2007-2008 Meetings
The Old Guard's 66th Year
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September 19
Introducer: Bill Haynes
Speaker: Sarah Nelson, Advisor to the Pontifical Council for Culture, Vatican City
"Rethinking the Vatican"
September 26
Introducer: Joe Bolster
Speaker: James Leach, Former Member U.S. House of Representatives, now at Woodrow WilsonSchool
"Leadership in America: The Dilemma"
October 3
Introducer: Warren Leback
Speaker: Bill Haynes, M.D. retired physician and author
"Sea Time: Life on Board Supply and Troop Ships during World War II and its Aftermath"
October 10
Introducer: Philip Cruickshank
Speaker: Robert J. Blumsenschine, Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers University
"Olduvai Gorge and the Origins of Human Distinctiveness"
October 17
Introducer: Bob Varrin
Speaker: Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University
"The Politics of Supreme Court Nominations"
October 24
Introducer: Henry King
Speaker: Stephen Pacala, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton Univ.
"Solving the Energy Problem"
October 31
Introducer: Bob Varrin
Speaker: Erin Dougherty, Executive Director Historical Society of Princeton
"Historical Society of Princeton: Looking Back Moving Forward"
November 7
Introducer: Joe Bolster
Speaker: John Bogle, Founder, Vanguard Fund
"Building a Better Financial System"
November 14
Introducer: Richard Hanson
Speaker: Linda Mead, Executive Director Delaware and Raritan Greenway
"The Status of Land Preservation in Central New Jersey"
November 21
Thanksgiving Break
November 28
Introducer: Jim Harford
Speaker: John Frederick
"An Excursion into Military History"
December 5
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: Freeman Dyson, Physicist, Institute For Advanced Study
"The individual or the group? A question that arises in Science, Law and Language"
December 12
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: Lloyd Moote, Professor Emeritus Of History, USC and Dorothy Moote Medical Microbiologist
"Plague: Then and Now"
December 19
Introducer: Bob Varrin
Speaker: Graham Burnett, Associate Professor Of History, Princeton University
"Is a Whale a Fish? Science, Religion, & Natural Order in 19th Century America"
January 9
Introducer: Henry King
Speaker: Peter G. Wodtke, Chairman Planetary Fund Gibraltar
"The United States in a Globalized World - How will we Earn our Living"
January 16
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: Letitia W. Ufford, Independent Scholar and Author Mehemet Ali vs. Lord "Palmerston: The Struggle for Syria, 1840"
January 23
Introducer: John Brinster
Speaker: Robin L. Davis, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University
"How Hearing Happens"
January 30
Introducer: Dick Hansen
Speaker: Dennis Micai, Executive Director, Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
"History and Mission of the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen"
February 6
Introducer: Jim Harford
Speaker: C. K. Williams, Lecturer with the Rank of Professor in Creative Writing, Princeton University
"Recent Poems"
February 13
Introducer: John Lasley
Speaker: David W. Crane, President and CEO, NRG Energy, Inc.
"Global Warming and Nuclear Energy"
February 20
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: David R. Leheny, Professor of East Asian Studies, Princeton University
"Changing Views of Democracy in the U.S. - Japan Alliance"
February 27
Introducer: Nick Wilson
Speaker: Emily Croll, Former Senior Administrative Officer of the Barnes Foundation
"The Barnes Foundation: Past and Future"
March 5
Introducer: David Dodge
Speaker: Gregory Chow, Professor in Economics, Princeton University.
"China's Environmental Problems and Policies"
March 12
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Speaker: Stanley N. Katz, Lecturer with the Rank of Professor, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
"What (if anything) Should the Schools and Colleges be Required to Teach about the Constitution?"
March 19
Introducer: John Schmidt
Speaker: Ted Daeschler, Chairman, Department of Paleontology Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
"Great Steps in the History of Life: Discovering Arctic Fossils that Link Ancient Fishes and the Earliest Limbed Vertebrates"
March 26
Introducer: Dick Hanson
Speaker: Richard Keevey, Director, Policy Research Institute on Religion (PRIOR), Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
"How to Solve New Jersey's Budget Crisis"
April 2
Introducer: Landon Jones
Speaker: Evan Thomas, Ferris Professor of Journalism, Princeton University
"The 2008 Presidential Campaign"
April 9
Introducer: Harold Borkan
Speaker: Neta A. Bahcall, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
"The Dark Side of the Universe"
April 16
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Speaker: Barbara Bodine, Diplomat in Residence, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
"Beyond the Bush Doctrine: The United States and the Persian Gulf"
April 23
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: Linda Meisel, Executive Director of Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Mercer County
"Secure@Home"
April 30
Introducer: Jim Harford
Speaker: Lesley Bush, Science Teacher, Grover Middle School, Princeton Junctio
"Reflections on the Olympics from Princeton's Own Gold Medalist"
May 7
Introducer: Frank Long
Speaker: Timothy A. Maslyn, Sculptor. Maslyn Studios
"Champions of American Sport - The Life and Exhibit of Sculptures by Joe Brown, Former Princeton Professor"
May 14
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: Edward Albee, Lecturer in Theater and Dance, Princeton University
"Conversation with Edward Albee About "Me, Myself and I" and His Other Work"
May 21
Introducer: Tom Gillespie
Speaker: Kenda Dean, Associate Professor of Youth, Church and Culture, Princeton Theological Seminary
"The Spirituality of American Youth Today"
Introducer: Bill Haynes
Speaker: Sarah Nelson, Advisor to the Pontifical Council for Culture, Vatican City
"Rethinking the Vatican"
September 26
Introducer: Joe Bolster
Speaker: James Leach, Former Member U.S. House of Representatives, now at Woodrow WilsonSchool
"Leadership in America: The Dilemma"
October 3
Introducer: Warren Leback
Speaker: Bill Haynes, M.D. retired physician and author
"Sea Time: Life on Board Supply and Troop Ships during World War II and its Aftermath"
October 10
Introducer: Philip Cruickshank
Speaker: Robert J. Blumsenschine, Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers University
"Olduvai Gorge and the Origins of Human Distinctiveness"
October 17
Introducer: Bob Varrin
Speaker: Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University
"The Politics of Supreme Court Nominations"
October 24
Introducer: Henry King
Speaker: Stephen Pacala, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton Univ.
"Solving the Energy Problem"
October 31
Introducer: Bob Varrin
Speaker: Erin Dougherty, Executive Director Historical Society of Princeton
"Historical Society of Princeton: Looking Back Moving Forward"
November 7
Introducer: Joe Bolster
Speaker: John Bogle, Founder, Vanguard Fund
"Building a Better Financial System"
November 14
Introducer: Richard Hanson
Speaker: Linda Mead, Executive Director Delaware and Raritan Greenway
"The Status of Land Preservation in Central New Jersey"
November 21
Thanksgiving Break
November 28
Introducer: Jim Harford
Speaker: John Frederick
"An Excursion into Military History"
December 5
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: Freeman Dyson, Physicist, Institute For Advanced Study
"The individual or the group? A question that arises in Science, Law and Language"
December 12
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: Lloyd Moote, Professor Emeritus Of History, USC and Dorothy Moote Medical Microbiologist
"Plague: Then and Now"
December 19
Introducer: Bob Varrin
Speaker: Graham Burnett, Associate Professor Of History, Princeton University
"Is a Whale a Fish? Science, Religion, & Natural Order in 19th Century America"
January 9
Introducer: Henry King
Speaker: Peter G. Wodtke, Chairman Planetary Fund Gibraltar
"The United States in a Globalized World - How will we Earn our Living"
January 16
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: Letitia W. Ufford, Independent Scholar and Author Mehemet Ali vs. Lord "Palmerston: The Struggle for Syria, 1840"
January 23
Introducer: John Brinster
Speaker: Robin L. Davis, Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University
"How Hearing Happens"
January 30
Introducer: Dick Hansen
Speaker: Dennis Micai, Executive Director, Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
"History and Mission of the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen"
February 6
Introducer: Jim Harford
Speaker: C. K. Williams, Lecturer with the Rank of Professor in Creative Writing, Princeton University
"Recent Poems"
February 13
Introducer: John Lasley
Speaker: David W. Crane, President and CEO, NRG Energy, Inc.
"Global Warming and Nuclear Energy"
February 20
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: David R. Leheny, Professor of East Asian Studies, Princeton University
"Changing Views of Democracy in the U.S. - Japan Alliance"
February 27
Introducer: Nick Wilson
Speaker: Emily Croll, Former Senior Administrative Officer of the Barnes Foundation
"The Barnes Foundation: Past and Future"
March 5
Introducer: David Dodge
Speaker: Gregory Chow, Professor in Economics, Princeton University.
"China's Environmental Problems and Policies"
March 12
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Speaker: Stanley N. Katz, Lecturer with the Rank of Professor, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
"What (if anything) Should the Schools and Colleges be Required to Teach about the Constitution?"
March 19
Introducer: John Schmidt
Speaker: Ted Daeschler, Chairman, Department of Paleontology Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
"Great Steps in the History of Life: Discovering Arctic Fossils that Link Ancient Fishes and the Earliest Limbed Vertebrates"
March 26
Introducer: Dick Hanson
Speaker: Richard Keevey, Director, Policy Research Institute on Religion (PRIOR), Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
"How to Solve New Jersey's Budget Crisis"
April 2
Introducer: Landon Jones
Speaker: Evan Thomas, Ferris Professor of Journalism, Princeton University
"The 2008 Presidential Campaign"
April 9
Introducer: Harold Borkan
Speaker: Neta A. Bahcall, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
"The Dark Side of the Universe"
April 16
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Speaker: Barbara Bodine, Diplomat in Residence, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
"Beyond the Bush Doctrine: The United States and the Persian Gulf"
April 23
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: Linda Meisel, Executive Director of Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Mercer County
"Secure@Home"
April 30
Introducer: Jim Harford
Speaker: Lesley Bush, Science Teacher, Grover Middle School, Princeton Junctio
"Reflections on the Olympics from Princeton's Own Gold Medalist"
May 7
Introducer: Frank Long
Speaker: Timothy A. Maslyn, Sculptor. Maslyn Studios
"Champions of American Sport - The Life and Exhibit of Sculptures by Joe Brown, Former Princeton Professor"
May 14
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: Edward Albee, Lecturer in Theater and Dance, Princeton University
"Conversation with Edward Albee About "Me, Myself and I" and His Other Work"
May 21
Introducer: Tom Gillespie
Speaker: Kenda Dean, Associate Professor of Youth, Church and Culture, Princeton Theological Seminary
"The Spirituality of American Youth Today"
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