Virginia Tech alumnus William C. Latham, former member and vice rector of the university's board of visitors, has established the William C. Latham Lecture Series in Civil War History, which will bring outstanding Civil War historians to campus. Each speaker will deliver three public lectures, open to the public at no charge, during the course of an academic year.

To learn more about the series and the first lecture by the 2009-10 William C. Latham Scholar Richard McMurry, go here.

To learn more about McMurry's second lecture on Feb. 18, 2010, go here.