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Former head of 9/11 victim fund to speak, Feb. 20
Posted February 16, 2006; 10:32 p.m.
Kenneth Feinberg will discuss his experience as head of the U.S.
government's September 11 Victim Compensation Fund in a lecture
scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Feinberg's lecture is titled "The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund: Private Pain and Public Compensation."
Feinberg, a Washington, D.C. attorney and managing partner of the
Feinberg Group, was appointed as special master of the compensation
fund shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He spent
nearly three years overseeing all aspects of the program, including
evaluating applications, determining appropriate compensation and
disseminating awards.
Feinberg described his experiences in the 2005 book "What Is Life
Worth? The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11."
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Program in Law and Public Affairs.