Speakers, Spring 1991

 

Monday,
January 21
Dinner Theater, "Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) Pre-opera Dinner" (7:00 p.m. Bridges Auditorium)
 
Thursday,
January 24
Julian Bond, civil rights activist; former state senator, (D-Georgia); author, A Time to Speak, A Time to Act (1972) and Black Candidates Southern Campaign Experiences (1969); "Civil Rights; Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"
 
Monday,
January 28
Julianne Baird, soprano; professor of music, Rutgers University; Preethi de Silva, associate professor of music, Scripps College; "Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble: Mozart's Birthday Celebration"
 
Tuesday,
January 29
Paul Brodeur, staff writer, The New Yorker; author, Currents of Death: Power Lines, Computer Terminals, and the Attempt to Cover Up Their Threat to Your Health (1989) and "The Zapping of America: Microwaves, Their Deadly Risk, and the Coverup" (1977)
 
Wednesday,
January 30
Emilio Lazarin '94, alto saxophone; Jason Mahen, tenor saxophone; Pamela Rino, baritone saxophone; Scott Rudmann '93, alto saxophone; Heidi Nelson '94, piano; "Musical Tea: An Afternoon of Sax" (3:00 p.m.)
 
Thursday,
January 31
Richard Brookhiser, senior editor, National Review; co-author, Right Reason: A Collection (1986) and author, "The Way of the WASP: How It Made America, and How It Can Save It, So to Speak" (1990)
 
Thursday,
February 7
Peter Bontadelli, chief administrator, Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response, California Department of Fish and Game; "Government and the Environment"
 
Tuesday,
February 12
Ardis Johnson, drums, Watts Towers Arts Center; "Musical Tea: The Black Experience Through Sound and Movement" (3:00 p.m.)
 
Tuesday,
February 12
Vaughan Langman, professor of biological sciences, Louisiana State University; "Living Dinosaurs: The Story of the Largest African Mammal"
 
Wednesday,
February 13
Althea Burrell '88, district manager for education services, World Book Encyclopedia; "Grassroots Education in America"
 
Thursday,
February 14
David Lehman, poet; author, Operation Memory (1990) and Sign of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul De Mann (1991); Tom Disch, science fiction editor; author, Yes, Let's: New Selected Poems (1989); Richard Barnes, professor of English, Pomona College; M. Mark, literary supplement editor, Village Voice; (moderator), "National Book Critics Circle Forum"
 
Friday,
February 15
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; conductor, Claremont chamber orchestra; "Evening in Vienna"
 
Saturday,
February 16
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; conductor, Claremont chamber orchestra; "Evening in Vienna"
 
Sunday,
February 17
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; conductor, Claremont chamber orchestra; "Evening in Vienna"
 
Tuesday,
February 19
Michael Josephson, president, Institute for the Advancement of Ethics; author, Essential Principles of Criminal Procedure (1984); "The Ethics of American Youth"
 
Wednesday,
February 20
Amir Navab '93, Iran; Khahl Mohammed Soodi '94, Morocco; Mohammed Zayed '91, Egypt; " International CMC Student Panel: Perspectives Middle East"
 
Thursday,
February 21
Henry Kravis '67, founding partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company (KKR); "Leaders of the Future: Managing in a Smart Society"
 
Monday,
February 25
Lyn Nofziger, political consultant; "The Reagan Years: A Memoir"
 
Tuesday,
February 26
Fran Burke, professor of management, Suffolk University; co-author, Combating Corruption/Encouraging Ethics (1990); "Ethical Dilemmas in the Board Room"
 
Wednesday,
February 27
Patrick Caddell, political consultant; Ed Rollins, co-chairman, National Republican Congressional Committee; "Politics 1991"
 
Monday,
March 4
Ron Lehman II '68, director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; "Arms Control and Political Change"
 
Tuesday,
March 5
Clay Jenkinson, professor of Latin and Greek studies, University of Colorado; "An Evening with Thomas Jefferson"
 
Wednesday,
March 6
Judy Chu, mayor, Monterey Park, CA; professor of psychology, East Los Angeles College; co-author, Linking Our Lives: Chinese American Women of Los Angeles (1984); "The Challenges of Ethnic Diversity"
 
Thursday,
March 7
Clayton Koppes, Irvin E. Houck professor of humanities, Oberlin College; author, Hollywood Goes to War: How Politics, Profits, and Propaganda Shaped World War II Movies (1987) and JPL and the American Space Program: History of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1936-1976 (1982); "Movies, Morals, and the Market"
 
Monday,
March 11
Sergio Munoz, executive editor, La Opinion; "Ethics in Journalism"
 
Tuesday,
March 12
Robert Heilbroner, Norman Thomas professor of economics, New School for Social Research; author, The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers (1953) and Behind the Veil of Economics (1988); "Our Current Economic Climate"
 
Wednesday,
March 13
Marc Reisner, author, Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (1986) and co-author, Overtapped Oasis: Reform or Revolution for Western Water (1989); "California Water Wars"
 
Thursday,
March 14
Stuart Ho '57, president, Capital Investment of Hawaii; "The Importance of an International Perspective"
 
Monday,
March 18
Eileen Kearney, assistant professor of theater, Pomona College; Steven Young, professor of English, Pomona College; Lee Orchard, professor of theater, Christ College, Irvine; Nora Masterson, actress; Catherine Lombardo, musician; Bryan Ogihara, musician; Catherine Kerry, musician; Monty Abbott, musician; "The Celtic Twilight: Music and Readings of Ireland"
 
Tuesday,
March 19
Eileen Kearney, assistant professor of theater, Pomona College; Steven Young, professor of English, Pomona College; Lee Orchard, professor of theater, Christ College, Irvine; Nora Masterson, actress; Catherine Lombardo, musician; Bryan Ogihara, musician; Catherine Kerry, musician; Monty Abbott, musician; "The Celtic Twilight: Music and Readings of Ireland"
 
Monday,
April 1
Marion Howard, professor of gynecology and obstetrics, Emory University; author, Only Human: Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood (1979) and How to Help Your Teenager Postpone Sexual Involvement (1991); "Facts are Not Enough: A New Strategy to Help Young People Postpone Sexual Involvement"
 
Tuesday,
April 2
Francis Fukuyama, RAND consultant; author, forthcoming The End of History and the Last Man (1992), and The Soviet Threat to the Persian Gulf (1981); "The End of History Reconsidered"
 
Wednesday,
April 3
Constantinos Koshis '94, Cyprus; Mahntie Reeves '93, Liberia; Carlos Westerman '94, VeraCruz; "International CMC Student Panel"
 
Thursday,
April 4
Paulette Middleton, project director, Denver Air Quality Modeling Study; "The Air We Breathe"
 
Monday,
April 8
Richard Rosecrance, professor of political science, UCLA; author, America's Economic Resurgence: A Bold New Strategy (1990) and The Rise of the Trading State: Commerce and Conquest in the Modern World (1986); "Power and the Global Economy"
 
Tuesday,
April 9
Hugh Kaufman, co-founder, EPA; "Investigating Environmental Catastrophes"
 
Thursday,
April 11
Dinner Theater, "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie (1952) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Friday,
April 12
Dinner Theater, "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie (1952) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Saturday,
April 13
Dinner Theater, "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie (1952) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Sunday,
April 14
Brunch Theater, "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie (1952) (11:00 a.m.)
 
Tuesday,
April 16
Michael Graber '74, alpinist; filmmaker; "Each Person Makes a Difference"
 
Wednesday,
April 17
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh P'87 P'87 P'92, founder, chairman of the board, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Inernational; "The Need for an Arab Marshall Plan"
 
Thursday,
April 18
Rushworth Kidder, senior columnist, The Christian Science Monitor; author, An Agenda for the 21st Century (1987) and E.E. Cummings: An Introduction to the Poetry (1979); "Global Ethics"
 
Tuesday,
April 23
Enrico Santi, professor of Spanish and Latin American literature, Georgetown University; author, Pablo Neruda: The Poetics of Prophecy (1982); "Europe and the Americas"
 
Wednesday,
April 24
Ray Bradbury, author, The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1990); "Creativity in the Next 100 Years" (3:00 p.m. McKenna Auditorium)
 
Wednesday,
April 24
Ray Bradbury, author, The Machines of Joy (1988) and Fahrenheit 451 (1953); "The Great Years Ahead"
 
Wednesday,
April 25
Emilio Lazarin '94, alto saxophone; Jason Mahen, tenor saxophone; Pamela Rino, baritone saxophone; Scott Rudmann '93, alto saxophone; "Musical Tea: The Scott Rudmann Saxophone Quartet" (3:00 p.m.)
 
Thursday,
April 25
Susan Butcher, Iditarod dogsled race winner; "An Evening with Susan Butcher"
 
Thursday,
May 2
Anne Marie D'Agostino '91, CMC Senior art show; "Bringing Together Separate Peaces"
 

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