2006-2007 Speakers and Schedule of Dinner Meetings

 

 

Saturday May 5, 2007

 Dr. Robert Donovan

 Professor Emeritus English Department at SUNY Albany

Talking in Codes: How We Converse with Each Other by Indirection

College Park Ballroom, 450 Nott Street Union College, Schenectady, NY

Business Meeting, 4:45 pm. Induction, 5:30pm.  Dinner, 6:15 pm.  Speaker at 7:00 pm.

 

Saturday January 27, 2007

Ms. Karen DeWitt

NPR’s Capital News Correspondent  

Day One: Did Anything Change?
Eliot Spitzer NYS Governor

  Century House Latham NY

 

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Dr. Steven A. Leibo

Professor of Modern International History and Politics at Sage Colleges

The Rise of China and America’s Future

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Russell Sage Dining Hall

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Mr. Ryan Staude

Ph.D Candidate, University at Albany

George Washington's Idea of the Presidency

Hale House, Union College, Schenectady, NY

 

Saturday, January 28, 2006

Mr. Tom Lindsay

Nature Photographer

Feeding and Sheltering Backyard Birds

Mangia Restaurant, Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, NY

 

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Dr. Warren Roberts

Distinguished Service Professor of History, University at Albany

The Strange Disappearance of van Rensselaer Hall and Other Early Albany Stories

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Russell Sage Dining Hall

Saturday, May 1, 2004

Paul Grondahl

Writer, Albany Times Union

I Rose Like a Rocket: The Political Education of Theodore Roosevelt

 

Bavarian Chalet Restaurant, 5060 Western Ave., Altamont, NY

Saturday, January 31, 2004

Lyn Taylor

President, Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce

Founding Member of the Tech Valley Chamber Coalition

Welcome to Tech Valley

Patroon Room, University at Albany

Thursday, November 6, 2003, 4:00 pm

Hal Abelson

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, University at Albany

 "Universities, the Internet, and the Intellectual Commons"

University at Albany

Saturday, October 25, 2003

David Bayley

Distinguished Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany

“Global Trends in Justice and Governance”

Hale Hall, Union College, Schenectady, NY