Participants in Class of '69 Virtual Events
Classmate Arthur Fergenson provides this update about our extensive virtual Class connections over the last 24+ months:
Casual Conversation December 22nd: Estate Planning
A Casual Conversation on estate planning and administration will be held at 3 pm Eastern on Sunday, December 22. Our conversants will be classmate and attorney Doug Reynolds as well as Kevin Cox, a law firm colleague of classmate Bruce Alpert’s son Jeremy. Doug was recruited by classmate Clint Harris. This session was suggested
Casual Conversation December 15: Paula Kurman about Jim Bouton
On Sunday, December 15 at 3 pm Eastern, Paula Kurman, widow of major league baseball pitcher and author Jim Bouton, will join us for a Casual Conversation. She comes to us courtesy of classmate Chip Elitzer, who writes: “Paula’s book about their [hers and Jim Bouton’s] life together, ‘The Cool of the Evening,’ has just been published. In a way, it’s the completion of a trilogy, following Jim’s classic, ‘Ball Four,’ and his recounting of our adventure together in Pittsfield [MA], ‘Foul Ball Part II.’”
Casual Conversation November 17: Paul Pillar '69 on partisanship and foreign policy
On Sunday, November 17 at 3 pm Eastern Time, classmate Paul Pillar will be returning for a Casual Conversation on Zoom to discuss with us the thesis he elaborates in his most recent book, Beyond the Water’s Edge: How Partisanship Corrupts U.S. Foreign Policy (Columbia University Press 2023).
Casual Conversation: Sue Leavitt concert on October 30th
Sue Leavitt, spouse of ’69 classmate John Leavitt, will again grace us with a piano recital, this time at Noon on Wednesday, October 30. The last time she performed for us on Zoom (Sue having performed for us at Class gatherings in Hanover), I wrote:
Casual Conversation with Prof. Bleske-Rechek Oct 20 at 3:00 PM
On Sunday, October 20 at 3 pm, April Bleske-Rechek, Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire will be our guest for a Casual Conversation.
April does really interesting work.
Dartmouth College President Sian Beilock, email to me (AFF), 07/05/2024.
To say the least.
Casual Conversation: Professor Luxon October 14th at 5 PM ET
On Monday, October 14 at 5 pm Eastern Time, we will have a Casual Conversation with Thomas H. Luxon, Dartmouth Professor of English, Emeritus and Cheheyl Professor and Inaugural Director of the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL). His faculty listing may be found here: https://faculty-directory.dartmouth.edu/thomas-h-luxon . His faculty entry links to his downloadable cv.
Casual Conversation: Brian Maracle '69 on the Mohawk language
Our next Casual Conversation, on Wednesday, October 9 at 5 pm Eastern will be an occasion to spend time with our Dartmouth 1969 classmate, Brian Maracle, who comes to us cou
Casual Conversation: Professor Will Masters on September 30, 2024
On Monday, September 30 at 5 pm ET, Professor William (“Will”) Masters will be our guest for a Casual Conversation about food or, more precisely, food economics. This discussion you should not miss. Really. If you want to explore the reasons why you eat what you eat, how much you eat, and what obstacles stand in your way to change your food consumption, this is the time you should join us.
Casual Conversation September 15 with Foster Hirsch
On the Ides of September, i.e., September 15, a Sunday at 3 pm ET, we will be having a Casual Conversation with Foster Hirsch, Professor of Film at Brooklyn College, and board member of the Film Noir Foundation. He is the author most recently of Hollywood and Movies of the Fifties: The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher—Television (Knopf 2023).