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Malawian author to deliver annual Clarkson convocation address in Potsdam Sunday

Posted 8/26/16

POTSDAM -- William Kamkwamba, noted Malawian author of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" will deliver the Van Sickle Endowed Lecture at Clarkson University's annual convocation on Sunday, Aug. 28 at 7 …

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Malawian author to deliver annual Clarkson convocation address in Potsdam Sunday

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POTSDAM -- William Kamkwamba, noted Malawian author of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" will deliver the Van Sickle Endowed Lecture at Clarkson University's annual convocation on Sunday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. in Cheel Arena.

The event is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will precede the convocation from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Kodak Lounge of the Cheel Campus Center.

As a young man in Malawi, Kamkwamba constructed operable windmills using scrap metal, tractor parts and bicycle halves to help his village battle drought and famine.