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.
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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.
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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.
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