Alumni-Faculty Forum Topics
(as of April 10, 2006)
Confirmed panelists are in bold
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 9:15 – 10:15 AM
McCosh 50
Panelists
Stapleton Roy ’56 – (Former Ambassador to Indonesia; strong China connections)
T.R. Reid ’66 – journalist and author (Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the West)
Eva Lerner-Lam ’76 – President, The Palisades Group USA
Dean Cheng ’86 – Asia Defense Associate, Center for Naval Analysis
Shaomin Li *88 – sociologist, Old Dominion University; former political prisoner
Moderator
Tom Christensen – Professor of Politics and International Affairs; incoming Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Can the Environment Survive Humanity?
Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall
Panelists
John H. Wilson ’56 – Chair, Environmental Defense Fund
Anthony Atkiss ’61 – VP of Public Affairs, Exxon Mobil
Pamela Franklin ’91 – Program Manager, Environmental Protection Agency
Sarah Gosman ’96 – Michigan Department of the Attorney General (environmental law)
Isaac Held *76 – Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University
Moderator
George Philander – Knox Taylor Professor of Geosciences; Director, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Investing Today
McCosh 10
Panelists
John (Jack) Bogle ’51 – founder, Vanguard
Fred Bacher ’56 – Owner, Bacher & Co.
John Scully ’66 – Managing Director & Invest. Counselor, SPO Partners & Company
Runa Alam ’81 – Director, Zephyr Management
Anne Tergesen ’86 – Personal Finance Editor, Business Week
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 10:30 – 11:30 AM
What Will Iraq Look Like in 2010?
McCosh 50
Panelists
Ray Close ’51 *64 – former CIA Station Chief, Saudi Arabia
Charlie Moskos ’56 – sociologist (studies effects of war on the military)
Frank Wisner ’61 -- Vice Chairman, External Affairs, American International Group, Inc. (formerly with International Security Affairs, Department of State)
Theola Labbe ’96 – reporter. The Washington Post (spent time in Iraq)
Matt Scherrer ’01 – (served four tours in Iraq/Afghanistan with U.S. Army)
Moderator
Anne-Marie Slaughter ’80 – Dean, WWS
Out of the Dark: Emerging Energy Technologies and Policy
McCosh 10
Panelists
Class of ’81
Richard Brown ’86 – Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (energy technology and usage)
Craig Cornelius ’01 – Manager, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Department of Energy
Kenneth Deffeyes *56 – Geosciences
Moderator
Robert Goldston *77 – Astrophysics and Director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
The Retirement of the Baby Boomers
Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture
Panelists
James Freund ’56 – (second careers/retirement)
Brian Breuel ’66 – President, Wealth Strategies LLC (financial preparation for retirement)
Kevin Loughlin ’71 -- Urologic Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Marsha Rosenthal ’76 – Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University
Virginia Morris ’81 – author, How to Care For Aging Parents
The Impact of Technology on Higher Education
Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall
Panelists
Neil Rudenstine ’56 – Executive VP, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
William Schonberg ’81 – Professor and Chairman, Civil Engineering Department, University of Missouri-Rolla
James Robertson ’91 – Owner, Pequod Communictions
Ann Kirschner *78 – President, Comma International
Moderator
Brian Kernighan *69 – Professor of Computer Science
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2:30 – 3:30 PM
Security in the 21st Century: At Home and Beyond
McCosh 50
Panelists
Bob Mueller ’66 – Director, FBI
Phil Bobbitt ’71 – law professor and author of The Shield of Achilles: War Peace, and the Course of History
Class of ’86
Steven Buckley ’91 – Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCSD (has worked with Navy and Coast Guard on assessing dangers of shipment of hazardous cargo)
Matthew W. Gerke ’96 – Asst. Director of Security Affairs, Defense Support Organization – Iraq, U.S. Department of Defense (training Iraqi security forces)
Moderator
Fred Hitz ’61 – former Inspector General of CIA
Nature Wars: Stories from the Conservation Arena
McCosh 10
Panelists
Bert Kerstetter ’66 – (jaguar conservation in Costa Rica)
John Gwynne ’71 – Vice President for Design, Wildlife Conservation Society
Carl J. Mayer, '81 – Mayer Associates
Holly Haefele ’96 – Associate Veterinarian, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
Abby Neely ’01 – (human/wildlife contact in Namibia)
Havens of Scholarship: New Architecture at Princeton
McCormick 101
Panelists
Jon Hlafter ’61 *63, University Architect, Princeton University
Jason Gold ’81 – Architect, Richard Lewis
Peter D. Mullan ’91 – Architect, Polshek Partnership Architects
Bob Hillier ’59 *61 – Visiting Professor, School of Architecture, Princeton University
To be followed by tour of selected buildings on campus, led by Jon Hlafter ’61 *63
Courtship, Love, and Marriage: How Have Relationships Changed?
Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture
Panelists
Robert Hudnut ’56 – Presbyterian minister (retired)
Miguel Firpi ’71 – Clinical Director, United Behavioral Health (family therapist)
Alan Greene ’81 – physician and author
Kathryn Hamm ’91 – Co-owner, twobrides.com and twogrooms.com
Moderator
Hendrik Hartog – Princeton professor of the history of American law and liberty, who analyzed the laws, court cases,
and social context surrounding marriage in his book, Man and Wife in America: A History (2002).
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 9:15 – 10:15 AM
The Roberts Court: Year One
McCosh 50
Panelists
Charles Fried ’56 – Professor, Harvard Law School (former U.S. Solicitor General)
Kevin Baine ’71 – Partner, Williams & Connolly
Elena Kagan ’81 – Dean, Harvard Law School
Greg Katsas ’86 – Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice
Moderator
Christopher Eisguber ’83, Provost
Is Medicine Enough? Epidemics and the Next Pandemic
McCosh 10
Panelists
Michael Iseman ’61 – Professor of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center (immunology and respiratory medicine)
Peter Small ’81 – William and Melinda Gates Foundation (TB)
Rebecca Levine ’01 – Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellows, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Annarie Lyles *90 – GenMab, Inc.
Disorderly Eating: Food and Society
Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture
PanelistsEric Schlosser ’81 – author,
Fast Food Nation
Jonathan Goldman ’96 – Associate, Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose & Podol (fast food litigation)
F. Dok Harris ’01 – Super Bakery, Inc. (neutraceuticals, social change through the federal school breakfast program)
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 10:30 – 11:30 AM
When Disaster Response is Another Disaster: Lessons Learned
McCosh 50
Panelists:
Dan Schoeffler ’81 – founder, Contact Loved Ones
Mittie Doyle ’86 – Rheumatologist (former faculty member, Tulane Medical School)
Mindy Patron ’91 – Attorney, McGlinchey Stafford; President, PAA of New Orleans
Barbara Merz ’96 – The Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University
Shara Pradhan ’01 – (set up NGO in India after tsunami)
Moderator
Karen Jezierny – Director of Public Affairs, Princeton University (coordinated Princeton’s response to Katrina)
Entrepreneurial Psychology 101: What Makes Entrepreneurs Tick?
McCosh 10
Panelists
Bob McCabe ’56
Eric Schmidt ’76 – CEO, Google, Inc.
David Durlach ’81 – President, Technofrolics
Nancy Collins ’91 – President, Global Adrenaline
Jared Polis ’96 – (on “Top 10 Entrepreneurs” list of Success magazine; founded 14 companies)
Moderator
Ed Zschau ’61 – Electrical Engineering/Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Are We Burning Out Our Kids?
Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture
Panelists
Mary Azoy ’71 – Director of Community Education and Crisis Response, CrisisLink
Steven Tobolsky ’76 – Head of Lower Division, Horace Mann School
Jeff Mitchell ’81 – Clinical Psychologist
Tia Horner ’86 – Child Psychiatrist, Massachussetts General Hospital
Kara Nance ’96 – Obstetrician