2019 - 2020 Meetings
The Old Guard's 78th Year
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9:30 a.m. - September 11
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Marge D'Amico
Minutes: Ben Colbert
The Dutch Gift: 2017 Edition
Ronnie Baer, Distinguished Curator and Lecturer, Princeton University Art Museum
10:15 a.m. - September 18
Friend Center
Introducer: BF Graham
Minutes: Jared Kieling
Photocatalysis for Air Pollution Abatement and Self-cleaning Exteriors
Andrew Voros, Senior Vice President, PrevenTive Conservation USA
10:15 a.m. – September 25
Friend Center
Introducer: Henry Von Kohorn
Minutes: Owen Leach
Climate and Weather: Order in the Chaos
Gabriel Vecchi, Professor of Geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute
9:30 a.m. – October 2
Hospitality Time
Maeder Hall Autidorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Scott McVay
Minutes: Helena Bienstock
Feminism, Leadership and the Arts
Judith Brodsky and Ferris Olin, Rutgers University Professors Emeritae
10:15 a.m. – October 9
Friend Center
Introducer: Shirley Satterfield
Minutes: Micky Weyeneth
The War Against Immigrants: Implications for Democracy and Community Action
Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Migration and Development, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – October 16
Friend Center
Introducer: Marge D'Amico
Minutes: Bernie Miller
Smart Grid: Energy Meets Information
Vincent Poor, Michael Henry Strater Professor of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – October 23
Friend Center
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Minutes: Anne Seltzer
Truth to Power: The History of the National Intelligence Council
Robert Hutchings, Professor of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
10:15 a.m. – October 30
Maeder Hall Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Rob Fraser
Minutes: Larry Hans
Princeton's Hidden Gem: The Center of Theological Inquiry on Stockton Street
William Storrar, Director, Center of Theological Inquiry
9:30 a.m. – November 6
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Dick Scribner
Minutes: David Wetherill
Admissions at Selective Universities: Reflections and Predictions
Jim Wickenden, President, Wickenden Associates and former Dean of Admissions, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – November 13
Maeder Hall Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Michael Mathews
Minutes: Julie Denny
Looking Back and Looking Ahead, with Emily Mann
Emily Mann, Artistic Director, McCarter Theatre, with Lanny Jones or Michael Mathews
10:15 a.m. – November 20
Friend Center
Introducer: Nancy Beck
Minutes: Connie Hassett
A Girl Stands at the Door
Rachel Devlin, Associate Professor of History, Rutgers University
9:30 a.m. – December 4
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: David Atkin
Minutes: Ralph Widner
What Life Is!
Arnold Levine, Professor Emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study
10:15 a.m. – December 11
Friend Center
Introducer: Michael Mathews
Minutes: Bill Wakefield
Sandra Day O’Connor
Evan Thomas, Author and Journalist, in Conversation with Oscie Thomas
9:30 a.m. – Jan 8
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Bruno Walmsley
Minutes: Lincoln Hollister
Morality: A Natural History
Roger Moseley, Surgeon and Author
10:15 a.m. – Jan 15
Friend Center
Introducer: Bernie Miller
Minutes: Larry Hans
Project Apollo: Origins, Missions, and the Legacy
Rob Stengel, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Jan 22
Friend Center
Introducer: Michael Mathews
Minutes: Keith Wheelock
Why Religion? A Personal Story
Elaine Pagels, Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Jan 29
Friend Center
Introducer: George Bustin
Minutes: Jared Kieling
Free Speech on Campus
Keith Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – Feb 5
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Minutes: Richard Hankinson
Coastal Risk Conundrum
Richard Moss, Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting Fellow in Energy and the Environment,
Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Feb 12
Maeder Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: John Cotton
Minutes: Roger Moseley
Cognitive Dominance: A Brain Surgeon’s Quest to Out-Think Fear
Mark McLaughlin, Neurosurgeon and Author
10:15 a.m. – Feb 19
Friend Center
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Minutes: Jock McFarlane
Galileo
Paul Needham, Scheide Librarian, Firestone Library, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Feb 26
Friend Center
Introducer: John Cotton
Minutes: Nancy Becker
Voices of Princeton
Izzy Kasdin, Executive Director, Historical Society of Princeton
and
Hannah Schmidl, Public Humanities Coordinator, Princeton Public Library
9:30 a.m. – Mar 4
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Henry Von Kohorn
Minutes: Andrew Littauer
The Terhune Orchards Story
Gary & Pam Mount, Owners, Terhune Orchards
10:15 a.m. – Mar 11
Maeder Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Rob Fraser
Minutes: Chris Coucill
Biography of a Book:
Writing Editio Princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible
Eric White, Curator of Rare Books, Firestone Library, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Mar 18
Maeder Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Michael Mathews
Minutes: Julie Denny
Madame Fourcade’s Secret War
Lynne Olson, Author, Historian, Journalist
10:15 a.m. – Mar 25
Friend Center
Introducer: Lanny Jones
Minutes: Marue Walizer
Toni Morrison
Tracy K. Smith, 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States
Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor of the Humanities and Creative Writing,
Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Apr 1
Maeder Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Marge D'Amico
Minutes: Marsha Levin-Rojer
Inventing Abstract Photography: Alvin Langdon Coburn and the Vortograph
Anne McCauley, David Hunter McAlpin Professor of the History of Photography and Modern Art, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – Apr 8
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: George Bustin
Minutes: George Bustin
Soviet Things and Post-Soviet People: How to Remember the Communist Past
Serguei Oushakine, Professor of Anthropology and Slavic Languages and Literatures,
Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Apr 15
Friend Center
Introducer: John Cotton
Minutes: James Butler
Xi for Life? What Does It Mean for China and the World?
Rory Truex, Assistant Professor of Politics, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
10:15 a.m.– Apr 22
Venue to be determined
Introducer: Lanny Jones
Minutes: Connie Hassett
Walking Backwards
John Koethe, Poet
10:15 a.m. – April 29
Friend Center
Introducer: BFG Graham
Minutes: Peter Epstein
“Innovation”
Rodney Priestley, Dean of Innovation, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – May 6
Maeder Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Nancy Beck
Minutes: Jim Ferry
Alchemy
Jennifer Rampling, Assistant Professor of History, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – May 13
Venue to be determined
Introducer: John Cotton
Minutes: Julie Elward-Berry
Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience
Michael Graziano, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – May 20
Hospitality/Guest Day
Friend Center
Introducer: John Cotton
Minutes: George Bustin
No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation’s Founding
Sean Wilentz, Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor of the American Revolutionary Era,
Princeton University
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Marge D'Amico
Minutes: Ben Colbert
The Dutch Gift: 2017 Edition
Ronnie Baer, Distinguished Curator and Lecturer, Princeton University Art Museum
10:15 a.m. - September 18
Friend Center
Introducer: BF Graham
Minutes: Jared Kieling
Photocatalysis for Air Pollution Abatement and Self-cleaning Exteriors
Andrew Voros, Senior Vice President, PrevenTive Conservation USA
10:15 a.m. – September 25
Friend Center
Introducer: Henry Von Kohorn
Minutes: Owen Leach
Climate and Weather: Order in the Chaos
Gabriel Vecchi, Professor of Geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute
9:30 a.m. – October 2
Hospitality Time
Maeder Hall Autidorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Scott McVay
Minutes: Helena Bienstock
Feminism, Leadership and the Arts
Judith Brodsky and Ferris Olin, Rutgers University Professors Emeritae
10:15 a.m. – October 9
Friend Center
Introducer: Shirley Satterfield
Minutes: Micky Weyeneth
The War Against Immigrants: Implications for Democracy and Community Action
Patricia Fernandez-Kelly, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Migration and Development, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – October 16
Friend Center
Introducer: Marge D'Amico
Minutes: Bernie Miller
Smart Grid: Energy Meets Information
Vincent Poor, Michael Henry Strater Professor of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – October 23
Friend Center
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Minutes: Anne Seltzer
Truth to Power: The History of the National Intelligence Council
Robert Hutchings, Professor of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
10:15 a.m. – October 30
Maeder Hall Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Rob Fraser
Minutes: Larry Hans
Princeton's Hidden Gem: The Center of Theological Inquiry on Stockton Street
William Storrar, Director, Center of Theological Inquiry
9:30 a.m. – November 6
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Dick Scribner
Minutes: David Wetherill
Admissions at Selective Universities: Reflections and Predictions
Jim Wickenden, President, Wickenden Associates and former Dean of Admissions, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – November 13
Maeder Hall Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Michael Mathews
Minutes: Julie Denny
Looking Back and Looking Ahead, with Emily Mann
Emily Mann, Artistic Director, McCarter Theatre, with Lanny Jones or Michael Mathews
10:15 a.m. – November 20
Friend Center
Introducer: Nancy Beck
Minutes: Connie Hassett
A Girl Stands at the Door
Rachel Devlin, Associate Professor of History, Rutgers University
9:30 a.m. – December 4
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: David Atkin
Minutes: Ralph Widner
What Life Is!
Arnold Levine, Professor Emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study
10:15 a.m. – December 11
Friend Center
Introducer: Michael Mathews
Minutes: Bill Wakefield
Sandra Day O’Connor
Evan Thomas, Author and Journalist, in Conversation with Oscie Thomas
9:30 a.m. – Jan 8
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Bruno Walmsley
Minutes: Lincoln Hollister
Morality: A Natural History
Roger Moseley, Surgeon and Author
10:15 a.m. – Jan 15
Friend Center
Introducer: Bernie Miller
Minutes: Larry Hans
Project Apollo: Origins, Missions, and the Legacy
Rob Stengel, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Jan 22
Friend Center
Introducer: Michael Mathews
Minutes: Keith Wheelock
Why Religion? A Personal Story
Elaine Pagels, Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Jan 29
Friend Center
Introducer: George Bustin
Minutes: Jared Kieling
Free Speech on Campus
Keith Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – Feb 5
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Ruth Miller
Minutes: Richard Hankinson
Coastal Risk Conundrum
Richard Moss, Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting Fellow in Energy and the Environment,
Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Feb 12
Maeder Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: John Cotton
Minutes: Roger Moseley
Cognitive Dominance: A Brain Surgeon’s Quest to Out-Think Fear
Mark McLaughlin, Neurosurgeon and Author
10:15 a.m. – Feb 19
Friend Center
Introducer: Claire Jacobus
Minutes: Jock McFarlane
Galileo
Paul Needham, Scheide Librarian, Firestone Library, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Feb 26
Friend Center
Introducer: John Cotton
Minutes: Nancy Becker
Voices of Princeton
Izzy Kasdin, Executive Director, Historical Society of Princeton
and
Hannah Schmidl, Public Humanities Coordinator, Princeton Public Library
9:30 a.m. – Mar 4
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: Henry Von Kohorn
Minutes: Andrew Littauer
The Terhune Orchards Story
Gary & Pam Mount, Owners, Terhune Orchards
10:15 a.m. – Mar 11
Maeder Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Rob Fraser
Minutes: Chris Coucill
Biography of a Book:
Writing Editio Princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible
Eric White, Curator of Rare Books, Firestone Library, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Mar 18
Maeder Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Michael Mathews
Minutes: Julie Denny
Madame Fourcade’s Secret War
Lynne Olson, Author, Historian, Journalist
10:15 a.m. – Mar 25
Friend Center
Introducer: Lanny Jones
Minutes: Marue Walizer
Toni Morrison
Tracy K. Smith, 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States
Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor of the Humanities and Creative Writing,
Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Apr 1
Maeder Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Marge D'Amico
Minutes: Marsha Levin-Rojer
Inventing Abstract Photography: Alvin Langdon Coburn and the Vortograph
Anne McCauley, David Hunter McAlpin Professor of the History of Photography and Modern Art, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – Apr 8
Hospitality Time
Friend Center
Introducer: George Bustin
Minutes: George Bustin
Soviet Things and Post-Soviet People: How to Remember the Communist Past
Serguei Oushakine, Professor of Anthropology and Slavic Languages and Literatures,
Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – Apr 15
Friend Center
Introducer: John Cotton
Minutes: James Butler
Xi for Life? What Does It Mean for China and the World?
Rory Truex, Assistant Professor of Politics, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
10:15 a.m.– Apr 22
Venue to be determined
Introducer: Lanny Jones
Minutes: Connie Hassett
Walking Backwards
John Koethe, Poet
10:15 a.m. – April 29
Friend Center
Introducer: BFG Graham
Minutes: Peter Epstein
“Innovation”
Rodney Priestley, Dean of Innovation, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – May 6
Maeder Auditorium, Andlinger Center
Introducer: Nancy Beck
Minutes: Jim Ferry
Alchemy
Jennifer Rampling, Assistant Professor of History, Princeton University
10:15 a.m. – May 13
Venue to be determined
Introducer: John Cotton
Minutes: Julie Elward-Berry
Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience
Michael Graziano, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Princeton University
9:30 a.m. – May 20
Hospitality/Guest Day
Friend Center
Introducer: John Cotton
Minutes: George Bustin
No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation’s Founding
Sean Wilentz, Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor of the American Revolutionary Era,
Princeton University
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