Casual Conversation with Dimitri Gerakaris July 17, 2021
Our next Casual Conversation on Zoom is July 17th with Dimitri Gerakaris ’69: the Path Not Taken
Casual Conversation with Ray Saginur April 25, 2021
After last month’s successful (37 participants at the height) Casual Conversation with Paul Tuhus sharing tips and answering questions about travel, we take a trip across the border into Canada for classmate and Ottawa resident Ray Saginur, M.D., to lead a discussion on Ethics and Covid-19. Ray, as his description of the upcoming session and his bio attest, is trained in both infectious disease and ethics. While a pandemic i
Casual Conversation with Professor Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin May 18th 2021
A special Casual Conversation on Tuesday, May 18 at 5 pm Eastern will feature as our guest the Chair of Dartmouth’s History Department, Professor Cecilia Gaposchkin. This is the second of our Zoom sessions with Dartmouth faculty, the first being the Jewish Culture Group’s meeting with Jewish Studies Professor Susannah Heschel, daughter of the famed Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Jewish Culture Group conversation with Rose Mantelmacher May 30th 2021
On October 13 of this year Rose Mantelmacher will turn 100 years old. That she has lived that long is notable, but even more significant is what happened 76 years ago when Rose was liberated from Bergen Belson by British troops. Sick with Typhus, she was unable to eat although suffering from malnutrition and desperately hungry. That probably saved her life because the troops did not know the proper medical protocols to feed
Casual Conversation with Professor Santulli June 13th, 2021
Having just participated in an illuminating and personally valuable Green Dot session with Peter Elias, learning the fundamentals about effective bystander intervention, it is time to turn to our next Casual Conversation. Our conversationalist is Robert B. Santulli, M.D. Dr. Santulli is Honorary Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Geisel School of Medicine and Senior Lecturer in the Dartmouth Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Dr. Santulli was brought to our attention by classmate Peter Schaeffer, who heard Dr.
Casual Conversation October 3 with Paul Tuhus and Andy McLane
Join us for a Casual Conversation on Sunday October 3 at 3 pm Eastern with Paul Tuhus and Andy McLane: The Restoration, Renovation, and Re-Birth of the DOC House, From Conception to Reality
Jewish Culure Group discussion November 1, 2021
On Monday, November 1 at 4:00 pm Eastern (US) time, Hunter College Professor of Jewish and Hebrew Studies Leah Garrett will be our guest for a Casual Conversation sponsored by the Jewish Culture Group. As always everyone is invited, and we suspect that many of you will want to hear about the incredible and inspiring stories she wrote about in her new book, X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II. The stories of
Casual Conversation with Dick Glovsky and John Isaacson February 15th, 2022
On Tuesday, February 15 at 5 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dick Glovsky and John Isaacson will present “Ideas to make retirement most rewarding.” Dick will call upon his extensive experience in the non-profit and pro bono world while John (Class of ‘68, a Rhodes Scholar and Chair of Isaacson Miller) will lend his years of experience as a non-profit placement expert to the discussion of avenues to make retirement rewarding and significant after our professional careers have concluded.
Casual Conversation: Bruce Alpert and Peter Elias on staying healthy 2/27/2022
On Sunday, February 27 at 3 pm Eastern Standard Time, our classmates Bruce Alpert and Peter Elias will host on Zoom a casual conversation on approaches to staying healthy. Their description is below. This discussion overlaps in significant ways with the casual conversation with Dick Glovsky and John Isaacson on how to be active and engaged in retirement. One way, of course, to stay engaged and healthier thereby is stay in t
Casual Conversation with Mark Bankoff February 6th, 2022
Our classmate Mark Bankoff will be our guest for a Casual Conversation on Zoom on February 6, a Sunday, at 3 pm Eastern Standard Time. Mark’s description of the session is below, and we invite you to join us to see the world through Mark’s eyes and to revel in its beauties.