2014-2015 Meetings
The Old Guard's 73rd Year
The Old Guard's 73rd Year
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September 10
Linda J. Mead, President & CEO, D&R Greenway Land Trust
"IMPACT: The Power of Land to Transform Communities"
September 17
Joe Stephens,Staff Writer, Washington Post; Ferris Professor in Residence, Princeton University
"Confessions of an Investigative Journalist"
September 24
Scott Burnham, Scheide Professor of Music History, Princeton University,
"The Beethoven Difference: Beethoven's Heroic Style"
October 1
Christopher Eisgruber, President, Princeton University
"The Value of Liberal Learning"
October 8
Angus Deaton, Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Economics, Princeton University
"The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality"
October 15
Joseph Taylor, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Princeton
"From Amateur Radio to the Stars, and Back"
October 22
Vincent Poor, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University
"Princeton and the Dawn of the Information Age"
October 29
Pam Belluck, Visiting Professor of Journalism; Health & Science writer, The New York Times
"The Vanishing Mind: Portraits of Alzheimer’s Disease"
November 5
Brandice Canes-Wrone, 2013-14, Member of the Institute for Advanced Study and Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs, Princeton
"First Look Back at Yesterday's Elections"
November 12
Eliot Daley, Producer, co-writer of "MRN”, President of the production company—1970-1975
“"Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood"”: Why did it work (and what was Fred really like)?"
November 19
Deborah Poritz, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, 1996 - 2006
"Judicial Independence and Judicial Activism: Do Courts Make Law?"
Nov 26
No Meeting - Thanksgiving Break
December 3
Benjamin Gross, Research Fellow, Center for Contemporary History and Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation
"RCA Laboratories, David Sarnoff, and the U.S. Electronics Industry"
December 10
Michael Mills, Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC, Princeton, NJ
"The 'New' Statue of Liberty and Other Projects in Historic Preservation"
January 7
Jeffrey Grosser, Princeton Health Officer
"Keeping Princeton Healthy"
January 14
Arun Sundararajan, Professor of Business, Robert L. and Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellow,
New York University
"Sharing Economies: The Future of Capitalism?"
January 21
Canceled
January 28
Coleen Murphy, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Director of Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for Aging Research, Princeton University
"Molecular Mechanisms of Aging"
February 4
Harold James, Claude and Lore Kelly Professor in European Studies, Professor of History and International Affairs, Princeton University
"The Great War -- A Century Later"
February 11
Neta Bahcall, Eugene Higgins Professor of Astrophysics, Princeton University
"Advances in Astrophysics"
February 18
Zia Mian, Director, Project on Peace and Security in South Asia, Program on Science & Global Security, Princeton University
"War and Peace in the Asian Theater: Pakistan, India, China and the United States"
February 25
Mark Wethli, A. LeRoy Greason Professor of Art, Bowdoin College
"Public Art in American Communities"
March 4
Noy Thrupkaew, Visiting Professor of Journalism; Contributing editor, The American Prospect
"Human Trafficking and Labor Exploitation"
March 11
John Clark, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Alabama
"Plant Explorarion in the New World Tropics"
March 18
John Zinn, Independent Historian; Chair, the New Jersey Historical Society
"History, Tragedy and Comedy: The Brookly Dodgers at Ebbets Field"
March 25
Arvind Narayanan, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University
"The Quest to Reverse Engineer Our Algorithmic World"
April 1
Samuel Hynes, Professor of English, Emeritus, Princeton University
"The Unsubstantial Air: American Fliers in the First World War"
April 8
Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Princeton
"Climate as We've Known It Is a Thing of the Past: Navigating to Avoid A Dangerous Climate"
April 15
Michael Blumenthal, Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79
"Leadership in the 20th Century and Beyond"
April 22
Henry S. Farber, Hughes Rogers Professor of Economics, Princeton University
"Why You Can't Find a Taxi in the Rain and Other Labor Supply Lessons"
April 29
Robert Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, 1990-93
"Grand Juries: History, Function, Use and Abuse"
May 6
Kerry Jo Lee, Medical Officer, Division of Gastroenterology and Inborn Error Products,
Food and Drug Administration
"The Human Microbiome"
May 13
Eddie Glaude, Jr., William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies,
Department of Religion; Chair of the Center for African American Studies
"Our Democracy in Black: How Race Still Governs the Soul of America"
May 20
Simon Morrison, Professor of Music, Princeton University
"Music and Politics in 1939"
Linda J. Mead, President & CEO, D&R Greenway Land Trust
"IMPACT: The Power of Land to Transform Communities"
September 17
Joe Stephens,Staff Writer, Washington Post; Ferris Professor in Residence, Princeton University
"Confessions of an Investigative Journalist"
September 24
Scott Burnham, Scheide Professor of Music History, Princeton University,
"The Beethoven Difference: Beethoven's Heroic Style"
October 1
Christopher Eisgruber, President, Princeton University
"The Value of Liberal Learning"
October 8
Angus Deaton, Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Economics, Princeton University
"The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality"
October 15
Joseph Taylor, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Princeton
"From Amateur Radio to the Stars, and Back"
October 22
Vincent Poor, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University
"Princeton and the Dawn of the Information Age"
October 29
Pam Belluck, Visiting Professor of Journalism; Health & Science writer, The New York Times
"The Vanishing Mind: Portraits of Alzheimer’s Disease"
November 5
Brandice Canes-Wrone, 2013-14, Member of the Institute for Advanced Study and Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs, Princeton
"First Look Back at Yesterday's Elections"
November 12
Eliot Daley, Producer, co-writer of "MRN”, President of the production company—1970-1975
“"Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood"”: Why did it work (and what was Fred really like)?"
November 19
Deborah Poritz, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, 1996 - 2006
"Judicial Independence and Judicial Activism: Do Courts Make Law?"
Nov 26
No Meeting - Thanksgiving Break
December 3
Benjamin Gross, Research Fellow, Center for Contemporary History and Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation
"RCA Laboratories, David Sarnoff, and the U.S. Electronics Industry"
December 10
Michael Mills, Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC, Princeton, NJ
"The 'New' Statue of Liberty and Other Projects in Historic Preservation"
January 7
Jeffrey Grosser, Princeton Health Officer
"Keeping Princeton Healthy"
January 14
Arun Sundararajan, Professor of Business, Robert L. and Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellow,
New York University
"Sharing Economies: The Future of Capitalism?"
January 21
Canceled
January 28
Coleen Murphy, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Director of Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for Aging Research, Princeton University
"Molecular Mechanisms of Aging"
February 4
Harold James, Claude and Lore Kelly Professor in European Studies, Professor of History and International Affairs, Princeton University
"The Great War -- A Century Later"
February 11
Neta Bahcall, Eugene Higgins Professor of Astrophysics, Princeton University
"Advances in Astrophysics"
February 18
Zia Mian, Director, Project on Peace and Security in South Asia, Program on Science & Global Security, Princeton University
"War and Peace in the Asian Theater: Pakistan, India, China and the United States"
February 25
Mark Wethli, A. LeRoy Greason Professor of Art, Bowdoin College
"Public Art in American Communities"
March 4
Noy Thrupkaew, Visiting Professor of Journalism; Contributing editor, The American Prospect
"Human Trafficking and Labor Exploitation"
March 11
John Clark, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Alabama
"Plant Explorarion in the New World Tropics"
March 18
John Zinn, Independent Historian; Chair, the New Jersey Historical Society
"History, Tragedy and Comedy: The Brookly Dodgers at Ebbets Field"
March 25
Arvind Narayanan, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University
"The Quest to Reverse Engineer Our Algorithmic World"
April 1
Samuel Hynes, Professor of English, Emeritus, Princeton University
"The Unsubstantial Air: American Fliers in the First World War"
April 8
Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Princeton
"Climate as We've Known It Is a Thing of the Past: Navigating to Avoid A Dangerous Climate"
April 15
Michael Blumenthal, Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79
"Leadership in the 20th Century and Beyond"
April 22
Henry S. Farber, Hughes Rogers Professor of Economics, Princeton University
"Why You Can't Find a Taxi in the Rain and Other Labor Supply Lessons"
April 29
Robert Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey, 1990-93
"Grand Juries: History, Function, Use and Abuse"
May 6
Kerry Jo Lee, Medical Officer, Division of Gastroenterology and Inborn Error Products,
Food and Drug Administration
"The Human Microbiome"
May 13
Eddie Glaude, Jr., William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies,
Department of Religion; Chair of the Center for African American Studies
"Our Democracy in Black: How Race Still Governs the Soul of America"
May 20
Simon Morrison, Professor of Music, Princeton University
"Music and Politics in 1939"
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