Princeton Weekly Bulletin, March 30, 1998
Nassau Notes
Dance at McCarter
"Queens of Golub" by Ohad Naharin is one of the dances to be
performed by the Batsheva Dance Co. at 8:00 p.m. on March
30 at McCarter Theatre.
Specialist asks "Why Geriatrics?"
Robert Butler, M.D., will give a lecture entitled "Why
Geriatrics?" at 4:30 p.m. on March 30 in 6 Robertson
Hall.
Director of the International Longevity
Center (ILC) at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Butler founded the
department of geriatrics there in 1982 and was its chair until
1995. The ILC, which has branches in Tokyo and Paris, conducts
studies of the impact of longevity on society and its
institutions.
Founding director of the National
Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging in 1975, Butler
identified Alzheimer's disease as a national research priority. He
is a founding fellow of the American Geriatrics Society, a member
of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine, vice
chair of the Alliance for Aging Research, and also serves on the
national advisory committees of Physicians for Human Rights and
the National Women's Health Resource Center.
In 1976 Butler won the Pulitzer Prize for
Why Survive? Being Old in America. Coauthor of Aging and
Mental Health and Love and Sex After 60, he is
currently working on a new book, "The Longevity Revolution."
His lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow
Wilson School and the Herman M. Somers Lecture Series on
Aging.
Financier discusses Russian reform
"Working for Russian Reformers: One American's Experience" is the
topic of a talk by Visiting Lecturer in Public and International
Affairs Paul Firstenberg at 4:30 p.m. on March 31 in 5
Robertson Hall.
As a general partner at Zuckerman,
Firstenberg and Co., Firstenberg pro-vides investment banking and
advisory services to domestic and international firms and
governments. He has worked with U.S. business firms on
restructuring and strategic repositioning and with the Russian
government on the creation of a private real estate market.
From 1989 to 1991, Firstenberg was
chancellor of Tulane University, where he developed an academic
and financial strategic plan and reduced annual administrative
expenses by $3 million. Previously executive vice president of the
Prudential Real Estate Investment Group and chief operating
officer of the Children's Television Workshop, he was chief
financial officer at Princeton from 1972 to 1976.
Firstenberg is the author of the upcoming
"The 21st Century Non-profit: Remaking the Organization in the
Post-Government Era" and Managing for Profit in the
Nonprofit World (1986).
His lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow
Wilson School.
Alumna speaks on Oklahoma bombing
trials
Beth Wilkinson, a member of the Class of 1984, will give a lecture
entitled "Oklahoma City Bombing Trials" at 4:30 p.m. on April
2 in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Special attorney to the U.S. Attorney
General, Wilkinson was a federal prosecutor for the Oklahoma City
bombing trials. She will speak about her experiences prosecuting
the accused in those trials, and about drug lords and domestic
terrorists. A graduate of the University of Virginia law school,
she was an Army Judge Adjutant General Corps lawyer.
Wilkinson's lecture is sponsored by the
Woodrow Wilson School and the Princeton ROTC Army Officer
Education Program.
Douglas describes experience in FBI
Former special agent John Douglas will give a talk about his
experiences as an FBI profiler at 5:00 p.m. on April 2 in
Helm Auditorium, McCosh Hall.
Now retired, Douglas was with the FBI for
25 years and headed its Investigative Support Unit, pioneering the
method of psychological "profiling" to help predict criminal
behavior and catch perpetrators. Inspiration for the films The
Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon and others,
Douglas has profiled some of the most notorious criminals of
our time, including the Unabomber, Jeffrey Dahmer and Charles
Manson. He is author of Sexual Homicide: Patterns and
Motives, as well as co-author of bestsellers
Mindhunter, Journey into Darkness and most recently
Obsession.
His lecture, sponsored by the SHARE
program, in conjunction with the University Public Lecture Series
and other University departments, will be simulcast in 46
McCosh.
University Concerts
The Tokyo String Quartet will perform at 8:00 p.m. on April
2 in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.
Cultural diversity
Arts and crafts, cultural exhibitis, music and dance performances,
and ethnic food will be featured at the annual International
Festival on April 6. Held in Dillon Gym from noon to 6:00
p.m., the festival's theme is "One World, One Family: In the
Service of All Nations." Admission is $2.00 for adults and free
for children under 12.
At 3:30 p.m. the International Center will
award the International Service Award to the Association for
India's Development, Princeton. AID-Princeton, part of a federal
nonprofit organization, is comprised of graduate students
volunteers.The local group is currently associated with four
development projects in India.
Athletics
Ice hockey. Winning its first ECAC
Championship and first appearance in the NCAA Tournament, the
men's team defeated Cornell 6-2 on March 19, Yale 2-1 on March 20
and Clarkson 5-4 in the ECAC final on March 21. Jeff Halpern '99
was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, and Steven
Shirreffs '99 was selected for the ECAC First Team, the first
Tiger to be so honored since 1987-88.
The women's team ended the season with a
loss to New Hampshire (7-2) in the ECAC Tournament semifinal after
defeating second-seeded Northeastern (3-2) in the quarterfinal.
(Men: 18-10-7, 7-9-6 ECAC; women: 12-16-2, 8-13 ECAC, 3-7 Ivy)
Lacrosse. The men beat Penn State
13-5 on March 21, and the women defeated William and Mary 7-5 on
March 18 and Georgetown 6-5 on March 22. (Men: 3-1, 0-0 Ivy;
women: 3-0, 0-0 Ivy)
Tennis. The women outplayed the
University of Oregon on March 15; San Diego State on March 18;
Idaho State on March 20; California State, North-ridge on March
21; and California State, Fullerton on March 22. (6-0, 0-0
Ivy)
New home
Building Services adminstrative offices have moved to this
refurbished site at 180 Alexander Rd., as construction continues
on the new campus center in their former home in Palmer Hall.