Princeton Weekly Bulletin October 12, 1998


Nassau Notes


 

Fischer speaks on Russian economy

Stanley Fischer will give a lecture entitled "The Russian Economic Crisis" at 4:30 p.m. on October 13 in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
    Fischer, the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, assumed the post in 1994. Previously Killian Professor and chair of the economics department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he served as the vice president of development economics and chief economist at the World Bank from 1988 to 1990. Fischer has also been a member of the economics faculty at the University of Chicago and held visiting faculty positions at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
    He is the author of Macroeconomics (with Rudiger Dornbusch) and of Policies of Economic Development (with Vinod Thomas).
    Fischer's lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.


Ferguson discusses women, power

Anita Perez Ferguson, president of the National Women's Political Caucus, will give a lecture entitled "Women Step Up to Power" at 4:30 p.m. on October 14 in 5 Robertson Hall.
    Perez Ferguson is the first Hispanic head of the NWPC, a grassroots organization dedicated to supporting women for elected and appointed office at all levels of government. Prior to joining the NWPC, Perez Ferguson served as White House liaison to the U.S. Department of Transportation and as national director of training and education at the Democratic National Committee. She has also held a number of public service positions in California, including planning commissioner, affirmative action commissioner and chair of the Ethnic Advisory Board for Education.
    Perez Ferguson's lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School and Latin American Graduate Student Association.

 

Aspen Institute Berlin director gives lecture

Catherine McArdle Kelleher will give the Klaus Knorr Memorial Lecture entitled "Thin Gruel from Alphabet Soup? European Security Institutions at the Millennium" at 4:30 p.m. on October 12 in 1 Robertson Hall.
    Kelleher, who was deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia from 1996 to 1998, assumed the directorship of the Aspen Institute Berlin, part of the international Aspen Institute network in Washington, D.C., earlier this year. The Berlin affiliate's goals are to maintain and promote the U.S.-German relationship through international conferences, study groups and workshops on major contemporary issues.
    Kelleher's address is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School and the Research Program in International Security.


Starobin offers music for acoustic guitar

Guitarist David Starobin will offer a recital of music for acoustic guitar at 8:00 p.m. on October 12 in Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.
    The program will include a performance of George Crumb's new work "Mundus Canis (A Dog's World): Five Humoresques for Guitar and One Percussionist."
    The concert is sponsored by the Department of Music, Composers Ensemble and Friends of Music.


Gallery talk

"Portrait of William Seitz, 1963" is one of the works to be discussed by docent Marianne Grey in a gallery talk entitled "Portraits" at 12:30 p.m. on October 16 and 3:00 p.m. on October 18.

 

Chapel Music concert

Harmonic Brass will perform at 7:30 p.m. on October 12 in the University Chapel.


Organizers ask for Carl Fields memorabilia

A memorial service for Carl Fields, the first African American dean at Princeton and in the Ivy League, has been scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on October 25 in the University Chapel. Fields, 79, died on July 20.
    The organizers of the memorial service invite those who knew him to submit recollections, photos or memorabilia to be exhibited after the service at a reception in the Third World Center. For photos, please include the date, location, names and affiliation of those pictured, and any other relevant information. All materials should be sent by October 15 to Carl Fields Memorial, P.O. Box 1898, Newark, NJ 07101-1898.


Friends present Swiss youth, soprano Miller

The Friends of Music will present two concerts.
    The Swiss Youth Orchestra, directed by Herbert Scherz, will give a concert on October 12 at 7:30 in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. The 17 member group of children under 16 years of age will perform music
by Vivaldi, Mozart and Janacek.
    Soprano Meagan Miller will perform with pianist Steven Beck at 3:00 p.m. on October 18 in Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall. Winner of the 1998 Joy in Singing Competition, Miller received her BA in vocal performance from Julliard School this year, along with the Peter Mennin Award for an outstanding undergraduate in music.


Women's Studies exhibit

"Contemplation," by Marion Koenig Salkind, is part of "Pastels," on display in the Women's Studies Lounge through November 20.


Joseph Kalichstein

University Concerts

Pianist Joseph Kalichstein will give a concert at 8:00 p.m. on October 15 in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. The program will include music by C. P. E. Bach, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Liszt.


Flu shots

President Harold Shapiro receives a flu shot from Dr. Pamela Bowen, director of Health Services. All faculty and staff are eligible for flu shots at $10.00 each, payable at the time of the visit. Shots will be given on November 2 and 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in 101 McCosh Health Center.
    To make an appointment, call Occupational Medicine at 258-5035.

President Harold Shapiro with Dr. Pamela Bowen