"The Power of Positive Thinking: Norman Vincent Peale & His Connections to Lakeside" - David Blank

Another Lakeside boy makes good!  This seminar reviewed the life of Norman Vincent Peale, an influential mid-20th century pastor with many Lakeside and Ohio connections.  Dr. Peale was especially noted for "The Power of Positive Thinking", selling over 5 million copies and still in print. But Peale's work was not without criticism, which will also be part of the description of his enduring legacy in American thought.
    Dave Blank, a summer resident of Lakeside, has just completed his term as Treasurer of the Lakeside Association Board.  He has been coming to Lakeside since the mid-1950s, when he started coming with his parents to the East Ohio Methodist Conferences.  Dave retired from a 40-year business career at FirstEnergy Corp. and presently serves as an adjunct professor in the Dept. of Economics at the University of Akron. Dave and Bonnie live in Westlake, Ohio.