The reception is free and open to the public. It is being held in conjunction with a visit by McCall to Knox, to deliver a lecture on Friday, September 26.
The portrait of John McCall was painted by artist Barbara Burk, of New Orleans. It will hang in the Muelder Reading Room along with portraits of other Knox presidents and distinguished faculty.
McCall served as fifteenth president of Knox College, from 1982 to 1993. Following his retirement, he and his wife Mary Berenice McCall served two years in the Peace Corps. They now live in New Orleans.
Founded in 1837, Knox is an independent, four-year, liberal arts college, located in Galesburg, Illinois, with 1,100 students from 42 states and 33 nations. Knox's "Old Main," a National Historic Landmark, is the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.
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