| Thursday, January 21 |
James McPherson, George Henry Davis professor of American history, Princeton University; author, For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War (1997) and Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (1988); " Ethnic and Civic Nationalism in the Civil War: Was Blood Thicker Than Water?" |
| Monday, January 25 |
Horace Clarence Boyer, professor of music, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; author, Lift Every Voice and Sing (1993) and How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel (1995); "Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration: The Old Ship of Zion" |
| Tuesday, January 26 |
Raymond Prince, professor emeritus of psychiatry, McGill University, Canada; author, Shamans and Endorphins: Hypotheses for a Synthesis (1982) and co-editor, Do Psychedelics Have Religious Implications? (1967); "Shamans and Endorphins" |
| Wednesday, January 27 |
James McPherson, George Henry Davis professor of American history, Princeton University; author, What They Fought For, 1861-1865 (1995) and Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution (1992); "Prairie Lawyer on Trial: Lincoln as Commander in Chief" |
| Thursday, January 28 |
Lynda Obst, film producer, Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and Risky Business (1983); author, Hello He Lied: And Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (1996); "The Good News, The Bad News" |
| Monday, February 1 |
Roger Ames, professor of philosophy, director, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Hawaii; author, The Art of Rulership: A Study of Ancient Chinese Political Thought (1994) and co-author; "Thinking Through Confucius" (1987) |
| Tuesday, February 2 |
Robert Reich, Maurice B. Hexter professor of social and economic policy, Brandeis University; former U.S. Secretary of Labor (1993-1997); author, Locked in the Cabinet (1997) and The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalism (1991); "The Work of the Future" |
| Wednesday, February 3 |
Judy Chicago, artist; author, The Dinner Party: A Symbol of Our Heritage (1979) and The Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light (1993); "Beyond the Flower: The Evolution of a Feminist Artist" |
| Thursday, February 4 |
Gordon Chang, professor of history, Stanford University; author, Friends and Enemies: The United States, China, and the Soviet Union, 1948-1972 (1990) and editor, Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: Yamato Ichihashi and His Internment Writings, 1942-1945 (1997); Wayne Patterson, professor of history, St. Norbert's College; author, The Koreans in America (1993) and The Korean Frontier in America: Immigration to Hawaii, 1896-1910 (1988); Steffi San Buenavenatura, professor of ethnic studies, U.C. Riverside; Yuji Ichioka, professor of history, UCLA, (commentator); author, Views from Within: The Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (1998) and The Issei: The World of the First Generation Japanese Immigrants, 1885-1924 (1990); "World War II and Asian Americans: A Panel Discussion" C-SPAN |
| Monday, February 8 |
Gladys-Marie Fry, professor of history, University of Maryland; author, Stitched from the Soul: Slave Quilts from the Antebellum South (1989) and Night Riders in Black Folk History (1975); curator of exhibition entitled "From the Loom of Africa to the American Quilt" (1998) |
| Tuesday, February 9 |
Christopher Childs, environmental activist; co-author, The Spirit's Terrain: Creativity, Activism, and Transformation (1998) and co-editor, Clear Sky, Pure Light: Encounters with Henry David Thoreau (1978); "Making the New Eden: The Human Creative Spirit and the Movement to Save the Earth" |
| Wednesday, February 10 |
Kim Richmond, saxophone; Clay Jenkins, trumpet; Bill Perkins, saxophone; Dave Scott, piano; Trey Henry, bass; Joe LaBarbera, drums, performers on recordings Range (1995) and Look at the Time (1999); "Kim Richmond/Clay Jenkins Jazz Ensemble" |
| Thursday, February 11 |
William Leedom, partner, Bennett, Bigelow, and Leedom, Seattle; "The Tobacco Wars: A View From the Front" (12:15 p.m.) |
| Thursday, February 11 |
John Irwin, Decker professor in the humanities, Johns Hopkins University; author, Just Let Me Say This About That (1998) and The Heisenberg Variations (1981), "Poet Reads From His Work" |
| Monday, February 15 |
Greg Long '70 P'00 P'01, partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, & Hampton, Los Angeles; "In the Name of the People: The Slaying of Thomas Thompson" |
| Tuesday, February 16 |
Lunar New Year Celebration, "Year of the Rabbit" |
| Wednesday, February 17 |
Michael Howard, Robert Lovett professor emeritus of military and naval history, Yale University; author, War in European History (1976) and co-editor, The Laws of War: Constraints on Warfare in the Western World (1997); "The United States and Its Allies in World War II" |
| Thursday, February 18 |
Rudy Ruettiger, author, Rudy (1993) and co-author, Rudy's Rules (1994); "The Power of the Dream" |
| Friday, February 19 |
David Dreier '75, U.S. House of Representatives (R), (CA-28th District), "Transportation Issues"(12:30 p.m.) |
| Monday, February 22 |
Elaine Thornburg, harpsichord, Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; "Music For Violin and Harpsichord" |
| Wednesday, February 24 |
Michael Howard, Robert Lovett professor emeritus of military and naval history, Yale University; author, The Lessons of History (1991) and Strategic Deception in the Second World War (1995); "What Kind of European Union?" |
| Thursday, February 25 |
Delaine Eastin, California superintendent of public education; author, Visual and Performing Arts Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade 12 (1995); "Educating California's Children" |
| Monday, March 1 |
A. Scott Berg, biographer; author, Goldwyn: A Biography (1989) and Max Perkins: Editor of Genius (1978); "In Search of Lindbergh" |
| Tuesday, March 2 |
Keh-Ming Lin, professor of psychiatry, UCLA; co-author, Psychopharmacology and Psychobiology of Ethnicity (1993) and Contribution of Ethnicity to Sleep Architecture in Normal Controls Implications for Psychopathology and Treatment (1999); "Ethnicity and Variability of Responses to Psychotropic Drugs" |
| Wednesday, March 3 |
Bharati Mukherjee, distinguished professor of English, U.C. Berkeley; author, Leave It to Me (1997) and Jasmine (1989); "The American Epic: Who is Singing My Song?" |
| Thursday, March 4 |
Zoltan Abadi-Nagy, professor of English, Texas Christian University; author, Crisis and Comedy: The American Novel of the 1960's and Guide to Contemporary American Fiction, 1970-1990 (1995); "Internationalism in an Eastern European Perspective" |
| Tuesday, March 9 |
Michael Ruhle, senior planning analyst, NATO headquarters, Brussels; author, Preserving the Deterrent: A Missile Defense for Europe (1990) and Will NATO Survive? (1997); "NATO and the Crisis in Kosovo" |
| Monday, March 22 |
Gerald Uelmen, professor of law, Santa Clara University; co-author, Drug Use and the Law Sourcebook (1982) and Lessons From the Trial: People v. O.J. Simpson (1996); "The Legal Struggle for Medicinal Marijuana" |
| Tuesday, March 23 |
Dan Oliver, former chairman, Federal Trade Commission (FTC); author, Liberating American Postal Services (1987) and Necessary Gateskeeping... Does Antitrust Law Protect Consumer Welfare, or Punish the Firms Consumers Prefer? (1998); Benjamin Klein, professor of economics, UCLA; co-author, Monopolization by "Raising Rivals' Costs": The Standard Oil Case (1996) and Vertical Integration of a Self-enforcing Contractual Arrangement (1997); "Antitrust in the 21st Century: The Microsoft Case" |
| Wednesday, March 24 |
James Michaels, editor emeritus, Forbes; "The Media and Corporate Leadership" |
| Thursday, March 25 |
Claremont Colleges Debate Union vs. Irish National Debate Team; "This House Supports Rule by the Elite" (12:15 p.m.) |
| Thursday, March 25 |
Carol Ou, cello, New England Conservatory of Music; "Music for Solo Cello" |
| Monday, March 29 |
Tazim Kassam, professor of South Asian religions, Colorado College; author, Song of Wisdom and Circles of Dance: Hymns of the Satpanth Ismaili Muslim Saint, Pir Shams (1995); "The Perils and Promise of Identity: The Transformation of a Muslim Minority" |
| Tuesday, March 30 |
Guy Beck, visiting professor of religious studies, College of Charleston; recording artist, Sacred Raga (1999); author, Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound (1993); "Sacred Music of India" |
| Wednesday, March 31 |
Eloise Anderson, former California human resources director; "The Welfare State and the Idea of America" |
| Thursday, April 1 |
Dinner Theater, "Fifteen Minute Hamlet" by Tom Stoppard (1978) and "Fools" by Neil Simon (1982) (6:00 p.m.) |
| Friday, April 2 |
Dinner Theater, "Fifteen Minute Hamlet" by Tom Stoppard (1978) and "Fools" by Neil Simon (1982) (6:00 p.m.) |
| Saturday, April 3 |
Dinner Theater, "Fifteen Minute Hamlet" by Tom Stoppard (1978) and "Fools" by Neil Simon (1982) (6:00 p.m.) |
| Monday, April 5 |
Chaozhu Ji, former Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom; former under-secretary-general of the United Nations (1991-1996); "Chinese Policy Toward the United States" (12:15 p.m.) |
| Monday, April 5 |
Chase Twichell, poet; author, The Odds (1986) and The Ghost of Eden (1998); "Poet Reads From Her Work" (4:00 p.m. Child's Lounge) |
| Monday, April 5 |
Russell Banks, author, Affliction (1989) and "Cloudsplitter" (1998) |
| Tuesday, April 6 |
Chong-ha Yoo, former minister of foreign affairs, Korea; "Asian Financial Crisis and Korean Security Issues" |
| Wednesday, April 7 |
Adam Werbach, former president, Sierra Club; author, "Act Now, Apologize Later" (1997) C-SPAN |
| Thursday, April 8 |
Michael Josephson, president, Institute for the Advancement of Ethics; author, Personal Responsibility (1985) and "The Power of Character: Prominent Americans Talk about Life, Family, Work, Values, and More" (1998) |
| Monday, April 12 |
Jane Hirshfield, poet; author, Lives of the Heart: Poems (1997) and Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry (1997); "Poet Reads From Her Work" |
| Tuesday, April 13 |
Arie Galles, professor of art, Fairleigh Dickinson University; artist of exhibition "Fourteen Stations/Hey Yud Dalet" (begun 1993) |
| Wednesday, April 14 |
Weston Naef '64, curator of photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum; author, In Focus: Alfred Steiglitz: Photography from the J. Paul Getty Museum (1995) and co-author, "The Truthful Lens: A Survey of the Photographically Illustrated Books, 1844-1914" (1984) |
| Thursday, April 14 |
Diarmuid O'Scannlain, judge, United Stated Court of Appeals, ninth circuit; "Should the 9th Circuit be Saved?" (4:00 p.m. Founders Room) |
| Thursday, April 15 |
John Roth, Russell K. Pitzer professor of philosophy and religious studies, CMC; author, Private Needs, Public Selves: Talk about Religion in America (1997) and Approaches to Auschwitz: The Holocaust and Its Legacy (1987); "The American Dream and Holocaust Questions: Reflections on Integrity, Commitment, Achievement" |
| Saturday, April 17 |
David Frum, contributing editor, The Weekly Standard, author, Dead Right (1994) and What is Right?: The New Conservative Majority and the Remaking of America (1966); "Why Conservatives Shouldn't Be Nostalgic" (12:30 p.m.) |
| Saturday, April 17 |
Steve Forbes, president and CEO, Forbes Inc.; co-author, The Right Time, the Right Place (1997) and forthcoming The New Birth of Freedom: Vision for America (1999); "Conservative Leaders in the Making" (7:00 p.m.) |
| Monday, April 19 |
Barbara Gutek, McClelland professor of management and policy, University of Arizona; author, Sex and the Workplace: The Impact of Sexual Behavior and Harassment on Women, Men, and Organizations (1985) and Sex Role Stereotyping and Affirmative Action Policy (1982); "Going to Court Over Sexual Harassment: What is Important?" |
| Tuesday, April 20 |
Nina Deutsch, piano; "Music of American Jewish Composers" |
| Wednesday, April 21 |
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Dean of Faculty, Scripps College; "Brahms: Musician, Composer, Individual" |
| Thursday, April 22 |
W.S. Merwin, U.S. special bicentennial consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress; author, River Sound: Poems (1999) and "The Folding Cliffs: A Narrative of 19th Century Hawaii" (1998) |
| Wednesday, April 28 |
Robert Sternberg, IBM professor of psychology, Yale University; editor, Handbook of Creativity (1999) and author, Cognitive Psychology (1997), "Leadership and Practical Intelligence" (1:00 p.m.) |
| Wednesday, April 28 |
David Winter, professor of psychology, University of Michigan; author, The Power Motive (1973) and Personality: Analysis and Interpretation of Lives (1995); "The Motivational Dimensions of Leadership: Power, Achievement and Affiliation" |