Past Emeriti Luncheon Lectures

 

Each luncheon meeting of the UCSC Emeriti Group features an informal talk of about 30-40 minutes. Generally these are about ongoing research of one of our emeriti or of an active faculty member of UCSC that is still employed. The chair selects the speakers and introduces them. Here we have gathered a record of our past luncheon lectures. If you know speakers or titles not listed here please notify the Chair or Secretary by email.

 

1987-1988

 

Mar. 2, 1988          Isebill Gruhn, Academic Vice-Cancellor: Current and New Developments.

 

1988-1989

 

Oct. 5, 1988          Peggy Musgrave, Prof. of Economics, Provost, Crown College: University-wide Committee on Welfare of Emeriti.

Apr. 12, 1989        Donald T. Clark, University Librarian Emeritus: Early Days of the UCSC Campus.

June 7, 1989         Wendell Brase, Vice-Chancellor, Finance, Planning & Administration: Town — Gown Relations.

 

1989-1990

 

Sept. 12, 1989

 

Dec. 12, 1989        Fred Hochstaedter, Graduate Student, Earth Sciences: The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.

Feb. 20, 1990        Mary Holmes, Professor of Art History: Current activities and concerns.

April 11, 1990       Theodore R. Sarbin, Professor Psychology & Criminology: Report to U.S. Navy on Sexual Orientation in the Navy.

Jun. 13, 1990        Gurden Mooser, Vice-Chancellor for University Relations: & Dean McHenry, Founding Chancellor: Fund-raising for UCSC in the Early Days.

 

1990-1991

 

September 26        Eugene Garcia, Professor of Education and Psychology & Dean, Social Sciences Division: Plans for the Social Sciences Division.

December 19         Joseph F. Bunnett, Professor of Chemistry & Chair, UCSC Committee on Faculty Welfare & Statewide Committee: Activities of Welfare Committees & Concerns for Emeriti.

February 20

April 17

June 12

 

1991-1992

 

February 19          Joseph F. Bunnett, Professor of Chemistry: The work of the UC & the UCSC Senate Committees on Faculty Welfare.

April 15 or 17        Kenneth S. Norris, Professor of Natural History: [topic of his choosing]

June 4                   F. M. Glenn Willson, Professor of Politics, First Chairman of the Academic Senate, 1965: Changes in Students over the Years.

 

1992-1993

 

February 3            L. Edwin Coate, Vice-Chancellor, Business & Administrative Services: New Initiatives at UCSC — the positive aspects of dealing with budget cuts.

April 7

June 2

 

1993-1994

 

October 14, 1993  Dominic W. Massaro, Professor of Psychology: Perceiving Talking Faces.

December 9, 1993 Richard and Peggy Musgrave, Professors of Economics: Tax Myths.

February 10, 1994     Joseph F. Bunnett, Professor of Chemistry: Getting Rid of the World’s Huge Stockpiles of Chemical Warfare Agents (“poison gases”): Technologies, Politics and Egos.

April 14, 1994       Robert P. Kraft, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics: The Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck Telescope: What’s the Difference?

June 10, 1994       John Lynch, Professor of Classics: The Institutional Legacy of Socrates: The Origins of Western Higher Education in 4th Century Athens.

 

1994-1995

 

Oct. 13, 1994        Michael Hutchison, Professor of Economics: Should We Worry About Our Trade Imbalance with Japan?

Dec. 8, 1994          Stanley D. Stevens, Librarian Emeritus: F. A. Hihn, Santa Cruz County’s first Millionaire.

Feb. 9. 1995          Michael Nauenberg, Professor of Physics: From the Falling of an Apple to Newton’s Principia: a solution to a 300 year old puzzle.

Apr. 13, 1995        Gerhard Ringel, Professor of Mathematics: Butterfly Journey Through the U.S.A.

Jun. 8, 1995          Katherine Beiers, Assistant University Librarian, Mayor of Santa Cruz: Some Issues Santa Cruz Faces.

 

1995-1996

 

Oct. 12, 1995        Julia Armstrong, Assistant Chancellor: Affirmative Action: Where Are We Now?

Dec. 14, 1995        John Isbister, Professor of History: United States Refugee Policy After the Cold War.

Feb. 8, 1996          Charles W. Daniel, Professor of Biology: The Cancer Problem.

Apr. 11, 1996        Stanley M. Williamson, Professor of Chemistry: Relationship of the Faculty with the Regents.

Jun. 13, 1996        Bernard Gifford & Ed Landesman, Professor of Mathematics: Mediated Learning: A Model of Multi-media Instruction and Assessment.

 

1996-1997

 

Oct. 10, 1996        David Chalmers, Asst. Professor of Philosophy: The Puzzle of Consciousness.

Dec. 12, 1996        Kenneth S. Norris, Professor of Natural History: The UC Natural Reserve System - the University of California’s 180,000-acre wild secret. How it came to be, what it does, what’s next?

Feb. 6, 1997          Donald E. Osterbrock, Prof. of Astronomy & Astrophysics: The View from The Observatory—History is Too Important to be Left to the Historians (A VERIP II Retiree’s Light-Hearted Account of His Search for His Own Professional ‘Roots’ - or How You Too Can Become A Counter-Establishment Historian of Science.

Apr. 10, 1997        M. Brewster Smith, Professor of Psychology: The Post-Modernist Attack on Science: A Social Science Perspective.

Jun. 12, 1997        Emeriti Group Discussion: Future directions for our programs.

 

1997-1998

 

Oct. 9, 1997          Bruce Bridgeman, Professor of Psychology & Psychobiology: Evolutionary Theory, Sex and Sexism in Psychology.

Dec. 11, 1997        William H. Friedland, Professor of Community Studies: Trampling Out Advantage: The Political Economy of California Wine.

Feb. 12, 1998        Marc Mangel, Professor of Evolution & Ecology & Associate Vice-Chancellor for Planning: Millennium Committee, principles & goals for UCSC.

Apr.   9, 1998        George Von der Muhll, Professor of Politics: NATO’s Eastward Expansion: A Report from Prague.

Jun. 11, 1998        Susan Schwartz, Professor of Earth Sciences & Director of the W. M. Keck Seismological Laboratory at UCSC: Chasing Earthquakes and Volcanoes.

 

1998-1999

 

Oct. 8, 1998          John B. Simpson, Executive Vice Chancellor: UCSC Emeriti Group - its Future Role in Academic & Campus Life.

Dec. 10, 1998        John Regan, Senior Vice-Pres. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter: Financial Risk Management: International & Domestic Markets.

Feb. 11, 1999        Theodore R. Sarbin, Professor Psychology & Criminology: Ah, yes, I remember it well ... A commentary on the recovered memory controversy.

Apr. 8, 1999          Louis B. “Bert” Muhly, Professor of Regional & City Planning, San Jose State University; former Director of Planning for Santa Cruz County; former Mayor and member of Santa Cruz City Council: URACCAN, An Emerging, Indigenous, English-Speaking University in Nicaragua.

Jun. 10, 1999        Lincoln Taiz, Professor of Biology: Flora Unveiled: The Discovery & Denial of Sex in Plants.

 

1999-2000

 

Oct. 14, 1999        Craig Reinarman, Professor of Sociology: Dutch Drug Policy—A Report from the Devil’s Own Den.

Dec. 9, 1999          Elliot Aronson, Professor of Psychology: Experiments on the Effectiveness of Self Persuasion: Inducing Sexually Active Teen-agers to Use Condoms Attempting to Reduce Violence in our Schools.

Feb. 10, 2000        Michael J. Warren, Professor of Literature: Shakespeare — before “Shakespeare In Love”.

Apr. 13, 2000        M. R. C. Greenwood, Chancellor: Innovation: UC Santa Cruz 2000.

Jun. 8, 2000          Dan Gilmor, Tech Columnist, San Jose Mercury News: Exposing Financial Shenanigans of Internet Startups.

 

2000-2001

 

Oct. 12, 2000        Peter Kenez, Professor of History: The Vicissitudes of Transformation in Post-Communist Hungary.

Dec. 14, 2000        David H. Anthony III, Professor of History, Provost of Oakes College: Sojourn in South Africa

Feb. 8, 2001          Michael Nauenberg, Professor of Physics: Max Planck and the quantum hypothesis: How did it happen?

Apr. 12, 2001        David Cope, Professor of Music: Experiments in Musical Intelligence.

Jun. 14, 2001        William H. Friedland, Professor of Community Studies, with Commentary by Frank Child, Professor of Economics: Wine Tasting - A Scientific Project.

 

2001-2002

 

Sep. 13, 2001        Hayden V. White, Univ. Prof. of History of Consciousness: [topic of his choosing]

                             

Nov. 8, 2001          Clark Kerr, President Emeritus of the University of California: Looking Back at the Santa Cruz Dream.

 

Jan. 10, 2002

 

May 9, 2002          Graham S. Pearson, UC Regents Lecturer: Biosecurity: Action This Day.

 

2002-2003

 

Sep. 19, 2002        Dominic W. Massaro, Professor of Psychology: Time to Learn about Time.

Nov. 14, 2002        Joseph F. Bunnett, Professor of Chemistry: Chemical Weapons in the World Today.

Jan. 9, 2003          Thomas F. Pettigrew, Professor of Psychology: Does Intergroup Contact Reduce Prejudice?

Mar. 13, 2003        Karl S. Pister, Chancellor Emeritus: Some Reflections on a Half-Century in the University of California.

May 8, 2003          Terrie M. Williams, Associate Professor of Biology: Weddell Seals Hunting Beneath the Antarctic Sea Ice: The Cost of a Hot Meal.

 

2003-2004

 

Sept. 16, 2003       Robert Kraft, Professor of Astronomy: Musicology

Nov. 6, 2003          Robert Sinsheimer, Chancellor Emeritus: Tales from the Genome.

Jan. 6, 2004          Harry Berger Jr., Professor of Literature: Gunslingers in Old Amsterdam: Rembrandt’s Night Watch, and other Travesties of Martial Manliness.

Mar. 10, 2004        Frank Trueba, UCSC Health Care Facilitator: Health Care Benefits and Medicare in Retirement.

May 11, 2004        Nancy Abrams (sub. for Nicole Paiement): Musical Selections.

 

2004-2005

 

Sept. 16, 2004       Martin M. Chemers, Acting Chancellor, Prof. Psychology: Heavy Mettle: The Role of Confidence and Optimism in Leadership Performance.

Nov. 18, 2004        Charles Daniel, Professor of Biology: Recollections of UCSC at 40 - Group Discussion.

Jan. 20, 2005        Keith Muscutt, Assistant Dean of Arts: Archaelogical Adventures in the Upper Amazon of Peru.

Mar. 17, 2005        Glenn L. Millhauser, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry: Mad Cow Disease: Why We All Have the Prion Protein and How It Can Go Wrong in Disease.

May 19, 2005        Nicole Paiement, Professor of Music: Enlarging the canon of repertoire — the importance of premiere recording.

 

2005-2006

 

Sep. 15, 2005        Jerold M. Lowenstein, Professor of Medicine, UCSF: Species Identification of Archaeological Bloodstains and Bone Fragments.

Nov. 10, 2005        Cathy Sandeen, Dean of UCSC Extension: UCSC Extension and Its Financial Outlook.

Jan. 19, 2006        George Blumenthal, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics: Reflections on Two Years with the System-Wide Academic Senate.

Mar. 16, 2006        Robert M. Springer, Prof. of Psychology, Univ. of Arizona: Addressing Arizona’s Public School Crisis.

May 18, 2006        A. Todd Newberry, Professor of Biology: Bird Watching: Looking With New Eyes, Listening With New Ears.

 

2006-2007

 

Sept. 21, 2006       W. Todd Wipke, Professor of Chemistry: Explorations of the Interface between Academia and Industry.

Nov. 16, 2006        Jim Gill, Professor of Earth Sciences: Why study volcanoes?

Jan. 18, 2007        Carolyn Burke, Humanities Research Associate: Lee Miller on both sides of the Camera.

Mar. 15, 2007        Peter Scott, Professor of Physics: A water wheel & the weather: Ed Lorenz, his equations, unpredictability, and chaos.

May 17, 2007        Stanley D. Stevens, Librarian Emeritus: Lime Kiln Legacies: the history of the Lime Industry in Santa Cruz County.

 

2007-2008

 

Sep. 20, 2007        Joe Miller, Professor of Astronomy, Director of Lick Observatory: Tribute to the late Astronomer Emeritus Don Osterbrock.

Nov. 15, 2007        Carter Wilson, Professor of Community Studies: Two Katuns' Contemplations of Maya Religious Festivities.

Jan. 17, 2008        George Blumenthal, Chancellor: Annual exchange of views.

Mar. 20, 2008        Robert Curry, Professor of Environmental Studies: It's all about water.

May 15, 2008        Nicole Paiement, Professor of Music & Brian Staufenbiel, Lecturer in Voice: UCSC Opera Program: Building a strong opera program at UCSC.

 

2008-2009

 

Sep. 18, 2008        Ruth Martin & Joe Bunnett, Professor of Chemistry: Insights into Senior Home Care.

Nov. 20, 2008        Bill Dickinson & Gary Miles, Professor of History: The Smith Renaissance Society and Former Foster Youth at UCSC.

Jan. 15, 2009        Wentai Liu, Professor of Electrical Engineering: Engineering Hope with Biomimetic Systems.

Mar. 19, 2009        Brian Catlos, Associate Professor of History: Muslim Spain and the Modern West (or What Bob Dylan & Bill Gates owe to Islam).

May 21, 2009        George Blumenthal, Chancellor: Annual exchange of views.

 

2009-2010

 

Sep. 17, 2009       George Von Der Muhll, Professor of Politics: Civilizations: Their Rise, Fall, and Clashes.

Nov. 19, 2009       Virginia Jansen, Professor of the History of Art and Visual Culture: "The Templar Code: The New Choir of the Templars' Church in London"

Jan. 21, 2010      Terrie Williams, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: TBA.

Apr. 1 , 2010         George Blumenthal, Chancellor: Annual exchange of views.

May 20, 2010        Michael Mateus, Associate Professor of Computer Science: TBA.

 

Compiled by Todd Wipke and Stan Stevens.  Last update 11/12/09