A former professional quarterback and social activist will be the guest speaker at Mount A's Speaker's Series on Tuesday, Sept. 25.
Former National Football League and Canadian Football League quarterback Donald G. McPherson will speak at Crabtree Auditorium at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome and there is no admission charge.
McPherson was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1988, after a college career at Syracuse University. During his time at Syracuse he won the Maxwell Award and finished second in the 1987 Heisman Trophy voting.
He also played for the Houston Oilers and for the Hamilton Tiger Cats and Ottawa Rough Riders.
After retiring from football in 1994, McPherson joined the staff of Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society, before becoming the first executive director of the Sports Leadership Institute at Adelphi University.
As a social activist he has founded several outreach and mentoring programs, and states that the standard constructions of masculinity and femininity both limit men's emotions and overall well-being as well as contribute to gendered violence.
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