2010-2011 Meetings
The Old Guard's 69th Year
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September 15
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: Lee Neuwirth, Old Guard member, Institute for Defense Analysis (retired)
"Nothing Personal: The Vietnam War in Princeton"
September 22
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: Susan Fiske, Professor of Psychology, Princeton University
"What We Know Now about the Problem of the Century:Subtle and Blatant Prejudice"
September 29
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: Margaret J. Geller, Senior Scientist Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory
"Click! The Universe"
October 6
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: William Rosen, Former editor (MacMillan Simon and Schuster) and writer
"The Most Powerful Idea inthe World: A Story of Steam Industry, and Invention"
October 13
Introducer: Landon Jones
Speaker: Elaine Sciolino, Paris Correspondent New York Times
"Seduction a la Francaise"
October 20
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Speaker: Robert Austin, Professor of Physics Princeton University
"The Physics of Cancer"
October 27
Introducer: Jim Johnson
Speaker: J. Seward Johnson Jr., Sculptor and creator of the Johnson Atelier Foundry and Technical Institute
"Sculpture on Many Fronts"
November 3
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Speaker: Michael Aron, Senior Political Correspondent, New Jersey Nightly News - NJN
"Reflections on the Mid-Term Elections"
November 10
Introducer: Henry King
Speaker: Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
"The Primary International Security Challenges – Afghanistan, etc."
November 17
Introducer: Nicholas VanDyck
Speaker: Nancy J. Duff, Assoc. Professor of Christian Ethics Princeton Theological Seminary
"Ethical and Bio-medical End of Life Issues"
Nov 24 Thanksgiving Break
December 1
Introducer: Jim Johnson
Speaker: Robert Tignor, Rosengarten Professor of Modern & Contemporary History Emeritus, Princeton University
"Whither Egypt: Regime Change or Status Quo?"
December 8
Introducer: Joe Bolster Jr.
Speaker: John Bogle, Founder Vanguard Fund
"Another Look at the Financial World"
December 15
Introducer: Joe Bolster Jr.
Speaker: Joe Bolster III, Comedian
"Comedy at 10:30 AM???"
January 5
Introducer: Landon Jones
Speaker: Dana Wand (pen name of Will Howarth & Anne Mathews, Princeton Faculty)
"How DEEP CREEK. a First Novel, became a Best Novel of 2010"
January 12 Snow Cancellation
January 19
Introducer: Jock McFarlane
Speaker: L. Carl Brown, Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs Emeritus, Princeton University
"Tunis to Tel Aviv to Tehran: The US and Today’s Middle East"
January 26
Introducer: Jock McFarlane
Speaker: Heidi Cullen, CEO and Director of Communications, Climate Central
"Seeing Climate, Seeing Change"
Feb 2 (Freezing Rain) Cancellation
February 9
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: Sam Daley-Harris, Director, Micro-Credit Summit Campaign
"Purpose, Poverty, Pitfalls, and Redemption"
February 16
Introducer: Henry King
Speaker: M. Ali Chaudry, Lecturer, Rutgers University School of Business - Camden
"Understanding the Spirit of Islam"
February 23
Introducer: George Hansen
Speaker: Andrew Lubin, Author, Analyst and Independent Foreign Correspondent
"Notes from Afghanistan: With A Marine Corps Combat Correspondent"
March 2
Introducer: Charles Plohn
Speaker: Fred Greenstein, Professor of Politics Emeritus, Princeton University
"Barack Obama: The Man & His Presidency"
March 9
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: Edward C. Taylor, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, Princeton University
"The History of the Discovery of the Cancer Drug Alimta"
March 16
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: Miguel Angel Centeno, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Princeton University
"War and Civilization: Is War What Makes Us Human?"
March 23
Introducer: William Burks
Speaker: Nancy Kieling, President, Princeton Area Community Foundation
"History & Development of Community Foundations in the United States"
March 30
Introducer: Landon Jones
Speaker: Anne Hull, Washington Post national reporter; visiting journalist, Princeton University
"A Reporter’s Story: Uncovering the Walter Reed Medical Scandal"
April 6
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Speaker: Mark Watson, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
"Where Are We in the Recovery from the Great Recession?"
April 13
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Speaker: Eldar Shafir, Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
"The Psychology of Scarcity"
April 20
Introducer: Henry King
Speaker: Peter Goddard, Director, Institute for Advanced Study
"There are No Excuses in Paradise: The Institute for Advanced Study, Its History and Mission"
April 27
Introducer: Jock McFarlane
Speaker: Michael Gordin, Professor of History, Princeton University
"How Russia Got the Bomb & How the Americans Found Out: The End of the US Atomic Monopoly"
May 4
Introducer: Landon Jones
Speaker: Nigel Smith, William and Annie S. Paton Foundation Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature, Princeton University
Andrew Marvell: Poet, Politician, Chameleon"
May 11
Introducer: Charles Plohn
Speaker: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
"Reflections on American Foreign Policy"
May 18
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: Landon Jones, author of Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation (1980)
"The Boomers at 65: What Happened?"
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: Lee Neuwirth, Old Guard member, Institute for Defense Analysis (retired)
"Nothing Personal: The Vietnam War in Princeton"
September 22
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: Susan Fiske, Professor of Psychology, Princeton University
"What We Know Now about the Problem of the Century:Subtle and Blatant Prejudice"
September 29
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: Margaret J. Geller, Senior Scientist Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory
"Click! The Universe"
October 6
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: William Rosen, Former editor (MacMillan Simon and Schuster) and writer
"The Most Powerful Idea inthe World: A Story of Steam Industry, and Invention"
October 13
Introducer: Landon Jones
Speaker: Elaine Sciolino, Paris Correspondent New York Times
"Seduction a la Francaise"
October 20
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Speaker: Robert Austin, Professor of Physics Princeton University
"The Physics of Cancer"
October 27
Introducer: Jim Johnson
Speaker: J. Seward Johnson Jr., Sculptor and creator of the Johnson Atelier Foundry and Technical Institute
"Sculpture on Many Fronts"
November 3
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Speaker: Michael Aron, Senior Political Correspondent, New Jersey Nightly News - NJN
"Reflections on the Mid-Term Elections"
November 10
Introducer: Henry King
Speaker: Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
"The Primary International Security Challenges – Afghanistan, etc."
November 17
Introducer: Nicholas VanDyck
Speaker: Nancy J. Duff, Assoc. Professor of Christian Ethics Princeton Theological Seminary
"Ethical and Bio-medical End of Life Issues"
Nov 24 Thanksgiving Break
December 1
Introducer: Jim Johnson
Speaker: Robert Tignor, Rosengarten Professor of Modern & Contemporary History Emeritus, Princeton University
"Whither Egypt: Regime Change or Status Quo?"
December 8
Introducer: Joe Bolster Jr.
Speaker: John Bogle, Founder Vanguard Fund
"Another Look at the Financial World"
December 15
Introducer: Joe Bolster Jr.
Speaker: Joe Bolster III, Comedian
"Comedy at 10:30 AM???"
January 5
Introducer: Landon Jones
Speaker: Dana Wand (pen name of Will Howarth & Anne Mathews, Princeton Faculty)
"How DEEP CREEK. a First Novel, became a Best Novel of 2010"
January 12 Snow Cancellation
January 19
Introducer: Jock McFarlane
Speaker: L. Carl Brown, Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs Emeritus, Princeton University
"Tunis to Tel Aviv to Tehran: The US and Today’s Middle East"
January 26
Introducer: Jock McFarlane
Speaker: Heidi Cullen, CEO and Director of Communications, Climate Central
"Seeing Climate, Seeing Change"
Feb 2 (Freezing Rain) Cancellation
February 9
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: Sam Daley-Harris, Director, Micro-Credit Summit Campaign
"Purpose, Poverty, Pitfalls, and Redemption"
February 16
Introducer: Henry King
Speaker: M. Ali Chaudry, Lecturer, Rutgers University School of Business - Camden
"Understanding the Spirit of Islam"
February 23
Introducer: George Hansen
Speaker: Andrew Lubin, Author, Analyst and Independent Foreign Correspondent
"Notes from Afghanistan: With A Marine Corps Combat Correspondent"
March 2
Introducer: Charles Plohn
Speaker: Fred Greenstein, Professor of Politics Emeritus, Princeton University
"Barack Obama: The Man & His Presidency"
March 9
Introducer: Scott McVay
Speaker: Edward C. Taylor, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, Princeton University
"The History of the Discovery of the Cancer Drug Alimta"
March 16
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: Miguel Angel Centeno, Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Princeton University
"War and Civilization: Is War What Makes Us Human?"
March 23
Introducer: William Burks
Speaker: Nancy Kieling, President, Princeton Area Community Foundation
"History & Development of Community Foundations in the United States"
March 30
Introducer: Landon Jones
Speaker: Anne Hull, Washington Post national reporter; visiting journalist, Princeton University
"A Reporter’s Story: Uncovering the Walter Reed Medical Scandal"
April 6
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Speaker: Mark Watson, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
"Where Are We in the Recovery from the Great Recession?"
April 13
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Speaker: Eldar Shafir, Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
"The Psychology of Scarcity"
April 20
Introducer: Henry King
Speaker: Peter Goddard, Director, Institute for Advanced Study
"There are No Excuses in Paradise: The Institute for Advanced Study, Its History and Mission"
April 27
Introducer: Jock McFarlane
Speaker: Michael Gordin, Professor of History, Princeton University
"How Russia Got the Bomb & How the Americans Found Out: The End of the US Atomic Monopoly"
May 4
Introducer: Landon Jones
Speaker: Nigel Smith, William and Annie S. Paton Foundation Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature, Princeton University
Andrew Marvell: Poet, Politician, Chameleon"
May 11
Introducer: Charles Plohn
Speaker: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
"Reflections on American Foreign Policy"
May 18
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Speaker: Landon Jones, author of Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation (1980)
"The Boomers at 65: What Happened?"
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