Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

A distinctive
feature of social and
cultural life at CMC

 

Current Semester Schedule

Athenaeum events are posted here as detailed information becomes available.

Wed, February 24, 1993
Henry Kravis '67, founding partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company (KKR); "The Entrepreneurial Style"
 
Tue, February 23, 1993
George C.S. Benson P'61, founding president, CMC; author, Amoral America (1975) and Political Corruption in America (1978); "A Call for Ethics" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Sat, February 20, 1993
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; conductor, Claremont chamber orchestra; "Evening in Vienna"
 
Fri, February 19, 1993
Michael Deane Lamkin, professor of music, Scripps College; conductor, Claremont chamber orchestra; "Evening in Vienna"
Thu, February 18, 1993
Connie Stetson, performance artist; "Sarah Hawkins: The Saga of a Woman Pioneer"
 
Wed, February 17, 1993
Lee Stetson, performance artist; author, John Muir: The Spirit of Wilderness (1992); "The Sprit of John Muir"
 
Tue, February 16, 1993
Rodney Smith, professor of economics, CMC; author, Troubled Waters: Financing Water in the West (1984) and Trading Water: An Economic and Legal Framework for Water Marketing (1988); "Stewardship of the Common Landscape; Water: Public Perspective" (4:00 p.m.)
 
Mon, February 15, 1993
Ronald Fleming, president, The Townscape Institute; co-author, On Common Ground: Caring For Shared Land from Town Common to Urban Park (1982) and New Providence: A Changing Cityscape (1987); "Introduction to Stewardship of the Common Landscape Symposium" (2:30 p.m.)
 
Thu, February 11, 1993
Seamus Heaney, professor of poetry, Oxford University; author, Seeing Things (1991) and The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes (1991); "An Evening with the Poet"
 
Wed, February 10, 1993
Lenora Fulani, chairperson, New Alliance Party; contributor, Independent Black Leadership in America (1989) and author, "The Making of a Fringe Candidate" (1992)
 
Tue, February 9, 1993
Gordon Bjork, Jonathon B. Lovelace professor of economics, CMC; author, Stagnation in the American Economy 1784-1792 (1985) and Life, Liberty, and Property: The Economics and Politics of Land-Use Planning and Environmental Controls (1980); "The Changing Costs of Education" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Mon, February 8, 1993
Walt Whitman Rostow, Rex G. Baker professor of political economy, University of Texas, Austin; author, The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto (1990) and The World Economy: History and Prospect (1978); "Vietnam: From a Hawk's Perspective"
 
Thu, February 4, 1993
David Myers, professor of social psychology, Hope College; author, Psychology (1989) and "The Pursuit of Happiness: Who is Happy-and Why?" (1992)
 
Wed, February 3, 1993
Diane Watson, California State Senator; "Los Angeles Riots: What Lies Ahead?"
 
Tue, February 2, 1993
Ruben Martinez, news editor, L.A. Weekly; correspondent, Pacific News Service; author, The Other Side: Fault Lines, Guerrilla Saints, and the True Heart of Rock 'n' Roll (1992) and upcoming The Other Side: Notes from the New L.A., Mexico City, and Beyond; "Los Angeles and Beyond: A Journalist's Perspective"
 

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

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