The role of the president in America from the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the present will be examined by a Brandeis University professor during a talk at UNLV on Oct. 20.

"Where Have You Gone Franklin D. Roosevelt?: Bill Clinton and the Modern Executive" will be the topic of Sidney Milkis' presentation at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History. Part of the University Forum lecture series, the event is free and open to the public.

In his presentation, Milkis, an associate professor in the department of politics, plans to examine the Clinton presidency in historical perspective.

Roosevelt's leadership combined with domestic and international crises to establish the president as the principal agent of popular rule in the United States, Milkis asserts.

During the past two decades, however, the foundations of modern executive leadership have been undermined by a resurgent Congress, an active judiciary, an iconoclastic press corps, and bitter partisan conflicts, he maintains.

Milkis plans to explore the possibility that Clinton embodies a "post-modern" presidency, which is a markedly weaker institution than its "modern" predecessor.

The University Forum lecture series is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts.

For additional information, call 895-3401.