Programs
Winter 2019
January 9 - March 13, 2019
If a time and date are underscored below, click to read the minutes.
January 9 - March 13, 2019
If a time and date are underscored below, click to read the minutes.
Time-Date-Location-Introducer- Minute-taker |
Title – Speaker |
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: |
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 |
10:15 a.m.– Feb 20 Friend Center Introducer BF Graham Minutes: Sandra Shapiro |
New Directions in Biomedical Screening: Adaptive Optics, 3D Volumetric Imaging and the Future of Diagnosis Christian Theriault Co-Founder & CEO at TAG Optics, Inc. |
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 |
Meetings
Most meetings will be held in the Convocation Room, Friend Center, corner of Olden and William Streets. Regular meetings will begin promptly at 10:15 a.m. and end at 11:30 a.m.
Alternate Meeting Locations
The February 27, 2019 meeting will take place in the Community Room, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street.
In the past, an alternate location was at Maeder Auditorium in the Andlinger Center, corner of Olden and Prospect. Enter through the door at street level near Prospect and take the stairs or elevator down two levels.
Be sure to read the weekly program reminder email for last-minute location changes.
Hospitality Time
The meetings on
January 9 February 6 March 6
will begin with a hospitality time at 9:30 a.m.
Inclement Weather Policy
The Old Guard policy follows that of the Princeton School System. Closings or delayed openings are announced beginning at 5:30 a.m.
Call (609) 806-4202.
Schools closed: Old Guard meeting is canceled.
Delayed opening: Old Guard will meet.
Hospitality Time Note: If schools are opening with a 90-minute delay on a hospitality day, there will be no hospitality time, and the meeting will begin at 10:15 a.m.
Most meetings will be held in the Convocation Room, Friend Center, corner of Olden and William Streets. Regular meetings will begin promptly at 10:15 a.m. and end at 11:30 a.m.
Alternate Meeting Locations
The February 27, 2019 meeting will take place in the Community Room, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street.
In the past, an alternate location was at Maeder Auditorium in the Andlinger Center, corner of Olden and Prospect. Enter through the door at street level near Prospect and take the stairs or elevator down two levels.
Be sure to read the weekly program reminder email for last-minute location changes.
Hospitality Time
The meetings on
January 9 February 6 March 6
will begin with a hospitality time at 9:30 a.m.
Inclement Weather Policy
The Old Guard policy follows that of the Princeton School System. Closings or delayed openings are announced beginning at 5:30 a.m.
Call (609) 806-4202.
Schools closed: Old Guard meeting is canceled.
Delayed opening: Old Guard will meet.
Hospitality Time Note: If schools are opening with a 90-minute delay on a hospitality day, there will be no hospitality time, and the meeting will begin at 10:15 a.m.
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Program Committee
John Cotton, Chair Nancy Beck George Bustin Julia Coale Marge D’Amico Robert Fraser BF Graham Claire Jacobus Landon Jones Owen Leach Jock McFarlane Scott McVay Ruth Miller Shirley Satterfield Stephen Schreiber Richard Scribner Henry Von Kohorn Miquelon (Micky) Weyeneth |
Program Suggestions
The Program Committee welcomes suggestions. Please write or email any committee member with the speaker’s credentials and possible topic.
It’s always a plus when you can report on having heard the candidate in person. You may suggest a topic without a specific speaker in mind.
The committee will respond to you after considering your suggestion. Note that the committee meets intermittently during the year so there may not be a rapid reply.
The Program Committee needs your help to implement the purpose of the Old Guard to “maintain a lively interest in the arts and sciences and in community, national and world affairs.”
The Program Committee welcomes suggestions. Please write or email any committee member with the speaker’s credentials and possible topic.
It’s always a plus when you can report on having heard the candidate in person. You may suggest a topic without a specific speaker in mind.
The committee will respond to you after considering your suggestion. Note that the committee meets intermittently during the year so there may not be a rapid reply.
The Program Committee needs your help to implement the purpose of the Old Guard to “maintain a lively interest in the arts and sciences and in community, national and world affairs.”
Spring 2019
March 20 - May 22, 2019
If a time and date are underscored below, click to read the minutes.
March 20 - May 22, 2019
If a time and date are underscored below, click to read the minutes.
Time-Date-Location-Introducer- Minute-taker |
Title – Speaker |
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 TBA 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 21st Century Liberal Art Howard Stone Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University |
10:15 a.m. – May 8 TBA Introducer Lanny Jones Minutes: Eliot Daley |
Fighting Fake News Joe Stephens Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence, Princeton University |
10:15 a.m..– May 15 ANDLINGER CENTER Introducer Lanny Jones 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: Chris Coucill |
Sir George Martin and the Beatles Kenneth Womack Professor of English, Monmouth University |