{"id":18228,"date":"2025-09-24T15:35:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=18228"},"modified":"2025-09-25T10:53:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:53:51","slug":"the-distinguished-lecture-series-presents-tommy-g-thompson","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentaffairs\/event\/the-distinguished-lecture-series-presents-tommy-g-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinguished Lecture Series Presents: Tommy G. Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Join us for an evening with <span data-markjs=\"true\">Tommy<\/span> G. <span data-markjs=\"true\">Thompson<\/span>, longest-serving governor in Wisconsin history (1987-2001), 19<sup>th<\/sup> United States Secretary of Health and Human Services for President George W. 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