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 16, 1989
William Styron, novelist; author, Sophie's Choice (1979) and The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967); "Conversation with William Styron"
 
Wed, February 15, 1989
Ward Elliott, professor of government, CMC; author, Rise of Guardian Democracy: The Supreme Court's Role in Voting Rights Disputes, 1845-1969 (1974); Dan Mazmanian, director, Center for Politics and Policy, Claremont Graduate School; author, Third Parties Presidential Elections (1974) and Can Regulation Work? (1983); Nancy Burnett, professor of economics, CMC; Craig Stubblebine, professor of economics, CMC; co-editor, Reaganomics: a Mid-Term Report (1983); Richard Sweeney, professor of economics, CMC; "The Bush Administration: What Does It Want? What's It Going to Get? What are We Going to Get?"
 
Tue, February 14, 1989
Celebration of the Arts, "CMC Student Musical Performances"
 
Mon, February 13, 1989
Nien Cheng, author, "Life and Death in Shanghai" (1986)
 
Thu, February 9, 1989
Sandy Owen, piano; Paul Carmen, saxophone; performers on album Heart Crossings (1988); Donna Thomas, percussion; " An Evening of Jazz"
 
Tue, February 7, 1989
Judith Ross, associate director of programs in medical ethics, UCLA; author, Handbook for Hospital Ethics Committees (1986) and Choosing Life or Death: A Guide for Patients, Families, and Professionals (1986); "Medical Ethics from a Philosophical Viewpoint" (5:00 p.m.)
 
Mon, February 6, 1989
Alan Gordon P'84 P'89, physician; governor, American Board of Internal Medicine; author, Gynecologic Endoscopy (1988); "Changes in Medical Ethics from a Physician's Point of View"
 
Thu, February 2, 1989
T. Boone Pickens, Jr., corporate activist; "Leadership in Business" (8:00 a.m.)
 
Mon, January 30, 1989
Harrison Schmidt, astronaut; former U.S. senator (R-New Mexico); "A Trip to the Moon and the Future of Earth"
 
Tue, January 17, 1989
Jesse Jackson, political activist; founder, National Rainbow Coalition; author, forthcoming Keep Hope Alive (1989); "Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Remembrance" (11:00 a.m. Bridges Auditorium)
 
Tue, November 22, 1988
Steven Spiegel, professor of political science, UCLA; author, The Other Arab-Israeli Conflict: Making America's Middle East Policy From Truman to Reagan (1986); "The U.S.-Israeli Elections: What They Mean for the Middle East"
 
Thu, November 17, 1988
Karen Elliott House, foreign editor, The Wall Street Journal; "The Middle East-Who Wins?"
 
Wed, November 16, 1988
Robert Gallo, chief, Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute; author, Human T-cell Leukemia Lymphoma Virus (1984) and Retroviruses and Human Pathology (1986); "Discovery of the AIDS Virus" (12:30 p.m.)
 
Tue, November 15, 1988
Robert Streeter, Edward L. Ryerson distinguished service professor emeritus of literature, University of Chicago; co-editor, The Province of Prose (1956); "Lonely in America"
 
Mon, November 14, 1988
Ma Yuzhen, consul general for the People's Republic of China in Los Angeles; "China Today"
 

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