Presidential Inauguration: Inaugural Symposium

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Inaugural Symposium
"Focusing Liberal Arts: Tradition, Leadership, Innovation"
Friday, October 22, 1999



8:30 - 8:50 a.m.

Registration and refreshments in Founders Room



8:50 - 9:00 a.m.
Pickford Auditorium

Welcome & Introduction


Anthony Fucaloro, Dean of the Faculty

James Nichols, Symposium Chair



9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Pickford Auditorium

LEADERSHIP (Organized by Ron Riggio)


Oscar Arias, Former President of Costa Rica

CMC Faculty


Roderic Ai Camp (Government)
P. Edward Haley (Government)
Nicholas O. Warner (Literature)

10:15 - 10:45 a.m.

Break in Founders Room



10:45 - Noon


Pickford Auditorium

TRADITION (Organized by James Nichols)


Thomas Pangle, University of Toronto


CMC Faculty


Charles Kesler (Government)


Clark Kucheman (Philosophy & Religious Studies)



Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch at the Athenaeum
(Reservations required)



1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Pickford Auditorium

INNOVATION (Organized by William Brown)


Morton Owen Schapiro, Univ. of Southern California


CMC Faculty


Janet Smith (Economics)


William Brown (Economics)


Jonathan Petropoulos (History)



2:45 - 3:00 p.m.

Break in Founders Room



3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Pickford Auditorium

FOCUSING LIBERAL ARTS: Conclusions


(Organized by Roth & Fucaloro)
Anthony Fucaloro (Dean of the Faculty)
Carrie Chorba (Modern Languages)
Margaret Mathies (Joint Science)
John Roth (Philosophy & Religious Studies)