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

 
Panelists
Eric 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
 
 
 

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