The Islamic Civilization and Societies Program Distinguished Lecture Series will sponsor a lecture tonight at 6 p.m. by Ford M. Fraker, the United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2007 through 2009. A cum laude Harvard University alum, Fraker has been a banker in the Middle East for more than 30 years beginning with the Chemical Bank and the Saudi International Bank then co-founding, Trinity Group Limited, a private investment banking firm. Fraker’s talk, which is open to the public, will take place at the Cadigan Alumni Center on Brighton Campus.

For more information, contact Kathleen Bailey at baileyk@bc.edu or ext.2-4170.