MURFREESBORO — The
next edition of the “MTSU On the Record” radio program will examine the family history
of Nobel Prize winner and MTSU alumnus Dr. James Buchanan.
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Dr. Reuben Kyle, retired
professor of economics, will air from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, March 10, and 8 to
8:30 a.m. Sunday, March 16, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and www.wmot.org).
Kyle is co-author with Dr. Kevin H. Cason, an adjunct
professor of history at MTSU, of “From Nashborough to the Nobel Prize: The
Buchanans of Tennessee.” It takes a look at the ancestors of Dr. James
Buchanan, who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1986 for his “public
choice” theory of how governments make fiscal decisions.
The book chronicles the Buchanan clan from the Scotch-Irish
pioneers who settled in the Cumberland Gap to Elizabeth Buchanan Bradley
Whorley, former director of Homer Pittard Campus School.
“It’s really a remarkable family from the beginning until
today,” said Kyle. “They’re independent thinkers. They’re very hard-working people.
In just about everything the Buchanan family has done, they have excelled.”
To listen to previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to
the “Audio Clips” archives at http://www.mtsunews.com.
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM
at 615-898-2800.
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