Louisville’s William Marshall Bullitt (1873-1957), was a lawyer of national prominence who used his aptitude for mathematics to win huge cases. As a young man he served as President Taft’s solicitor general, representing the government in all of its arguments before the United States Supreme Court. Bullitt’s world became that of the Eastern Establishment as he moved among presidents, ambassadors and those listed in the Social Register. In his later years, Bullitt made headlines by participating in the prosecution of a notorious Soviet spy. Bullitt built a library containing more than 10,000 volumes at his home on the Oxmoor farm outside Louisville. In his collections were priceless original publications by Newton, Copernicus, Galileo, and Einstein. Bullitt’s interest in science kept him in contact with the twentieth century’s most prominent physicists. Retired Louisville lawyer Mark Davis has written a biography of Bullitt which will be published later this year. Davis will speak on Bullitt’s interesting life rebuilding Oxmoor farm, his keen detective-investigator instincts, the local financial institutions he controlled, and a record-breaking cash burglary from Oxmoor’s wall safe. There is no cost for this event, though reservations are suggested. You may reserve your seat by visiting www.filsonhistorical.org or by calling The Filson at (502) 635-5083.