Speakers Spring 1989

 

Tuesday,
January 17
Jesse Jackson, political activist; founder, National Rainbow Coalition; author, forthcoming Keep Hope Alive (1989); "Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Remembrance" (11:00 a.m. Bridges Auditorium)
 
Tuesday,
January 17
Jesse Jackson, political activist; founder, National Rainbow Coalition; author, Straight from the Heart (1987); "Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance" (1:00 p.m.)
 
Monday,
January 30
Harrison Schmidt, astronaut; former U.S. senator (R-New Mexico); "A Trip to the Moon and the Future of Earth"
 
Thursday,
February 2
T. Boone Pickens, Jr., corporate activist; "Leadership in Business" (8:00 a.m.)
 
Monday,
February 6
Alan Gordon P'84 P'89, physician; governor, American Board of Internal Medicine; author, Gynecologic Endoscopy (1988); "Changes in Medical Ethics from a Physician's Point of View"
 
Tuesday,
February 7
Judith Ross, associate director of programs in medical ethics, UCLA; author, Handbook for Hospital Ethics Committees (1986) and Choosing Life or Death: A Guide for Patients, Families, and Professionals (1986); "Medical Ethics from a Philosophical Viewpoint" (5:00 p.m.)
 
Tuesday,
February 7
Alex Capron, professor of law, medicine, public policy, USC; "Medical Ethics from a Legal Point of View" (6:45 p.m.)
 
Tuesday,
February 7
Alan Gordon P'84 P'89, physician; governor, American Board of Internal Medicine; author, Gynecologic Endoscopy (1988); Judith Ross, associate director of programs in medical ethics, UCLA; author, Handbook for Hospital Ethics Committees (1986) and Choosing Life or Death: A Guide for Patients, Families, and Professionals (1986); Alex Capron, professor of law, medicine, public policy, USC; "Medical Ethics Symposium Panel" (7:45 p.m.)
 
Thursday,
February 9
Sandy Owen, piano; Paul Carmen, saxophone; performers on album Heart Crossings (1988); Donna Thomas, percussion; " An Evening of Jazz"
 
Monday,
February 13
Nien Cheng, author, "Life and Death in Shanghai" (1986)
 
Tuesday,
February 14
Celebration of the Arts, "CMC Student Musical Performances"
 
Wednesday,
February 15
Ward Elliott, professor of government, CMC; author, Rise of Guardian Democracy: The Supreme Court's Role in Voting Rights Disputes, 1845-1969 (1974); Dan Mazmanian, director, Center for Politics and Policy, Claremont Graduate School; author, Third Parties Presidential Elections (1974) and Can Regulation Work? (1983); Nancy Burnett, professor of economics, CMC; Craig Stubblebine, professor of economics, CMC; co-editor, Reaganomics: a Mid-Term Report (1983); Richard Sweeney, professor of economics, CMC; "The Bush Administration: What Does It Want? What's It Going to Get? What are We Going to Get?"
 
Thursday,
February 16
William Styron, novelist; author, Sophie's Choice (1979) and The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967); "Conversation with William Styron"
 
Monday,
February 20
Paul Saltman, professor of biology, U.C. San Diego; author, The California Nutrition Book: A Food Guide for the 90s from Faculty at the University of California and the Editors of American Health (1987) and co-author, The Biochemistry and Physiology of Iron (1982); "Are We What We Eat?"
 
Tuesday,
February 21
Al Seckel, physicist; "Science and the Paranormal: Exploring the Fringes of Science"
 
Wednesday,
February 22
John Roth, Russell K. Pitzer professor of philosophy and religious studies, CMC; editor, Philosophy of Josiah Jones (1982) and co-author, Approaches to Auschwitz (1987); "Last Lecture"
 
Tuesday,
February 28
Daniel Mahoney, U.S. Court of Appeals judge, (2nd-circuit); "Conservatism on and off the Bench"
 
Thursday,
March 2
Dinner Theater, "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Joseph Kesserling (1952) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Friday,
March 3
Dinner Theater, "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Joseph Kesserling (1952) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Saturday,
March 4
Dinner Theater, "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Joseph Kesserling (1952) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Sunday,
March 5
Brunch Theater, "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Joseph Kesserling (1952) (11:00 a.m.)
 
Monday,
March 6
Benjamin Begin, Knesset member; "The Future of the Middle East"
 
Tuesday,
March 7
John J. Pitney, Jr., assistant professor of government, CMC; "Last Lecture"
 
Wednesday,
March 8
David Shipler, senior associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; author, Russia: Broken Idols, Solemn Dreams (1983) and Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land (1986); "Arab and Jew: A Reporter's Perspective"
 
Thursday,
March 9
Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court Justice; "A View From the Bench" (4:00 p.m. Bauer Lecture Hall)
 
Monday,
March 13
Yehoshafat Harkabi, Hexter professor of international relations, Hebrew University; author, forthcoming Israeli's Fateful Hour (1989) and Palestinians and Israel (1974); "The Fateful Choices Before Israel"
 
Tuesday,
March 14
Edwin Hollander, professor of psychology, SUNY Buffalo; author, Leadership Dynamics: A Practical Guide to Effective Relationships (1978) and Leaders, Groups, and Influence (1964); "The Science of Leadership: Relationships Between Leaders and Followers"
 
Wednesday,
March 15
Henry Kravis '67, founding partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company (KKR); "The Art of Leadership" (12:30 p.m.)
 
Wednesday,
March 15
Frederick Rentschler, CEO, Beatrice Company; "The Art of Leadership"
 
Thursday,
March 16
Dorothy Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals judge, (9th-circuit); "Alternative Dispute Resolution"
 
Thursday,
March 30
Elaine Jones, civil rights activist; "The Impact of Race and Gender on the Law"
 
Saturday,
April 1
Night Blooming Jazzmen, "Spring Jazz Performance"
 
Monday,
April 3
John Service, foreign service officer; "Conversation with John Service" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Monday,
April 3
John Service, foreign service officer; "The Long March"
 
Tuesday,
April 4
George Eisen, professor of sports psychology, Cal Poly, Pomona; author, Children and Play in the Holocaust: Games Among the Shadows (1988); "Performance Enhancement: The Role of Sports Psychology in Everyday Life"
 
Wednesday,
April 5
Peter Schwartz, editor, The Intellectual Activist; "Ayn Rand's: The Virtue of Selfishness"
 
Monday,
April 10
Jean Lipman-Blumen, Thornton F. Bradshaw professor of public policy, Claremont Graduate School; author, The Paradox of Success: The Impact of Priority Setting in Agricultural Research and Extension (1984) and Gender Roles and Power (1984); "Connective Leadership: A Female Perspective for an Interdependent World" (McKenna Auditorium)
 
Monday,
April 10
Mira Petrovskaya, historian, Moscow University; "The Role of Women: A Soviet Perspective" (7:30 p.m. McKenna Auditorium)
 
Tuesday,
April 11
Judith Dischel, former state chairperson, American Medical Society on Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies; "Bright, Well-Educated and Hooked: How Does it Happen? (12:30 p.m.)
 
Wednesday,
April 12
Amnon Straschnov, judge advocate general, Israeli Army; "The Rule of Law in the Administered Areas"
 
Thursday,
April 13
Ron Lehman II '68, assistant secretary of defense for international security policy; "Change and Challenge in United States-Soviet Relationship" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Thursday,
April 13
Chris Theodore '89, "CMC Student Art Show" (6:00 p.m.)
 
Monday,
April 17
Michael Woo, Los Angeles city councilman, (13th-district); "The New Politics of a Multi-Ethnic City"
 
Wednesday,
April 19
Maurice Couturier, professor of American literature, University of Nice, France; co-author, Donald Barthelme (1982); "Author-Reader Relationships: Nabakov and the Post-Modernists"
 
Thursday,
April 20
Martin Chemers, professor of leadership and organizational psychology, CMC; co-author, Improving Leadership Effectiveness: The Leader Match Concept (1976) and Culture and Environment (1984); "Last Lecture"
 
Monday,
April 24
James Gould, professor of international relations, Scripps College; co-editor, Contemporary Philosophical Logic (1978); "Why I Celebrate Diversity" (12:30 p.m.)
Tuesday,
April 25
Claremont Colleges Debate Union vs. USC Debate Union, "An Education at USC is No Education at All"
 
Wednesday,
April 26
Rashid Khalidi, associate professor of modern eastern history, University of Chicago; author, Under Siege: P.L.O. Decision Making During the 1982 War (1986) and co-editor, Palestine and the Gulf: Proceedings of an International Seminar (1982); "The Palestinian Perspective"
 
Thursday,
April 27
George Deukmejian, California governor; "Commencement Preview"
 

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