Sheehy will be the third speaker in the 1995-96 Distinguished Speaker Series. The series is presented by UB and the Don Davis Auto World Lectureship Fund. Key Bank is the series sponsor. The Amherst Chamber of Commerce is the affiliate sponsor.

Contributing sponsors are the Buffalo Marriott, UB Center for the Arts, Makin' Copies, UB Alumni Association and the James Fenton Lecture Foundation.

Sheehy is the best-selling author of "Passages," "The Silent Passage"-which was on The New York Times bestsellers list for more than two years-and the recent bestseller, "New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time."

A survey by the Library of Congress placed "Passages" among the top 10 books that have most influenced peoples' lives. Her new book is based on her ongoing study of the second adulthood for men and women.

Sheehy frequently appears on "The Today Show," "Nightline," "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report" and "This Week With David Brinkley."

An original contributor to New York magazine and a contributing editor of Vanity Fair since 1984, Sheehy has been credited with establishing a new genre of political writing. Her in-depth character portraits of world leaders-she has profiled the likes of Mikhail Gorbachev, Dan Quayle, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Saddam Hussein-won her the 1991 Washington Journalism Review Award for Best Magazine Writer in America.

She is a member of the Women's Forum of New York, the board of Poets and Writers and the board of advisors to the Women's Health Initiative for the National Institutes of Health.

Sheehy's lecture will be sponsored by University Bookstores.

Ticket prices range from $15-21. Discounts are $3 for UB faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens; $6 for students.

A 10 percent discount is available for groups of 10 or more. Discounts on purchases can be obtained only by mail order or in person at the Center for the Arts ticket office.

Full-price tickets may be purchased with cash only at any Ticketmaster location. Subject to availability, tickets may be purchased at the door.

Further ticket information may be obtained from the UB Office of Conferences and Special Events at 645-6147.