Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Mark Blitz, Fletcher Jones professor of political philosophy, CMC; author, Heidegger's Being and Time and the Possibility of Political Philosophy (1981); John J. Pitney Jr., professor of government, CMC; contributor, Congress' Permanent Minority?: Republicans in the U.S. House (1994); Judith Merkle, professor of government, CMC; author, The Oracle Glass (1994) and In Pursuit of the Green Lion (1990); P. Edward Haley, professor of international relations, CMC; co-author, American Security in an Interdependent World (1988) and author, Qaddaffi and the United States since 1969 (1984); "Post Election Commentary"
 

Daniel Druckman, percussion; Chris Finkel, cello; Jean Kopperud, clarinet; Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor and percussion; Jayn Rosenfeld, flute; Stephen Gosling, piano and synthesizer; Calvin Wiersma, violin and viola, "The New York New Music Ensemble: Performance of Contemporary Music"
 

Daniel Okimoto, professor of political science, Stanford University; author, The Japan-American Security Alliance: Prospects for the 21st Century (1998) and co-editor, The Political Economy of Japan: The Changing International Context (1988); "Japanese Security Policy" (12:30 p.m.)
 

Cha-Jin Lee , Bank of America professor of Pacific Basin Studies, CMC; author, Zhou Enlai: The Early Years (1996) and co-editor, North Korea after Kim Il Sung (1998); Dean Hirsch, president, World Vision International; Kim Jin-hyun, president, Seoul University; Alfred Balitzer P'88, assistant professor of government, CMC, (chair); author, A Nation of Associations: The Origin, Development and Theory of the Political Action Committee (1981); "The North Korean Problem" (8:00 a.m.)
 

Yang Yuan-hua, senior journalist, Xin Hua News Agency; Cheong Yip Seng, editor-in-chief, Straits Times; Sombat Chantornvong, political analyst, Thailand; Thomas Boyd, chief of public affairs, U.S. Pacific Command;Ko Shioya, North American Bureau Chief, Bungei Shunju, (chair); "Asia Pacific Media: A Matter of Perspective" (8:30 a.m.)
 

Joseph Prueher, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; co-author, Performance Testing Manual, U.S. Navy; "The Media and Asia Pacific Security" (12:30 p.m.)
 

Douglas Wheeler, California secretary for resources; "Saving Lake Baikal and Lake Tahoe: Is It Possible?" (12:15 p.m.)
 

Peter Schrag, visiting scholar, Institute of Governmental Studies, U.C. Berkeley; author, Test of Loyalty (1975) and Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future (1998); "California's Swamp of Initiatives: Distorting Politics in the Golden State"
 

Larry Goldzband, director, California Department of Conservation; "Habitat Conservation Planning in California: Dealing with the Endangered Species Act"
 

Renee Tajima-Pena, director of documentary films Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1988) and "My America (... Or Honk if You Love Buddha)" (1997)
 

David McCullough, author, Truman (1992) and The Johnstown Flood (1968); "History as a Source of Strength" C-SPAN
 

Harvey Rosenfield, president, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights; author, Silent Violence, Silent Death: The Hidden Epidemic of Medical Malpractice (1994); "The Politics of California Health Care Reform"
 

Daniel Inouye, United States Senator, (D-Hawaii); co-author, Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present (1993) and A Melting Pot or a Nation of Minorities (1986); "Reflections on Asian American Politics" C-SPAN
 

Ron Unz, chairman, English for Children; "The Initiative Process and the Future of California Politics"
 

Arianna Huffington, chair, Center for Effective Compassion; author, Greetings from the Lincoln Bedroom (1998) and The Fourth Instinct: The Call of the Soul (1994); Robert Scheer, contributing editor, Los Angeles Times; author, Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death: Essays on the Pornography of Power (1988) and With Enough Shovels: Reagan, Bush, and Nuclear War (1982); "Left and Right: Debating Issues of the 1998 Election"