Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Deborah Buck, violin; Robert Thies, piano; gold medal winner (1995), Second International Sergei Prokofiev Competition, St. Petersburg, Russia; "Beethoven Sonata in F Major, No. 5 "Spring" and Prokofiev Sonata No. 2 in D Major"

Michael Eric Dyson, professor of religious studies, DePaul University; author, I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr. (2000) and Between God and Gangsta Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture (1995); "Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration" (7:00 p.m. McKenna Auditorium)
 

Anthony Lake, professor in the practice of diplomacy, Georgetown University; former assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; author, 6 Nightmares (2000) and Somoza Falling (1989); "Where Do We Go From Here?"
 

Michael Murrin, David B. and Clara E. Stern professor of humanities, English, and in the divinity school, University of Chicago; author, History and Warfare in Renaissance Epic (1994) and The Allegorical Epic (1980); "Europe Invents the Rich East: The Late Medieval Romancer's Contribution"
 

Asuman Aksoy, professor of mathematics, CMC; author, Lipschitz-Orlicz Spaces and the Laplace Equation (1996) and co-author, Nonstandard Methods in Fixed Point Theory (1990); William Ascher, Donald C. McKenna professor of government and economics, dean of faculty, CMC; author, Why Governments Waste Natural Resources: Policy Failures in Developing Countries (1999) and Communities and Sustainable Forestry in Developing Countries (1994); P. Edward Haley, W. M. Keck Foundation chair of International strategic studies, CMC; author, United States Relations with Europe (1999) and Strategic Defense Initiative: Folly or Future? (1986); Manfred Keil, associate professor of economics, CMC; author, Minimum Wages and Employment (2001) and co-author, Why is the Unemployment Rate so Very Low Near Full Employment? (1999); Art Rosenbaum, professor of history, CMC; author, State and Society in China: The Consequences of Reform (1992) and The Cold War: Reassessments (2000); Marc Massoud P'89, Robert A. Day distinguished professor of accounting, CMC; author, Privatization: Issues and Problems (1998) and Impairment of Asset Values (1997); Roderic Camp, professor of government, CMC; author, Crossing Swords: Politics and Religion in Mexico (1997) and Politics in Mexico (1996); "International Research Roundtable" (12:15 p.m.)
 

Patrick Lencioni '87, founder and president, The Table Group; management consulting; author, The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive (2000) and The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable (1998); "The Five Temptations of a Leader"
 

Harold Koh, Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale University; former assistant secretary of state for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; author, Deliberative Democracy and Human Rights (1999) and The National Security Constitution: Sharing Power after the Iran-Contra Affair (1990); "September 11, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law"
 

Sam Quinones, journalist; author, "True Tales from Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx" (2001)
 

Adam Rubin, visiting assistant professor of Judaic studies, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles; author, forthcoming The Politics of Tradition: Nationalism, Nostaglia, and the Re-invention of the Jewish Past; "From Odessa to Tel Aviv: Hebrew Culture and the Re-invention of the Jewish Past"
 

Kathy Sawada, piano, "Music of Bach, Chopin, Messiaen, Rzewski, and Crumb"
 

Susan Tolle, M.D., director, Center for Ethics in Health Care, Oregon Health Sciences University; "The Oregon Experience in Care of the Dying: What's New"
 

Halloween Dinner, "Dramatic Readings of the Literary and of the Palm!"
 

Jeane Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1981-85); Leavey professor of government, Georgetown University; author, The Withering Away of the Totalitarian States ... and Other Surprises (1990) and Good Intentions: Lost on the Road to the New World Order (2001); "Year 2001: Global Issues" (4:00 p.m. Pickford Auditorium)
 

Harold Rood, W.M. Keck Foundation chair emeritus of international and strategic studies and professor emeritus of government, CMC; author, Kingdoms of the Blind: How the Great Democracies Have Resumed the Follies That So Nearly Cost Them Their Life (1980) and The Increasing Soviet Presence in the Pacific (1988); "America's Strategic Necessities vs. Dogs, Soldiers, and Sailors: Keep Off the Grass"
 

Arlene Saxonhouse, professor of political science, University of Michigan; author, Women in the History of Political Thought: Ancient Greece to Machiavelli (1985) and Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought (1992); "Machiavelli's Women"