2018 - 2019 Meetings
The Old Guard's 77th Year
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9:30 a.m. - September 12
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Julie Denny
ICAЯUS: Making the Documentary that Exposed Russia's Cheating in Sports
Edwin Stier
Former Criminal Prosecutor in New Jersey and Legal Counsel to ICAЯUS,
2018 Oscar winner
10:15 a.m. - September 19
Friend Center
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Ruth Scott
Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions
Alexander Todorov
Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Psychology, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – September 26
Friend Center
Introducer: Henry Von Kohorn
Minutes: John Riganati
Driverless Cars–Just in Time for Us, Maybe?
Alain Kornhauser
Professor of Operations Research & Financial Engineering,
Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – October 3
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Carl Cangelosi
A History of Impeachment, the Constitutional Remedy of Last Resort
Alan Baron
Former Special Impeachment Counsel, US House of Representatives
10:15 a.m. – October 10
Friend Center
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: John Cotton
Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters
A Conversation with Freeman Dyson
Professor Emeritus,
Institute for Advanced Study
10:15 a.m. – October 17
Friend Center
Introducer: BF Graham
Minutes: Lincoln Hollister
Adventures in Fusion Propulsion
Stephanie Thomas
Vice President,
Princeton Satellite Systems
10:15 a.m. – October 24
Friend Center
Introducer: Marge D'Amico
Minutes: Ferris Olin
Nature's Nation: American Art and Environment
Karl Kusserow
John Wilmerding Curator of American Art, Princeton University Art Museum
10:15 a.m. – October 31
Friend Center
Introducer: Henry Von Kohorn
Minutes: Dermot Gately
Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict
Jacob Shapiro
Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – November 7
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: John Cotton
Minutes: David Vilkomerson
Clean Water Through Solar Power
Quentin Kelly
Chairman & CEO, WorldWater & Solar Technologies, Inc.
10:15 a.m. – November 14
Friend Center
Introducer: Shirley Satterfield
Minutes: Robert Fraser
Race After Technology
Ruha Benjamin
Associate Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University
November 21
No Meeting–Thanksgiving Break
10:15 a.m. – November 28
Friend Center
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Minutes: David Wetherill
Credit Where It’s Due: Rethinking Financial Citizenship
Frederick Wherry
Professor of Sociology,
Princeton University
9:30 a.m – December 5
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer:Stephen Schreiber
Minutes: Michael Mathews
Investigative Journalism in the Trump Era
Mark Mazzetti
Washington Investigative Correspondent, The New York Times
10:15 a.m. – December 12
Friend Center
Introducer: Julia Coale
Minutes: Deborah Poritz
Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities
Crystal Yang
Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research
9:30 a.m. – Jan 9
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Andrew Littauer
In Full Flight: A Story of Africa and Atonement
John Heminway
Author and filmmaker of many documentaries about the wild corners of our planet
10:15 a.m. – Jan 16
Friend Center
Introducer Henry Von Kohorn
Minutes: Mary Reath
Planning the New York Metropolitan Region
Thomas K. Wright
President & CEO, Regional Plan Association
10:15 a.m. – Jan 23
Friend Center
Introducer John Cotton
Minutes: Lincoln Hollister
Online Gun Subculture and First Amendment Protections
Connie Hassett-Walker
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Kean University
10:15 a.m. – Jan 30
Friend Center
Introducer: Richard Scribner
Minutes: Priscilla Roosevelt
A Fine Fox Chase: From Long Island to Prince Towne, 1776-77
Rand Mirante
Senior Associate Director, Office of Development, Princeton University, and published historian
9:30 a.m. – Feb 6
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer George Bustin
Minutes: Charles Ganoe
Turmoil in Europe
Ashoka Mody
Visiting Professor in International Economic Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Feb 13
Friend Center
Introducer George Bustin
Minutes: Ruth Miller
In the Ruins of Constitutional Government
Kim Lane Scheppele
Professor of Sociology and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Feb 20
Meeting Canceled Due to Weather
10:15 a.m. – Feb 27
Community Room, Princeton Public Library
Introducer Lincoln Hollister
Minutes: Joe Giordmaine
The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter
Paul Steinhardt
Professor of Physics, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – Mar 6
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer George Bustin
Minutes: Ruth Miller
Gerrymandering Project
Sam Wang
Professor of Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Mar 13
Friend Center
Introducer: Stephen Schreiber
Minutes: Ruth Scott
On the Beautiful Blue Danube: The Life and Times of the Viennese Waltz
Scott Burnham
Professor Emeritus, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Mar 20
Friend Center
Introducer John Cotton
Minutes: Priscilla Roosevelt
From Cooperation to “Collusion”:
Russian-American Relations in the Era of Putin, Bush, Obama, and Trump
David Foglesong
Professor of History, Rutgers University
10:15 a.m. – Mar 27
Assembly Room, Nassau Presbyterian Church
Introducer Lanny Jones
Minutes: Patricia Taylor
Examining the Other: A Writer's Responsibility to See Through a Wider Lens
Nick Chiles
Visiting Professor of Journalism, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – Apr 3
Hospitality Time
ANDLINGER CENTER
Introducer BFG Graham
Minutes: Joseph Mazzetti
Making the ‘Net Work’
Jen Rexford
Professor of Engineering, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Apr 10
Friend Center
Introducer: Lanny Jones
Minutes: Jock McFarlane
A Kaleidoscopic Novel about the Father of the Atomic Bomb
Louisa Hall
Novelist and Author of Trinity, a fictional exploration of J. Robert Oppenheimer
10:15 a.m. – Apr 17
ANDLINGER CENTER
Introducer Marge D’Amico
Minutes: J. Thomas Davidson
A Tale of Three Women:
The Legacy of Karen Quinlan, Nancy Cruzan, Terri Schiavo
Robert Pickens, MD
Founding Chair of the Biomedical Ethics Committee, Medical Center at Princeton
10:15 a.m.– Apr 24
Friend Center
Introducer Scott McVay
Minutes: Patrick Bernuth
The Ecology and Evolution of Scholarly Publishing and
Princeton University Press's Niche
Christie Henry
Director, Princeton University Press
10:15 a.m. – May 1
ANDLINGER CENTER
Introducer John Cotton
Minutes: Russ White
Engineering as a 21stCentury Liberal Art
Howard Stone
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – May 8
Assembly Room, Nassau Presbyterian Church
Introducer George Bustin
Minutes:Eliot Daley
Fighting Fake News
Joe Stephens
Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence, Princeton University
10:5 a.m. - May 15
ANDLINGER CENTER
Introducer: Michael Mathews
Minutes: Constance Hassett
The Worlds of Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Susan Wolfson
Professor of English, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – May 22
Hospitality/Guest Day
ANDLINGER CENTER
Introducer John Cotton
Minutes: Jane Silverman
Sir George Martin and the Beatles
Kenneth Womack
Professor of English, Monmouth University
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Julie Denny
ICAЯUS: Making the Documentary that Exposed Russia's Cheating in Sports
Edwin Stier
Former Criminal Prosecutor in New Jersey and Legal Counsel to ICAЯUS,
2018 Oscar winner
10:15 a.m. - September 19
Friend Center
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Ruth Scott
Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions
Alexander Todorov
Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Psychology, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – September 26
Friend Center
Introducer: Henry Von Kohorn
Minutes: John Riganati
Driverless Cars–Just in Time for Us, Maybe?
Alain Kornhauser
Professor of Operations Research & Financial Engineering,
Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – October 3
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Carl Cangelosi
A History of Impeachment, the Constitutional Remedy of Last Resort
Alan Baron
Former Special Impeachment Counsel, US House of Representatives
10:15 a.m. – October 10
Friend Center
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: John Cotton
Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters
A Conversation with Freeman Dyson
Professor Emeritus,
Institute for Advanced Study
10:15 a.m. – October 17
Friend Center
Introducer: BF Graham
Minutes: Lincoln Hollister
Adventures in Fusion Propulsion
Stephanie Thomas
Vice President,
Princeton Satellite Systems
10:15 a.m. – October 24
Friend Center
Introducer: Marge D'Amico
Minutes: Ferris Olin
Nature's Nation: American Art and Environment
Karl Kusserow
John Wilmerding Curator of American Art, Princeton University Art Museum
10:15 a.m. – October 31
Friend Center
Introducer: Henry Von Kohorn
Minutes: Dermot Gately
Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict
Jacob Shapiro
Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – November 7
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: John Cotton
Minutes: David Vilkomerson
Clean Water Through Solar Power
Quentin Kelly
Chairman & CEO, WorldWater & Solar Technologies, Inc.
10:15 a.m. – November 14
Friend Center
Introducer: Shirley Satterfield
Minutes: Robert Fraser
Race After Technology
Ruha Benjamin
Associate Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University
November 21
No Meeting–Thanksgiving Break
10:15 a.m. – November 28
Friend Center
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Minutes: David Wetherill
Credit Where It’s Due: Rethinking Financial Citizenship
Frederick Wherry
Professor of Sociology,
Princeton University
9:30 a.m – December 5
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer:Stephen Schreiber
Minutes: Michael Mathews
Investigative Journalism in the Trump Era
Mark Mazzetti
Washington Investigative Correspondent, The New York Times
10:15 a.m. – December 12
Friend Center
Introducer: Julia Coale
Minutes: Deborah Poritz
Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities
Crystal Yang
Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research
9:30 a.m. – Jan 9
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Landon Jones
Minutes: Andrew Littauer
In Full Flight: A Story of Africa and Atonement
John Heminway
Author and filmmaker of many documentaries about the wild corners of our planet
10:15 a.m. – Jan 16
Friend Center
Introducer Henry Von Kohorn
Minutes: Mary Reath
Planning the New York Metropolitan Region
Thomas K. Wright
President & CEO, Regional Plan Association
10:15 a.m. – Jan 23
Friend Center
Introducer John Cotton
Minutes: Lincoln Hollister
Online Gun Subculture and First Amendment Protections
Connie Hassett-Walker
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Kean University
10:15 a.m. – Jan 30
Friend Center
Introducer: Richard Scribner
Minutes: Priscilla Roosevelt
A Fine Fox Chase: From Long Island to Prince Towne, 1776-77
Rand Mirante
Senior Associate Director, Office of Development, Princeton University, and published historian
9:30 a.m. – Feb 6
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer George Bustin
Minutes: Charles Ganoe
Turmoil in Europe
Ashoka Mody
Visiting Professor in International Economic Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Feb 13
Friend Center
Introducer George Bustin
Minutes: Ruth Miller
In the Ruins of Constitutional Government
Kim Lane Scheppele
Professor of Sociology and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Feb 20
Meeting Canceled Due to Weather
10:15 a.m. – Feb 27
Community Room, Princeton Public Library
Introducer Lincoln Hollister
Minutes: Joe Giordmaine
The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter
Paul Steinhardt
Professor of Physics, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – Mar 6
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer George Bustin
Minutes: Ruth Miller
Gerrymandering Project
Sam Wang
Professor of Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Mar 13
Friend Center
Introducer: Stephen Schreiber
Minutes: Ruth Scott
On the Beautiful Blue Danube: The Life and Times of the Viennese Waltz
Scott Burnham
Professor Emeritus, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Mar 20
Friend Center
Introducer John Cotton
Minutes: Priscilla Roosevelt
From Cooperation to “Collusion”:
Russian-American Relations in the Era of Putin, Bush, Obama, and Trump
David Foglesong
Professor of History, Rutgers University
10:15 a.m. – Mar 27
Assembly Room, Nassau Presbyterian Church
Introducer Lanny Jones
Minutes: Patricia Taylor
Examining the Other: A Writer's Responsibility to See Through a Wider Lens
Nick Chiles
Visiting Professor of Journalism, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – Apr 3
Hospitality Time
ANDLINGER CENTER
Introducer BFG Graham
Minutes: Joseph Mazzetti
Making the ‘Net Work’
Jen Rexford
Professor of Engineering, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Apr 10
Friend Center
Introducer: Lanny Jones
Minutes: Jock McFarlane
A Kaleidoscopic Novel about the Father of the Atomic Bomb
Louisa Hall
Novelist and Author of Trinity, a fictional exploration of J. Robert Oppenheimer
10:15 a.m. – Apr 17
ANDLINGER CENTER
Introducer Marge D’Amico
Minutes: J. Thomas Davidson
A Tale of Three Women:
The Legacy of Karen Quinlan, Nancy Cruzan, Terri Schiavo
Robert Pickens, MD
Founding Chair of the Biomedical Ethics Committee, Medical Center at Princeton
10:15 a.m.– Apr 24
Friend Center
Introducer Scott McVay
Minutes: Patrick Bernuth
The Ecology and Evolution of Scholarly Publishing and
Princeton University Press's Niche
Christie Henry
Director, Princeton University Press
10:15 a.m. – May 1
ANDLINGER CENTER
Introducer John Cotton
Minutes: Russ White
Engineering as a 21stCentury Liberal Art
Howard Stone
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – May 8
Assembly Room, Nassau Presbyterian Church
Introducer George Bustin
Minutes:Eliot Daley
Fighting Fake News
Joe Stephens
Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence, Princeton University
10:5 a.m. - May 15
ANDLINGER CENTER
Introducer: Michael Mathews
Minutes: Constance Hassett
The Worlds of Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Susan Wolfson
Professor of English, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – May 22
Hospitality/Guest Day
ANDLINGER CENTER
Introducer John Cotton
Minutes: Jane Silverman
Sir George Martin and the Beatles
Kenneth Womack
Professor of English, Monmouth University
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