Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B., will be honored for his commitment and dedication to public service at the Marquette University Les Aspin Center for Government Award Luncheon. The program will be held on Monday, Nov. 5, at the Marquette University Alumni Memorial Union, 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave.

He will receive the Les Aspin Distinguished Public Service Award, which recognizes a Wisconsin person who, like the late Les Aspin, has epitomized public service in the state and whose efforts have also influenced national policy. Archbishop Weakland is a frequent guest speaker for the Aspin Center's African Democracy Training Program.

The Aspin Center is named for the late Les Aspin, a Marquette professor, United States Representative, and Secretary for Defense. The Aspin Center aims to provide a dynamic, rigorous educational experience for Marquette students and others from around the country, and to make a genuine, direct contribution to our nation's ongoing experiment in representative democracy.

Through the Aspin Center, Marquette seeks to prepare young people to serve the public effectively and ethically; provide opportunities to enhance public policy awareness through educational programs; and promote mutual understanding between the United States and other countries through international exchanges.