IRVING, Texas (Nov. 22, 2024) — Earlier this month, the University of Dallas welcomed lawyer, historian and author Talmage Boston. Boston is the most recent guest speaker for the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business’ Leaders and Legends speaker series.

The Leaders and Legends series was founded to further the College of Business’ mission of providing practice-based education by inviting successful business leaders to share their experience with students. Through this program, alumni, business leaders and their companies are invited to join with the university in a shared pursuit of excellent leadership.

Boston is an awarded attorney, having received statewide recognition from the Texas Bar Foundation and the State Bar of Texas. His history books, covering baseball as well as the American presidency, have also won acclaim from Annette Gordon-Reed, Evan Thomas, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham, among others.

Over 70 people were in attendance, including students, faculty and friends of the university and several members of the Gupta College of Business advisory board.

“Boston Talmage captured the entire audience for nearly two hours — an impressive feat,” politics major Alethea Malloy ’25 said. “I left immensely enriched and eager to implement new habits inspired by his presentation of the specific and unique ways in which America's finest presidents cultivated persuasive personas.”

Earlier this year, Boston published How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons From Our Top Presidents. The book takes the leadership lessons gained from our greatest presidents and makes them instructive today for leaders in all arenas.

Every chapter of the book ends with a self-examination questionnaire that allows the reader to evaluate his or her own leadership skills.

Professor of English Scott Crider, PhD, thanked J. Lee Whittington, PhD, dean of the Gupta College of Business, for bringing Boston to speak at UDallas.

“It was a great event, if only for all of us to be reminded what decency looks like — in his subjects and his own demeanor,” Crider said.

Readers can learn more about Talmage Boston and his new book here.

About the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business

The Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business at the University of Dallas has been a pioneer of graduate business education for more than 50 years. Located in Irving, Texas, the college was the first in Texas to offer an AACSB-accredited Doctor of Business Administration. Today, the college offers flexible Master of Business Administration, Master of Science, Master of Leadership, and professional education programs ideal for early to mid-career professionals seeking to advance their careers under the guidance of faculty who are both scholars and accomplished business leaders. SB Hall, which opened in January 2016, houses the college, providing students with state-of-the-art technology and practical tools to prepare them for their future career. For more information, visit udallas.edu/cob.

About the University of Dallas

The University of Dallas strives to be the premier Catholic liberal arts university in the country, known for its rigorous undergraduate Core Curriculum and robust graduate and professional programs in business, ministry, education and the humanities. According to national rankings, the University of Dallas has one of America’s most challenging, comprehensive undergraduate interdisciplinary programs, offered at an excellent value to some of the happiest students in the country. With campuses in Texas and Italy, UDallas stands apart as a thriving community of learners committed to an education that forms students intellectually, socially and spiritually for a life well-lived. For more information, visit udallas.edu.