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Oklahoma City Bombing Topic of Forensic Speaker

by Gwendolynne Larson

Emporia, KS (11/15/2019) — A former FBI investigator now teaching forensics will talk about the Oklahoma City bombing on Monday at Emporia State University.

Dr. Tom Jourdan now is a professor of chemistry and assistant director of the Forensic Science Institute at the University of Oklahoma. During his career with the FBI, Jourdan participated in a number of bombing investigations, including Pan Am 103, the World Trade Center, Atlanta's Olympic Park, UNABOM and Oklahoma City.

He will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in Science Hall 72 on the Emporia State campus. His talk is sponsored by ESU's master of science in forensic science program.

About Emporia State University

Emporia State University offers over 200 academic programs in the School of Business, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of Library and Information Management and The Teachers College. For three consecutive years, ESU is the only public university in Kansas to have earned national recognition as a College of Distinction, an honor for universities that demonstrate innovative application of high-impact education. In addition, U.S. News and World Report data shows ESU students have the lowest student debt of all Kansas public universities. U.S. News also cited ESU's School of Business as a best value for both in-state and out-of-state students and ranked the online graduate education program in the Top 100 programs in the nation.

For more information, visit www.emporia.edu.

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Gwendolynne Larson, ESU director of media relations, (620) 341-5528, glarson1@emporia.edu

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