Spring 2013 Lecture Series

Admission is FREE and open to the age 50+ public All lectures are on Wednesdays, 2:30pm - 3:30pm in the 12th Floor Lounge of 113 West 60th Street at Columbus Avenue.

Mar 20 THE 5TH ANNUAL BERNARD B. GILLIGAN MEMORIAL LECTURE My Visits to Ireland over 50 years; Changes and Constants Dr. John P. McCarthy  Professor Emeritus of History and former Director of the Institute for Irish Studies, Fordham University Author of 21st Cenury Ireland: A View from America; Ireland: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present; Kevin O'Higgins: Builder of the Irish State; Dissent from Irish America; Hilaire Belloc: Edwardian Radical         Mar 27 A View from the Bench: Judge Denny Chin The Honorable Denny Chin Justice for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Former Judge and Asst. U.S. Attorney for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Adjunct Professor and '78 Alumnus of Fordham University School of Law Noble cases include: U.S. V. Madoff; Fox News Channel V. Al Franken; criminal trial in the U.N. Oil-for-Food Program; criminal sentencing of Anil Kumar of McKinsey and Co. in the Galleon Group insider trading case        Apr 3 A Conversation over Time: A Survey of French Influence on American Design and Architecture Marcia Schaeffer Former assistant to Pamela Hayward Harriman for Jensen, Inc. Lectured at NY School of Interior Design Member of advisory board of NY Beaux Arts Alliance        Apr 10 World War II: The War Remembered  Michael Thornton Research Associate, New York Historical Society Assistant Curator and Writer for WWII & NYC Exhibition Assisted on exhibitions at the NY Public Library, The South Street Seaport Museum, and The NY Transit Museum Co-sponsored by the New York Historical Society