In addition to the traditional symposia and discussion formats, classmates will be delivering a series of short presentations on various subjects of their choosing. Presentations will be no longer than 10 minutes with no time for questions—hence, they are called Ten-Minute Talks. Previous 50th Reunions have found these talks to be stimulating and successful, and we anticipate that they will generate lively conversations during the course of Reunion.
TEN-MINUTE TALKS: PART A Tuesday, May 26, 11:00 am–12:15 pm Science Center Halls B & C
A NOVEL WAY OF CURING CANCER OF THE EYE IN CHILDREN David Abramson, chief, ophthalmic oncology service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
A NEXT FRONTIER: HEART-CENTRIC SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS, AND POLITICS Julian Gresser, chairman, Alliances for Discovery; international lawyer, explorer, inventor, and social entrepreneur
IMAGE OF A SPIRIT: FROM AGNOSTIC TO IGNORAMUS Paul Williams, tall director of small movies and esoteric adventurer; dwells off-grid in smallest manse in Malibu
TO FRAC OR NOT TO FRACK: WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS? Erica Levine Powers, lead editor/author, Beyond the Fracking Wars
THE BONFIRE OF THE VERITIES Jeffrey Race, fallen political scientist, former army officer, and indefatigable volunteer
THE FIRST ASCENT OF THE WEST FACE OF MOUNT HUNTINGTON, ALASKA, 1965 David Roberts, author, mountaineer, and adventurer
TEN-MINUTE TALKS: PART B Tuesday, May 26, 3:30–4:45 pm Sanders Theatre
FINDING OUR ROOTS Stephanie Krebs, social anthropologist and filmmaker; member, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
REAGAN, THE CAMPS, AND JAPANESE AMERICAN REDRESS Grant Ujifusa, book editor, Random House; lead lobbyist, Japanese American Citizens League, 1982–1988
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK: ISSUES THEN AND NOW Ron Wilkins, retired physicist, Los Alamos National Lab; president, Los Alamos Historical Society
FEELING OUR UNIVERSE Steve Kilston, astrophysicist who first verified Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock” words that “we are stardust”
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT: PAST AND FUTURE Bill Pedersen, senior counsel, Perkins Coie; former EPA official
JAZZ IMPROVISATION Brian Cooke, long-standing jazz pianist and accomplished violinist in the Bay Area
TEN-MINUTE TALKS: PART C Wednesday, May 27, 3:15–4:30 pm Sanders Theatre
OAKLAND FIRESTORM 1991: A MIDDLE CLASS DISASTER Christie Johnson Coffin, architect and planner; currently working on a district hospital in Ocotal, Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua
WHY STUDY BAKER’S YEAST TO LEARN ABOUT HUMAN CANCER? James Haber, professor of biology, Brandeis University; member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
WOMEN TRANSFORMING VIOLENCE IN RURAL AFRICAN COMMUNITIES Thelma Awori, retired assistant secretary general of the United Nations Development Program, working on issues of gender equality in Africa
MINI-CONCERT: TRADITIONAL BLUES David Evans, ethnomusicologist and performer of blues and folk music
TWO “REVOLUTIONS” WHICH HAVE TRANSFORMED THE PHARMACEUTICAL/BIOTECH INDUSTRY Neil Flanzraich, CEO, chairman, and general counsel for various firms in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry
MY FIRST EXAM AT HARVARD Burt Ross, humor columnist, Malibu Times
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