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the old guard of princeton

2017-2018 Meetings

The Old Guard's 76th Year

Please Click on Links for Meeting Minutes
Sept. 13
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Marge D’Amico
Minutes: Dave Tierno
The Museum in a Post-Thing World
Speaker: James C. Steward
Director, Princeton University Art Museum

Sept. 20
Friend Center
Introducer:Landon Jones
Minutes: Richard Fenn
The Princeton and Slavery Project
Speaker: Martha A. Sandweiss
Professor of History, Princeton University

Sept. 27
Friend Center
Introducer:Landon Jones
Minutes: Ferris Olin
Academic Libraries in a World of Changing Expectations
Speaker: Anne Jarvis
Princeton University Librarian

Oct. 4
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer:Landon Jones
Minutes: Joseph A. Giordmaine
Was That Storm Climate Change?
Speaker: Paul Hanle
President and Chief Executive, Climate Central

Oct. 11
Friend Center
Introducer:Stephen Schreiber
Minutes: Robert Pickens
Drivers of Health Care Provider Mergers and Acquisitions
Speaker: Barry Rabner
President and CEO, Princeton HealthCare System

​Oct. 18
Friend Center
Introducer:Miquelon Weyeneth
Minutes: Richard Sarle
Diversity in Education
Speaker: Cecilia Rouse
Dean, Woodrow Wilson School, and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs

Oct. 25
ANDLINGER CENTER
Introducer:Gordon Douglas
Minutes: David Egger
How to Feed the World in 2050 Without Destroying It
Speaker: Tim Searchinger
Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School

Nov. 1
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer:Ruth Miller
Minutes: William Wakefield
Contemporary Issues in Princeton Policing
Speaker: Nick Sutter
Chief of Police, Princeton, NJ

Nov. 8
Friend Center
Introducer:BF Graham
Minutes: Eliot Freeman
Unexpected Roles for Immune Proteins in the Brain
Speaker: Lisa Boulanger
Associate Professor, Princeton Neuroscience Institute

Nov. 15
Friend Center
Introducer:Claire Jacobus
Minutes: Claire Jacobus
Education Revolution: The Second Battle of Trenton
Speaker: Douglas Palmer
The Honorable Douglas Palmer, former Mayor of Trenton

Nov. 22
No Meeting -- Thanksgiving Break

Nov. 29
Friend Center
Introducer:Marge D’Amico
Minutes: Lincoln Hollister
Climate Change and Architecture: The Challenges
Speaker: Esther da Costa Meyer
Professor, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University

Dec. 6
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer:Miquelon Weyeneth
Minutes: Deborah Poritz
Why Social Norms Matter
Speaker: Elizabeth Paluck
Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University

Dec. 13
Friend Center
Introducer:John Cotton
Minutes: Eliot Daley
Laugh Lines: Talking Funny With the Cartoon Editor of The New Yorker
Speaker: ​Emma Allen
Cartoon Editor, The New Yorker

Jan. 3 
Hospitality Time 
Friend Center
Introducer: Julia Coale 
Minutes: Jock McFarlane
China's Rise and U.S. Security 
Speaker: Thomas J. Christensen 
Professor of World Politics of Peace and War, Princeton University

Jan. 10 
Friend Center
Introducer: John Cotton 
Minutes: Keith Wheelock
The Relationship Between Ethics and Elegance in Structural Engineering 
Speaker: Maria Garlock 
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University

Jan. 17 
Friend Center
Introducer: John Cotton 
Minutes: Stan Rosenberg 
The History of Cannabis and Its Prohibition 
Speaker: David Nathan 
Psychiatrist, Founder and Board President, Doctors for Cannabis Regulation 

Jan. 24
Friend Center
Marge D’Amico 
Minutes: Constance Hassett
Is the Music of the ’60s Relevant Today? 
Speaker: John Weingart 
Associate Director, Rutgers University Eagleton Institute of Politics 

Jan. 31
Friend Center
Introducer: Robert Fraser 
Minutes: Richard Feinstein
The Russian Revolution and Its Impact on the World 
Speaker: Jonathan Haslam 
George F. Kennan Professor in the School of Historical Studies,
Institute for Advanced Study 

Feb. 7
Hospitality Time 
Friend Center
Introducer: John Cotton 
Minutes: Joan Fleming ​
“Bach and Beyond” 
A Conversation with Jennifer Koh and Marna Seltzer 
Speakers: The Violinist Jennifer Koh, Musical America’s 2016 Instrumentalist of the Year, and Marna Seltzer, Director, Princeton University Concerts

Feb. 14
Friend Center
Introducer: Scott McVay 
Minutes: Christopher Coucill
Grounds for Sculpture: 
A Model for Relevance, Approachability and Surprise in Museums 
Speaker: Gary Garrido Schneider 
Executive Director, Grounds for Sculpture 

Feb. 21
Friend Center
Introducer: Ruth Miller 
Minutes: Roland Machold
Nixon, Kissinger and a Forgotten Genocide 
Speaker: Gary Bass 
Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University

Feb. 28
Andlinger
Introducer: John Cotton 
Minutes: Nancy Becker ​
Early Treatment of Stroke, Every Minute Counts 
Speaker: Michael Stiefel 
Director, Capital Institute for Neurosciences 

March 7
Cancelled, due to inclement weather

March 14
Friend Center 

Introducer: Landon Jones 
Minutes: Julia Denny 
Can Grace Survive in the Digital Age?
Sarah Kaufman

Chief Dance Critic of the Washington Post and author of The State of Grace

March 21
Cancelled, due to inclement weather

March 28
Friend Center
Introducer: Miquelon Weyeneth
Minutes: John Kelsey

The Scarcity Mindset and Its Implications
Eldar Shafir

Class of 1987 Professor of Behavioral Science and Public Policy, Princeton University

April 4
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: John Kelsey
Minutes: Ralph Widner

Growing New Jersey`s Economy: What Needs to be Done
Tom Bracken 
President & CEO New Jersey Chamber of Commerce

April 11
Friend Center
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Peter Epstein

New York State of Mind
Jim Dwyer

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner - writer of the “About New York” column for the New York Times; visiting Professor of Journalism, Princeton University

April 18
Friend Center
Introducer: BFG Graham
Minutes: Roger Moseley

Emerging Infectious Disease: Hype or Threat
Thomas Shenk
James A. Elkins Jr. Professor of Life Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University


April 25
Friend Center
Introducer: John Cotton
Minutes: Richard Fenn

From Day to Day: One Man's Diary of Survival in Nazi Concentration Camps
Timothy Boyce

Retired Real Estate Attorney

May 2
Friend Center
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Larry Hans

The Petey Greene Program: 10 Years of Prison Education from College Tutors
James Farrin

Co-founder and Executive Director of the Petey Greene Program

May 9
Community Room, Princeton Public Library
Introducer: Miquelon Weyeneth
Minutes: James Ferry

New Jersey’s Role in World War I: Sabotage Target and Key State in the War Effort
James Hockenberry

Author: World War I Intrigue Trilogy

May 16
​Andlinger Center
Introducer: Scott McVay
Minutes: Jo Johnson

Is Genome Editing the New Eugenics? 
Shirley M. Tilghman 
President Emeritus, Princeton University

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