moral Energy of the Young,” on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 11:30 a.m. in Memorial Chapel.
Coles' books and articles exploring the inner world of children
have made his name synonymous with wisdom about children. A teacher and researcher of
psychiatry at Harvard University, he has received the Medal of Freedom, the nation's
highest civilian honor, and the Pulitzer Prize. His books, including the five-volume Children
of Crisis and his most recent The Moral Intelligence of Children, explore
children's moral, political, and spiritual sensibilities with humanism, recognizing
and celebrating the individual.
The convocation also will feature the presentation of the Gideon Hawley
Prizes to high school teachers of Union students.