2017-2018 Meetings
The Old Guard's 76th Year
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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
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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