Almost exactly 95 years ago, on October 15, 1908, one of the twentieth century's most commanding public figures, John Kenneth Galbraith, was born. From his birthplace of Iona Station, in southwestern Ontario, Professor Galbraith went on to enjoy an extraordinary career as an academic, author, diplomat, public servant and one of the twentieth century's most distinguished public intellectuals. He was a professor at Harvard University for 50 years, and has been the U.S. Ambassador to India, the deputy administrator in the Office of Price Administration during WW II, where he set up and administered the wartime system of price controls, and the director of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey in 1945. Professor Galbraith has received 50 honorary degrees and has served as an advisor to four presidents. A stylish and prolific writer, he has written more than 35 books, including landmarks such as The Affluent Society and The New Industrial State. For many years, he has been the leading voice of American liberalism, and the most trenchant, influential commentator on American social, political and economic life.