Location: The Heritage Foundation's Van Andel Center
Honesty, self-reliance, and belief in God - these concepts
seldom come to mind when thinking of Hollywood celebrity or
describing modern entertainment culture. Yet, Sam Haskell,
who moved from small town Amory, Mississippi to become Worldwide
Head of Television for the William Morris Agency, managed to become
one of Hollywood's most revered leaders by unashamedly relying on
his mother's teachings. In his new publication, Promises
I Made My Mother, Haskell recounts how he kept his pledge to
his mother to live a decent life - even in the shark-infested
waters of Hollywood - by refusing to become the cliché of an
amoral agent. Achieving success through self-respect and
friendship and his insistence on living his version of the Golden
Rule, his story is an example to mothers (and fathers) everywhere
of instilling in their sons the lasting values they need to become
good men and devoted fathers.
Copies of Promises I Made My Mother will be available
for purchase and to be signed by the author.
More About the Speakers
Sam Haskell
Author of the new book, Promises I Made My
Mother,
and former Worldwide Head of Television,
William Morris Agency
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James Swanson
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