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.

Wed, April 22, 1992
Charles de Vere, founder, De Vere Society; "Shakespeare: Who Is He?"
 
Tue, April 21, 1992
Herbert Simon, Nobel laureate in economic sciences (1978); Richard King Mellon University professor of computer science and psychology, Carnegie Mellon University; author, Models of My Life (1991) and Administrative Behavior (1947); "Creativity in the Sciences and the Arts: How Can We Explain It?"
 
Mon, April 20, 1992
Denis Donoghue, Henry James Chair of English and American letters, NYU; author, Connoisseurs of Chaos: Ideas of Order in Modern American Poetry (1984) and Ferocious Alphabets (1981); "Literature and Criticism in Contemporary Americana"
 
Thu, April 16, 1992
Jake Porter, conductor and saxophone; "Jelly Roll Jazz Society: Roaring 20s"
 
Wed, April 15, 1992
Mary-Ellen Drummond, toastmaster; "How to Communicate with Power, Polish, and Pizzazz"
 
Tue, April 14, 1992
John Roth, Russell K. Pitzer professor of philosophy and religious studies, CMC; co-editor, Holocaust: Religious and Philosophical Implications (1989) and Memory Offended: The Auschwitz Convent Controversy (1991); Steve Davis, professor of philosophy and religion, CMC; co-editor, Death and Eternal Life (1989) and Encountering Jesus: A Debate on Christology (1988); "Is God Good?"
 
Mon, April 13, 1992
Alfred Gobar P'93, economic consultant; "California's Economy: Do We Have One?"
 
Thu, April 9, 1992
Andrew Nagorski, correspondent, Newsweek; author, Reluctant Farewell: An American Reporter's Candid Look Inside the Soviet Union (1985); "Today's Germany"
 
Wed, April 8, 1992
Ken Kesey, author, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) and Sometimes a Great Notion (1964); "Sea Lion and the Bear" (McKenna Auditorium)
 
Tue, April 7, 1992
Michael Armacost, U.S. Ambassador to Japan; author, The Politics of Weapons Innovation (1969) and The Foreign Relations of the United States (1969); "Perspectives on Japan and the Pacific Rim" (4:00 p.m. McKenna Auditorium)
 
Mon, April 6, 1992
Edwin Meese III, former attorney general, United States of America; Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy, Heritage Foundation; author, Witness to History: Power and Politics in the Reagan White House (1990) and Report to the Attorney General on the Admission of Criminal Histories at Trial (1988); "Politics and the Future of the Supreme Court"
 
Sun, April 5, 1992
Play Performance, "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare (1598) (11:45 a.m.)
 
Sat, April 4, 1992
Dinner Theater, "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare (1598) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Fri, April 3, 1992
Dinner Theater, "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare (1598) (6:00 p.m.)
 
Thu, April 2, 1992
Dinner Theater, "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare (1598) (6:00 p.m.)
 

Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum

Claremont McKenna College
385 E. Eighth Street
Claremont, CA 91711

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