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.

Mon, September 10, 1984
Toney Anaya, governor, (D-New Mexico); "Fiesta California: Chicanos and Contemporary American Politics"
 
Thu, April 12, 1984
William F. Buckley, Jr., editor-in-chief, National Review; author, God and Man at Yale (1952) and Rumbles Left and Right (1963); "Birthday Tribute to Harry Jaffa"
 
Tue, April 10, 1984
William Schneider, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute; "The Media and Foreign Policymaking in a Free Society" (2:00 p.m. McKenna Auditorium)
 
Thu, April 5, 1984
Rossi Russell '71, attorney; Alan Thompson '69; David Abel '68, public policy consultant; Tom Livingston '68, managing editor, Philadelphia Daily News; "The Way We Were...at CMC"
 
Wed, April 4, 1984
Dick Flacks, founder, SDS (Students for a Democratic Society); professor of sociology, U.C. Santa Barbara; David Harris, former student body president of Stanford University in the 60s; Robert Daseler, director of public affairs, CMC, (moderator); "The Politics of Protest" (2:30 p.m.)
 
Tue, April 3, 1984
Norman Podhoretz, editor, Commentary; author, Why We Were in Vietnam (1983); "The 60s and Their Legacy: A Personal Perspective" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Mon, April 2, 1984
P. Edward Haley, professor of government, CMC; author, forthcoming Qaddafi and the United States Since 1969 (1984) and Lebanon in Crisis: Participants and Issues (1979); Alan Heslop, Don H. and Edessa Rose professor of state and local government; director of the Rose Institute of State and Local Government, CMC; author, World Capital Shortage (1978); Sue Mansfield, professor of history, CMC; author, The Gestalt of War: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Meaning as a Social Institution (1982); Jack Stark '57, president, CMC; Mike Riley, professor of literature, CMC; (moderator); "The Times They Are A'Changin"
 
Fri, March 23, 1984
Golo Mann, professor emeritus of history, CMC; author, Wallenstein (1971) and The History of Germany Since 1789 (1974); "European Politics"
 
Wed, March 21, 1984
Robert Carleson, special assistant to the President of the United States; "Policy Development"
 
Tue, March 6, 1984
Carel Otte, president, Geothermal division, Union Oil Co.; "The Energy Outlook" (3:00 p.m.)
 
Thu, February 23, 1984
Elie Wiesel, Andrew W. Mellon professor of humanities, Boston University; author, The Testament (1981) and One Generation After (1970); "Biblical Personalities" (12:00 p.m.)
 
Wed, February 22, 1984
Elie Wiesel, Andrew W. Mellon professor of humanities, Boston University; author, Dawn (1961) and A Beggar in Jerusalem (1970); "What Could Ancient Masters Teach Our Generation?" (8:00 p.m. Bridges Auditorium)
 
Tue, February 21, 1984
Elie Wiesel, Andrew W. Mellon professor of humanities, Boston University; author, Night (1961) and Messengers of God (1976); "Jewish-Christian Relationships"
 
Thu, February 16, 1984
Anthony Oettinger, director, Information Resources Policy, Harvard University; author, High and Low Politics: Information Resources for the '80s (1977); "The Computer and the Information Business"
 
Wed, February 15, 1984
Robert Scalapino, professor of government, U.C. Berkeley; author, Asia and the Road Ahead: Issues for Major Powers (1975) and Communism in Korea: The Society (1972); "Security and the Domestic Scene in Northeast Asia" (12:00 p.m.)
 

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

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