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Institute for Retired Professionals Schedule of Speakers

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000

2008

Date	Speaker	Topic
January 17, 2008	Sean Kirst, Columnist The Post-Standard	"Blogs and More"
February 7, 2008	Daniel Hege, Music Director Syracuse Symphony www.syracusesymphony.org	"The Hege Perspective: The SSO as a Vibrant Element of the CNY Landscape"
February 21, 2008	Judy Mower, J.C. Mower Consultants www.syracuse2020.org	"Government Modernization"
March 6, 2008	Owen Shapiro, Director Syracuse International Film Festival www.syrfilm.com	"A World Showcase in Central New York: Syracuse International Film Festival"
March 20, 2008	Kendall Phillips, Su College of Visual and Performing Arts Chair and Assoc. Professor Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies http://vpa.syr.edu/index.cfm/page/bio/id/91	"Controversial Cinema: The Films That Outraged America"
April 3, 2008	Robert Hood, retired real estate developer and goodwill ambassador in Haiti	"Haiti Experiences"
April 17, 2008	Gary Radke, Professor SU Fine Arts Department Domenic Iacono, Director SU Art Galleries	"A Renaissance for Syracuse"
May 1, 2008	Timothy Bond, Producing Artistic Director Syracuse Stage and SU Department of Drama www.syracusestage.org	"Conversation with Timothy Bond"
May 15, 2008	Marilyn Pinsky, President NYS AARP Bill Armbruster AARP Regional Office	"What would Benjamin Franklin say today? 'Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death, taxes and rising health costs.' "

2007

Date	Speaker	Topic
January 18, 2007	Karen DeCrow, past president of NOW www.now.org	"Women's Rights"
February 1, 2007	Otis Jennings, Regional Outreach Coordinator for the NYS Consumer Protection Board www.nysconsumer.gov	"Consumer Protection"
February 15, 2007	Trisha Torrey, Every Patient's Advocate www.diagknowsis.org	"Becoming a Good Health Care Consumer"
April 5, 2007	Christiaan du Preez Founding Member of the Democratic Party in South Africa	"Dealing With Terror"
April 19, 2007	Douglas Grady Recycling Specialist with Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency	"What's In Your Trash?: Environmentally Sound Solutions for Trash & Recyclables"
May 3, 2007	Trisha Torry Columnist, Patient Advocate	"Ten Tools You Can Use to Improve Your Medical Care"
May 17, 2007	Panel: Dr. Lisa Kaufmann Dr. Scott Treatman Margaret Braungart, Ph.D. Marnie Blount-Gowan, Director	"The Mind, Body, Spirit Connection and Local Healthcare"
Sept. 20, 2007	Jessica Cohen, Ph.D. BOCES District Superintendent	BOCES and the Community
Oct. 4, 2007	Michael Begg	Celtic Spirituality in the Twenty-First Century
Oct. 18, 2007	Janet Mallan, VP Syracuse League of Women Voters	Citizen Fact Checkers Project
Nov. 1, 2007	Nicholas Pirro Former Onondaga County Executive	Advice for the Next County Executive
Nov. 15, 2007	Doug Sutherland Managing Partner, Franklin Properties	Revitilizing Franklin Square
Dec. 6, 2007	Robert McClure Chapple Family Professor Citizenship and Democracy	2008 Presidential Election

2006

Date	Speaker	Topic
February 2, 2006	Prof. Richard Smardon, SUNY ESF www.esf.edu/es/faculty/smardon.htm	"How Does the Urban Ecosystem and Agenda 21 Help Us Build a Livable, Sustainable Community?"
February 16, 2006	Frank Woolever, Retired Director, L'Arche, Syracuse	"School of the Americas, A Dark History"
March 2, 2006	Dennis Connors, Curator, Onondaga Historical Association www.cnyhistory.org/	"1775 Revolutionary War Era"
March 16, 2006	Andy Mager, Syracuse Peace Council www.peacecouncil.net/NOON/commonfuture/ (A primer on our neighbors of the Onondaga Nation.)	"Onondaga Land Rights and Our Common Future"
April 6, 2006	Professor Thomas Keck, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs www.maxwell.syr.edu/psc/faculty/Keck.asp	"Law, Politics and the Supreme Court"
April 20, 2006	Professor Goodwin Cooke, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs www.maxwell.syr.edu	"Current Events: A World View"
May 4, 2006	Professor John Langdon, LeMoyne College www.lemoyne.edu/history/langd.html	"Analysis of a Major World Issue"
May 18, 2006	Daphne Stevens, M.A. Yale University Associate, Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto Adjunct Professor, music history, Syracuse area colleges	"Afternoon of a Faun: Music, Poetry and Art"
Sept. 21, 2006	Robert Moss, Artistic Director, Syracuse State www.syracusestage.org	"A Conversation with Robert Moss"
Oct. 5, 2006	Joan Durant, Executive Director, YWCA and Girls, Inc. www.ywca-syracuse.org	"YWCA and Girls, Inc. Programs"
Oct. 19, 2006	Joe Chaiken, Syracuse University Chemistry Professor www-che.syr.edu/faculty/chaiken.html	"LighTouch Diabetes Testing"
Nov. 2, 2006	Professor Grant Reeher, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs What's at stake in the upcoming elections and what are they likely to bring, both here, at home, and across the state, the nation? Have the campaigns been too negative? After a brief overview, Prof. Reeher will respond to questions and comments from IRP members.	"2006 Elections"
Nov. 16, 2006	Professor Joseph Julian, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs	"Foreign Policy and National Security: Where Do We Go From Here?"
Dec. 7, 2006	Fred Fiske, Sr. Writer at The Post-Standard	"Behind the Scenes on the Editorial Page"

2005

Date	Speaker	Topic
January 20, 2005	Toni Gary, Director	"Children's Miracle Network of Central New York"
February 3, 2005	Grant Reeher, Associate Professor, Syracuse University	"Bush's Second Term: Challenges and Priorities"
February 17, 2005	Ron Lombard, General Manager, News 10 Now	"The Ins and Outs of Launching and Running a 24-Hour News Operation"
March 3, 2005		"Steinbeck Visits"
March 17, 2005	Jim MacKillop (Expert on Celtic literature)	St. Patrick's Day Luncheon
April 21, 2005	Daniel Hege, Syracuse Symphony Music Director	"The Symphony in Syracuse"
May 5, 2005	Janet Allen, President, Habitat Gardening in CNY	"Habitat Gardening for Wildlife and People, Too"
May 19, 2005	Joel Potash, MD	"Advance Care Planning: Compassionate Conversations"
June 2, 2005		IRP luncheon at the Glen Loch in Jamesville
Sept. 15, 2005	Betsy Wiggins and Danya Wellmon www.wtb.org	"Women Transcending Boundaries: Respect Through Education"
Oct. 6, 2005	Marilyn Pinsky, Commissioner, Onondaga County Department of Aging and Youth www.ongov.net	"Aging Issues"
Oct. 20, 2005	Joyce Latham, Executive Director, Onondaga County Public Library www.ocpl.lib.ny.us	"OCPL Library System"

2004

Date	Speaker	Topic
February 5, 2004	J. David Richardson, Professor of Economics and International Relations Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer, Professor of Global Affairs The Maxwell School Syracuse University	"Guest Workers, the Global Business Model, and Gaza Ghettoes -- Ready or Not?"
February 19, 2004	Eric Kingson Professor of Social Work Syracuse University	"The Politics of Social Security Reform"
March 4, 2004	Hon. Joseph E. Fahey, County Court Judge and former defense attorney	"The View From Both Sides of the Judicial Bench"
March 18, 2004	Geoff Navias, Open Hand Theater	Annual Pot Luck Luncheon
April 1, 2004	Sally Roesch Wagner, Executive Director, Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation	"Matilda Joslyn Gage: Bringing Her Story Into History"
April 22, 2004	Sean Kirst, Columnist The Post-Standard	"The Changing Face of Syracuse"
May 6, 2004	F. William Smullen, Director, National Securities Studies Program, Syracuse University (Col. Smullen was Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell for nearly 13 years.)	"A Time of Peril or A Moment of Promise"
May 20, 2004	Samuel Clemence, Professor of Engineering, Syracuse University	"The Engineering History of the Erie Canal"
June 3, 2004	Dr. Marvin Druger, Professor of Biology, SU, will read from his book of poems	IRP Year-end Luncheon, Genesee Inn
September 16, 2004	Jake Crouthamel, Director, SU Athletics	"The 'Big Business' of Division I Athletics and Its Impact on SU Sports"
October 7, 2004	Hon. Nicholas J. Pirro, County Executive, Onondaga County	"Update from the County Executive"
October 21, 2004	Sean Kirst, Columnist The Post Standard	"Campaign 2004: Reflections from the Convention Floor"
November 4, 2004	Dr. Robert McClure, Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs and Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence	"Praise the Lord, the Election is Finally Over"
November 18, 2004	Major John Morrison, Salvation Army
December 2, 2004	Ralph Singh, Co-founder and Spokesperson of Gobind Sadan, USA	"Towards A Theology of Community: Lessons From Arson, Forgiveness and Healing in a Post 9/11 World"
December 16, 2004	Kevin Walsh, Onondaga County Sheriff	"Security Issues for Senior Citizens -- and Everyone"

2003

Date	Speaker	Topic
January 16, 2003	Lloyd F. Novick, M.D., M.P.H. Commissioner of Health, Onondaga County	"Smallpox Vaccination Plans"
February 6, 2003	Virginia Donohue, Executive Director, On-Point for College	"The On-Point for College Program"
February 20, 2003	Anne M. Baker, Director, Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park	"What's New at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park"
March 6, 2003	Kara Bopp	Syracuse University's Studies of Aging and Cognition
March 20, 2003	Joseph Pellegrino, MS, CCC-A, Director, Gebbie Hearing Clinic, Syracuse University	"Advances in Hearing Technology"
April 3, 2003	Thomas V. Wolfe, Dean, Hendricks Memorial Chapel, Syracuse University	"Interfaith Encounters in Spain - Muslim, Jewish, & Christian Dialogue with the Centuries"
April 17, 2003	William R. Farrell, Author and Speaker, New York State Place Names	"Classical Place Names in New York State"
May 1, 2003	John Hodgson, Ph.D., Harvard University - Professor of Soviet Studies for 30 years at Yale and Syracuse University	"Russia Today"
May 15, 2003	John H. Rogers, Conservationist of Eastern Bluebirds for over 30 years Brewerton, NY	"All About Bluebirds, and More"
September 18, 2003	Hon. Nicholas J. Pirro, County Executive, Onondaga County	"Update from the County Executive"
October 2, 2003	Dennis J. Connors, Curator of History, Onondaga County Historical Association	"Freedom Bound: Syracuse Explores its Underground Railroad Heritage"
October 16, 2003	Robert Bogdan, Ph.D., Professor of Social Sciences; Author: Adirondack Vernacular: The Photography of Henry M. Beach, and Exposing the Wilderness: Early Twentieth Century Adirondack Postcard Photographers	"Picturing the Adirondacks: Early 20th Century North Country Photographers and Their Work"
November 6, 2003	Eric Weber, Executive Director, Syracuse Lakefront Development Corporation	"What's New, What's Planned, at Syracuse's Inner Harbor"
November 20, 2003	Robert Moss, Artistic Director, Syracuse Stage	"A Conversation with Bob Moss"
December 4, 2003	Sheila Byrnes, Biographical Researcher, Former Genealogy columnist for STARS Magazine	"Tracing Your Family History"
December 18, 2003	Holiday Celebration and "Sing-Along"

2002

Date	Speaker	Topic
January 17, 2002	Charles A. Maynard, Ph.D., SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry	"The American Chestnut Tree"
February 7, 2002	Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky, Professor of Int'l. Relations & Public Administration, SU Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs	"Where Do We Stand in the War Against Terrorism"
February 21, 2002	Giles Wayland-Smith, President, Board of Oneida Community Mansion House, and Professor Emeritus, Allegheny College	"The Oneida Community: A 19th Century Utopian Experiment"
March 7, 2002	Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Dean, College of Medicine and Vice President for Biomedical Sciences, SUNY Upstate Medical University	"Real Age: Are You As Young As You Can Be?"
March 21, 2002	Nancy Churchill IRP Member	"A Young Nurse in Viet Nam, and Other Adventures"
April 4, 2002	Lt. Col. Glen R. DeWillie, District Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District	"The Army Corps of Engineers and the Onondaga Lake Partnership"
April 18, 2002	Al Fasoldt, Editor & Columnist at The Post Standard, and Co-Host of Random Access, a live call-in radio program about computers	"Computing for Seniors"
May 2, 2002	The Tom Dooley Choraliers	Entertainment by a singing group with worldwide exposure -- World Fairs in NYC and Montreal, the White House, Statue of Liberty, Toronto, and Ireland
May 16, 2002	Samuel Gorovitz, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and of Public Administration, SU, and Dearing-Daly Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University	"Human Cloning and the Ethics of Genetic Engineering"
September 19, 2002	Hon. Nicholas J. Pirro, Onondaga County Executive	“Fighting to Control Our Destiny”
October 3, 2002	Imam Ahmed Kobiesy, The Islamic Society of Central New York	“The Islamic Community in Central New York”
October 17, 2002	J. Daniel Pluff, Senior Vice President and Assistant Branch Manager, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter; Host of WCNY-TV’s ‘Financial Fitness’	“Financial Fitness”
November 7, 2002	Heidi Holtz, Director of Communication & Special Events, joined by students from the Syracuse University Drama Department	"Preview of Syracuse Stage 2002-2003 Season"
November 21, 2002	Eric Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S., Curator of Historical Collections, Health Sciences Library, SUNY Upstate Medical University	"The Crisis in Health Care Delivery: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same"
December 5, 2002	Michael Affleck, Master of Theological Studies, Franciscan School of Theology	“The Jesus of History”
December 19, 2002	Holiday Sing-Along with Dick Ford	“Holiday Celebration”

2001

Date	Speaker	Topic
January 18, 2001	Sheila Byrnes, Columnist, STARS Magazine, Syracuse Herald American	"Tracing Your Family History"
January 25, 2001	Lunch at Spaghetti Warehouse	Tour of Museum of Automotive History
February 1, 2001	Al Fasoldt, Columnist, Syracuse Newspapers	"Computers for Seniors"
February 15, 2001	Professor Robert J. Thompson, Director, S.U. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Center for the Study of Popular Television	"Television at the Turn of the Century"
March 1, 2001	Robert Geraci, Commissioner, Onondaga County Parks and Recreation	"Parks and Recreation: Central to a Community’s Character, Health and Well-being"
September 20, 2001	Nicholas Pirro, Onondaga County Executive	"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
October 4, 2001	Heidi J. Holtz, S.U. College of Visual & Performing Arts	"Preview of Syracuse Stage 2001-2002 Season"
October 18, 2001	Dan Wiles, Mid-Lakes Navigation Co., Inc. Skaneateles	"Canal System History"
November 1, 2001	Christopher M. Piering	"Role of the 122nd NY Infantry in the Civil War"
November 15, 2001	Charles Everett, Commissioner of Aviation, City of Syracuse Airport	"Beyond the Gate"
December 6, 2001	Robert D. McClure, Assoc. Dean, SU Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs	"Intelligent Patriotism"
December 20, 2001	IRP Members	"Holiday Celebration"

2000

Date	Speaker	Topic
September 21, 2000	Nicholas Pirro, Onondaga County Executive	"WHASSUP?" plus question and answer session
October 5, 2000	Heidi J. Holtz-Eakin, S.U. Drama Department	"Syracuse Stage 2000-2001 Season"
October 19, 2000	Professor Jeffrey Stonecash, S.U. Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs	"The 2000 Elections and the Enduring Debate About the Role of Government"
October 26, 2000	Lunch at Craftsman Inn	Tour of Stickley Furniture
November 2, 2000	Dick Case, Syracuse Newspapers	"Life and Times at the Syracuse Newspapers"
November 16, 2000	Beth Lynn Hoey Francis House	"Francis House: A Family When You Need It Most?
December 7, 2000	Tom Dennison, Health Services Management & Policy Program, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs at S.U.	"Drivers of Change in U.S. Health Care"
December 21, 2000	Phil Klein, Entertainer & Professor Emeritus, Onondaga Community College	"Our Music" and Holiday Buffet