from Missouri and Democratic vice presidential nominee, Thomas Eagleton, spoke at Lindenwood after he returned to Missouri from the senate in 1988. Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State spoke on the campus in 1988. Jim Talent visited LU as a U.S. congressman from Missouri in 1995. Dora Boyd de Perez Balladares, First Lady of Panama visited the university in 1997. Matt Blunt came to Lindenwood while serving as the governor of Missouri. The university hosted 2012 GOP Presidential candidate, Ron Paul at the Hyland Arena on March 10, 2012.
=== Library ===
The Margaret Leggat Butler Library was constructed in 1929 and is located in the historic eastern region of campus. The Butler Library remained the university's library for 90 years until 2017. August 2017 marked the official opening of Lindenwood's new library building the Library and Academic Resources Center (LARC). The 100,000 square-foot and $24.5 million library features three-stories, a coffee shop, and a writing center. In addition to over …
