Dr Edward Larson is a University Professor of history and holds the Hugh amp Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University He is also a Senior Fellow of the University of Georgias Institute of Higher Education and a visiting professor at Stanford Law In 1998 he received the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Summer for the Gods The Scopes Trial and Americas Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion Dr Larson spoke at the Supreme Court Lecture Series at the Washington Library on April 28 2016