2012-2013 Meetings
The Old Guard's 71st Year
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September 12
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Julian Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton University
"The Election of 2012 in Historical Perspective"
September 19
Introducer: Robert Varrin
Naomi E. Leonard, Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
Princeton University
"Flocks and Fleets: Collective Motion in Nature and Robotics"
September 26
No Meeting – Yom Kippur
October 3
Introducer: Glenn Cullen
Elizabeth Harmon, Associate Professor of Philosophy and the Center for Human Values,
Princeton University
"The Ethics of Procreation: Explaining Why Creatin Someone Is Sometimes Wrong"
October 10
Introducer: Ruth Miller
George L. Bustin, Senior Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton Associate, Program in Law and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School
"The European Union and Russia: Strategic Partners or Vexing Neighbors?"
October 17
Introducer: Landon Jones
Louisa Thomas & Evan Thomas, Biographers: Great-granddaughter & Grandson of Norman Thomas
"Conscience: Two Soldiers, Tow Pacifists, One Family -- A Test of Will and Faith in World War I"
October 24
Fields Center
Introducer: Glenn Cullen
Gaspar Bakos, Assistant Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
"Discovering Transiting Extrasolar Planets"
Oct 31 (Canceled)
November 7
Fields Center
Introducer: Jerry Berkelhammer
Ward Wilson, Senior Fellow of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies
"Five Myths about Nuceal Weapons: Rethinking the Rationale for the Bomb"
November 14
Introducer: Landon Jones
P. Sainath,Rural Affairs Editor, The Hindu, Visiting Professor of Journalism, Princeton University
"Slumdogs vs Millionaires: India in the Age of Inequality"
Nov 21
No Meeting - Thanksgiving Break
November 28
Introducer: Nancy Beck
Michael Bordo, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Monetary and Financial History, Rutgers University
"London and the First Ear of Globalization"
December 5
Introducer: Lee Neuwirth
Joel Spiegelman,American composer, conductor, concert pianist, arranger, author and teacher
"Innovation as the Hallmark of 20th Century Russian Music"
December 12
Introducer: Landon Jones
Barbara Oberg, Editor of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Princeton University
"Parties, Politics, and Power: The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson"
January 9
Introducer: Nancy Beck
James Waltman,Executive Director, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
"Our environment: Conservation & Education"
January 16
Introducer: Jotham Johnson
Daniel Linke, University Archivist and Curator of Public Policy Papers, Princeton University
"1942: The Transformation of Princeton"
January 23
Introducer: Lee Neuwirth
Barbara Gantwerk, Assistant Commissioner of Education, New Jersey Department of Education
"Status of Public Education in New Jersey"
January 30
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Stanley Katz, Director, The Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton University
"Prospects for Transition in Cuba"
February 6
Introducer: BF Graham
The Biomedical Promise of Stem Cell Research
Ihor Lemischka
Director, The Black Family Stem Cell Institute
The Mount Sinai Hospital
February 13
Introducer: Jock McFarlane
National Religious Campaign Against Torture
George Hunsinger
Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic Theology
Princeton Theological Seminary
February 20
Introducer: Glenn Cullen
Invention to Innovation to the Marketplace:
A View From the University Perspective
James Sturm
Director, Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials
Princeton University
February 27
Introducer: Charles Plohn
Education Through Athletics
Gary Walters
Director of Athletics, Princeton University
March 6
Introducer: Landon Jones
A Journalist's Perspective on a Turbulent World
Griff Witte
Deputy Foreign Editor, The Washington Post
Visiting Professor of Journalism, Princeton University
March 13
Introducer: Landon Jones
The Wizard of Lies – Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust
Diana Henriques
Financial Writer, The New York Times
Visiting Professor of Journalism, Princeton University
March 20
Friend Building
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Helen Hamilton
Political Punditry in the Age of Data:
Lessons From the 2012 Presidential Campaign
Sam Wang
Founder, Princeton Election Consortium
Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, Princeton University
March 27
FIELDS CENTER
Introducer: Scott McVay
Minutes:Owen Leach
Reflections on Princeton: Lessons Learned in Nassau Hall
Shirley Tilghman
President, Princeton University
April 3
FIELDS CENTER
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Jock McFarlane
The Frontiers and Limits of Science
Robbert Dijkgraaf
Director, Institute for Advanced Study
April 10
Friend Building
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Minutes: Dick Bergman
The First Hundred Days of a Consolidated Princeton
Liz Lempert
Mayor, Princeton, New Jersey
April 17
PRINCETON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Introducer: Al Kaemmerlen
Minutes: Michael Curtis
State of the Hemisphere 2013:
New Options for U.S. Latin American Policy
Ricardo Luna
Peru’s Ambassador to the United States, 1993-99
Visiting Fellow, Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton
April 24
Friend Building
Introducer: Robert Varrin
Minutes: Ralph Widner
Great Inventions That Changed the World
James Wei
Emeritus Dean of Engineering, Princeton University
May 1
Friend Building
Introducer: Nancy Beck
Minutes: Charles Rojer
Your Doctor, Your Smartphone, and the Future Of Medicine
Nancy Snyderman
Chief Medical Editor, NBC Nightly News
May 8
FIELDS CENTER
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Arthur Eschenlauer
Investing in Transformative Ideas
Elizabeth Christopherson
President, Rita Allen Foundation, Princeton, NJ
May 15
FIELDS CENTER
9:30 a.m.- Guest Day
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes:Tom Fulmer
Tricks of the Trade: How Biographers Turn Lives Into Art
Annalyn Swan
Lecturer in English, Princeton University; co-author of de Kooning: An American Master, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Julian Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton University
"The Election of 2012 in Historical Perspective"
September 19
Introducer: Robert Varrin
Naomi E. Leonard, Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
Princeton University
"Flocks and Fleets: Collective Motion in Nature and Robotics"
September 26
No Meeting – Yom Kippur
October 3
Introducer: Glenn Cullen
Elizabeth Harmon, Associate Professor of Philosophy and the Center for Human Values,
Princeton University
"The Ethics of Procreation: Explaining Why Creatin Someone Is Sometimes Wrong"
October 10
Introducer: Ruth Miller
George L. Bustin, Senior Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton Associate, Program in Law and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School
"The European Union and Russia: Strategic Partners or Vexing Neighbors?"
October 17
Introducer: Landon Jones
Louisa Thomas & Evan Thomas, Biographers: Great-granddaughter & Grandson of Norman Thomas
"Conscience: Two Soldiers, Tow Pacifists, One Family -- A Test of Will and Faith in World War I"
October 24
Fields Center
Introducer: Glenn Cullen
Gaspar Bakos, Assistant Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
"Discovering Transiting Extrasolar Planets"
Oct 31 (Canceled)
November 7
Fields Center
Introducer: Jerry Berkelhammer
Ward Wilson, Senior Fellow of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies
"Five Myths about Nuceal Weapons: Rethinking the Rationale for the Bomb"
November 14
Introducer: Landon Jones
P. Sainath,Rural Affairs Editor, The Hindu, Visiting Professor of Journalism, Princeton University
"Slumdogs vs Millionaires: India in the Age of Inequality"
Nov 21
No Meeting - Thanksgiving Break
November 28
Introducer: Nancy Beck
Michael Bordo, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Monetary and Financial History, Rutgers University
"London and the First Ear of Globalization"
December 5
Introducer: Lee Neuwirth
Joel Spiegelman,American composer, conductor, concert pianist, arranger, author and teacher
"Innovation as the Hallmark of 20th Century Russian Music"
December 12
Introducer: Landon Jones
Barbara Oberg, Editor of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Princeton University
"Parties, Politics, and Power: The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson"
January 9
Introducer: Nancy Beck
James Waltman,Executive Director, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
"Our environment: Conservation & Education"
January 16
Introducer: Jotham Johnson
Daniel Linke, University Archivist and Curator of Public Policy Papers, Princeton University
"1942: The Transformation of Princeton"
January 23
Introducer: Lee Neuwirth
Barbara Gantwerk, Assistant Commissioner of Education, New Jersey Department of Education
"Status of Public Education in New Jersey"
January 30
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Stanley Katz, Director, The Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton University
"Prospects for Transition in Cuba"
February 6
Introducer: BF Graham
The Biomedical Promise of Stem Cell Research
Ihor Lemischka
Director, The Black Family Stem Cell Institute
The Mount Sinai Hospital
February 13
Introducer: Jock McFarlane
National Religious Campaign Against Torture
George Hunsinger
Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic Theology
Princeton Theological Seminary
February 20
Introducer: Glenn Cullen
Invention to Innovation to the Marketplace:
A View From the University Perspective
James Sturm
Director, Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials
Princeton University
February 27
Introducer: Charles Plohn
Education Through Athletics
Gary Walters
Director of Athletics, Princeton University
March 6
Introducer: Landon Jones
A Journalist's Perspective on a Turbulent World
Griff Witte
Deputy Foreign Editor, The Washington Post
Visiting Professor of Journalism, Princeton University
March 13
Introducer: Landon Jones
The Wizard of Lies – Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust
Diana Henriques
Financial Writer, The New York Times
Visiting Professor of Journalism, Princeton University
March 20
Friend Building
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Helen Hamilton
Political Punditry in the Age of Data:
Lessons From the 2012 Presidential Campaign
Sam Wang
Founder, Princeton Election Consortium
Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, Princeton University
March 27
FIELDS CENTER
Introducer: Scott McVay
Minutes:Owen Leach
Reflections on Princeton: Lessons Learned in Nassau Hall
Shirley Tilghman
President, Princeton University
April 3
FIELDS CENTER
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Jock McFarlane
The Frontiers and Limits of Science
Robbert Dijkgraaf
Director, Institute for Advanced Study
April 10
Friend Building
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Minutes: Dick Bergman
The First Hundred Days of a Consolidated Princeton
Liz Lempert
Mayor, Princeton, New Jersey
April 17
PRINCETON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Introducer: Al Kaemmerlen
Minutes: Michael Curtis
State of the Hemisphere 2013:
New Options for U.S. Latin American Policy
Ricardo Luna
Peru’s Ambassador to the United States, 1993-99
Visiting Fellow, Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton
April 24
Friend Building
Introducer: Robert Varrin
Minutes: Ralph Widner
Great Inventions That Changed the World
James Wei
Emeritus Dean of Engineering, Princeton University
May 1
Friend Building
Introducer: Nancy Beck
Minutes: Charles Rojer
Your Doctor, Your Smartphone, and the Future Of Medicine
Nancy Snyderman
Chief Medical Editor, NBC Nightly News
May 8
FIELDS CENTER
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Arthur Eschenlauer
Investing in Transformative Ideas
Elizabeth Christopherson
President, Rita Allen Foundation, Princeton, NJ
May 15
FIELDS CENTER
9:30 a.m.- Guest Day
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes:Tom Fulmer
Tricks of the Trade: How Biographers Turn Lives Into Art
Annalyn Swan
Lecturer in English, Princeton University; co-author of de Kooning: An American Master, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize
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