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.

Thu, February 25, 1999
Delaine Eastin, California superintendent of public education; author, Visual and Performing Arts Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade 12 (1995); "Educating California's Children"
 
Wed, February 24, 1999
Michael Howard, Robert Lovett professor emeritus of military and naval history, Yale University; author, The Lessons of History (1991) and Strategic Deception in the Second World War (1995); "What Kind of European Union?"
 
Mon, February 22, 1999
Elaine Thornburg, harpsichord, Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; "Music For Violin and Harpsichord"
 
Fri, February 19, 1999
David Dreier '75, U.S. House of Representatives (R), (CA-28th District), "Transportation Issues"(12:30 p.m.)
 
Thu, February 18, 1999
Rudy Ruettiger, author, Rudy (1993) and co-author, Rudy's Rules (1994); "The Power of the Dream"
 
Wed, February 17, 1999
Michael Howard, Robert Lovett professor emeritus of military and naval history, Yale University; author, War in European History (1976) and co-editor, The Laws of War: Constraints on Warfare in the Western World (1997); "The United States and Its Allies in World War II"
 
Tue, February 16, 1999
Lunar New Year Celebration, "Year of the Rabbit"
 
Mon, February 15, 1999
Greg Long '70 P'00 P'01, partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, & Hampton, Los Angeles; "In the Name of the People: The Slaying of Thomas Thompson"
 
Thu, February 11, 1999
William Leedom, partner, Bennett, Bigelow, and Leedom, Seattle; "The Tobacco Wars: A View From the Front" (12:15 p.m.)
 
Wed, February 10, 1999
Kim Richmond, saxophone; Clay Jenkins, trumpet; Bill Perkins, saxophone; Dave Scott, piano; Trey Henry, bass; Joe LaBarbera, drums, performers on recordings Range (1995) and Look at the Time (1999); "Kim Richmond/Clay Jenkins Jazz Ensemble"
 
Tue, February 9, 1999
Christopher Childs, environmental activist; co-author, The Spirit's Terrain: Creativity, Activism, and Transformation (1998) and co-editor, Clear Sky, Pure Light: Encounters with Henry David Thoreau (1978); "Making the New Eden: The Human Creative Spirit and the Movement to Save the Earth"
 
Mon, February 8, 1999
Gladys-Marie Fry, professor of history, University of Maryland; author, Stitched from the Soul: Slave Quilts from the Antebellum South (1989) and Night Riders in Black Folk History (1975); curator of exhibition entitled "From the Loom of Africa to the American Quilt" (1998)
 
Thu, February 4, 1999
Gordon Chang, professor of history, Stanford University; author, Friends and Enemies: The United States, China, and the Soviet Union, 1948-1972 (1990) and editor, Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: Yamato Ichihashi and His Internment Writings, 1942-1945 (1997); Wayne Patterson, professor of history, St. Norbert's College; author, The Koreans in America (1993) and The Korean Frontier in America: Immigration to Hawaii, 1896-1910 (1988); Steffi San Buenavenatura, professor of ethnic studies, U.C. Riverside; Yuji Ichioka, professor of history, UCLA, (commentator); author, Views from Within: The Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (1998) and The Issei: The World of the First Generation Japanese Immigrants, 1885-1924 (1990); "World War II and Asian Americans: A Panel Discussion" C-SPAN
 
Wed, February 3, 1999
Judy Chicago, artist; author, The Dinner Party: A Symbol of Our Heritage (1979) and The Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light (1993); "Beyond the Flower: The Evolution of a Feminist Artist"
 
Tue, February 2, 1999
Robert Reich, Maurice B. Hexter professor of social and economic policy, Brandeis University; former U.S. Secretary of Labor (1993-1997); author, Locked in the Cabinet (1997) and The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalism (1991); "The Work of the Future"
 

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