Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

David Edwards, professor of anthropology, Williams College; author, Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad (1998) and Heroes of the Age: Moral Fault Lines on the Afghan Frontier (1996); "The Arab Jihad in Afghanistan: Pictures From an Occupation"

Charles Johnson, professor of English, University of Washington; author, Dreamer (1993) and Middle Passage (1988); "A Tribute to Ricardo Quinones"

Robert Sapolsky, professor of biology and neurology, Stanford University; author, A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons (2001) and "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Stress, Disease, and Coping" (1998)

Anna Simons, associate professor of defense analysis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey; author, Networks of Dissolution: Somalia Undone (1995) and The Company They Keep: Life Inside the U.S. Army Special Forces (1997); "The Women in Combat Debate"

Laurie Garrett, staff writer, Newsday; author, Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance (1994) and "The Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health" (2000)

Leszek Kolakowski, former Fellow, All Soul's College, Oxford University; professor in the committee of social thought, professor emeritus of philosophy, University of Chicago; author, The Presence of Myth (1989) and Religion: If There is No God...On God, the Devil, Sin, and Other Worries of the So-Called Philosophy of Religion (1990); "On the Future of Truth"

Susan Zucotti, author, The Italians and the Holocaust: Persecution, Rescue and Survival (1987) and "Under His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy" (2000)

Alex Johnson '75, chair, law school admission council, University of Virginia; "Perspectives on Law School Admissions"

Barbara Schneider, professor of sociology, director, Center on Parents, Children, and Work, University of Chicago; author, Adolescence, Adolescents (1991) and co-author, Becoming Adult: How Teenagers Prepare for the World of Work (2000); "Today's Working Families: The Importance of Quality Time"

Betsy Berns '90, founder and president, BVision Sportsmedia, LP; author, The Female Fan Guide to Motorsports (2000) and Win, Place, and Show: An Introduction to the Thrill of Thoroughbred Horse Racing (2001); "From CMC to the Kentucky Derby: Following Your Passion" (12:15 p.m.)

Preethi de Silva, harpsichord, professor of music, Scripps College; Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord; Lisa Weiss, violin; Janet Worsley Strauss, violin; Stephen Schultz, flute; James Bell, viola; Denise Briese, viola da gamba; Alfred Cramer; Benjamin Wyatt, cello; "Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble: Bach and the Cembalo Concertato"

Anita Khanzadian, director; Doug Ballard, narrator, guard, station master/bailiff; Greg White, man one, ticket master, hofbauer; Lance Davis, man two, Koby, a blind eunuch, doctor; James Calvert, man three, painter, Loby, a blind eunuch, second reporter, Toby; Sandy Kenyon, mayor; James Gleason, school master; Michael Manuel, priest; Steven Gilborn, Alfred Ill; Marilyn McIntyre, Claire Zachanassian; Don Fischer, husbands VII - IX; J. Downing, Butler baby, first reporter, radio commentator; Dave Florek, policeman; David Mauer, Roby/guitarist, Ill's son, cameraman; Carole Goldman, Mrs. Ill, woman one; Rachael Harris, Annie Dummermutt, Ill's daughter, woman two; "Interact Theater Company: Friedrich Durrenmatt's The Visit" (1956)

Patrick Chamorel, Crown Foundation visiting scholar, CMC; co-author, The New American Political Disorder: An Essay (1994); "France and Globalization"

Anita Hunter, assistant professor of nursing, Clemson University; co-author, Adolescent Resilience (1999) and An Advanced Practice International Health Initiative: The Ghana Health Mission (2001); "Cultural Differences in Health and Health Practices: Why Does It Matter?"

Joanne Ciulla, professor of leadership and ethics, Jepson School of Leadership Studies; author, Ethics, the Heart of Leadership (1998) and The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work (2000); "Ethical Challenges of Leaders in Nonprofit Organizations" (12:30 p.m.)