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Date

Speaker

Topic

1945
January 8thWilliam John Ellis
Psychologist, NJ Department of Institutions and Agencies
Changes of Emphasis in Social Welfare During the Past Forty Years
 
February 5thJames S. Shinn, Ph.D.Korea: Past, Present and Future
 
March 5thBienvenido N. Santos
Editor, "The Philippines"
The Philippines - Economic and Political Problems
 
April 2ndSpencer Miller, Jr.
New Jersey State Highway Commissioner
Post-War Planning in Great Britain and the United States
 
May 8thJohn Scott
War Correspondent for Time and Life Magazines
Russia and the World Situation
 
October 1stHugh MehorterThe Historical Heritage of Old South Jersey
 
November 5thHenry Charlton Beck
Author and Staff of Rutgers University
The Far-Away Across Your Doorsill
 
December 3rdMajor Roger Baumler, USAAF
Former Member of the Flying Tigers
The United States and the Army
 
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1946
January 7thJoseph L. Bustard
Asst. Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Education
Laws Against Discrimination
 
February 4thSidney Goldmann
Librarian, State of New Jersey
Morven and the Stockton Family
 
March 4thEdward C. Rose
Brigadier General, USA
India
 
April 1stAlden T. Cottrell
Director, State Department of Conservation and Economic Development
A Tour of New Jersey's Forests
 
May 6thIvor Griffith, M.D.
President, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
Highlights of Some Human Habits
 
October 7thW. A. Scharffenberg, Ph.D.Transition of Japan Through Education
 
November 4thSandford Bates
Director of the State Department of Institutions and Agencies
Experiences on a Recent Visit to Europe
 
December 2ndJulian P. Boyd, Ph.D.
Librarian of Princeton University
Thomas Jefferson
 
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1947
January 6thJohn S. Bosshart, Ph.D.
Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Education
What is Really Happening in Education?
 
February 3rdJames Kerney, Jr.
Editor, Trenton Times
The State of Affairs in Germany
 
March 3rdGavin S. Casey
Director of Australian News and Information Bureau of the United States
Australia Today
 
April 7thRobert C. Clothier, Ph.D.
President, Rutgers University
Education and Survival
 
May 5thHenry Goddard Leach
President, American Scandinavian Foundation
Scandinavian Versus American Democracy
 
October 6thWalter I. Wright, Ph.D.
Princeton University
The Near East and World Peace
 
November 3rdE. D. Grizzell, Ph.D.
Professor of Secondary Education, University of Pennsylvania
Education for All American Youth
 
December 1stMajor Russell A. SnookWhat Happens in Enemy Countries After Hostilities Cease?
 
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1948
January 5thS. A. Waksman, M.D.
Rutgers University
Progress in Combating Diseases with Micro-Biotics
 
February 3rdGeorge S. Morrison
President, Trenton Travel Service
The Travel Agent Needs an Aspirin
 
March 1stRobert W. Criscuolo
Counsellor-at-Law
Experiences of a Country Lawyer
 
April 5thEdward B. Dolton
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane
The Brokerage Business and Public Relations
 
May 3rdHarold B. Wells
Judge of the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
 
October 4thCharles A. CollinsAgriculture Keeps Pace with the Times
 
November 2ndCharles A. Malloy
Counsel to the New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Commission
Some New Concepts in Unemployment Insurance
 
December 7thHoward T. Critchlow
Chief Engineer, Division of Water Policy and Supply, State of New Jersey
New Jersey's Water Problems
 
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1949
January 4thC. M. Jochem
Superintendent, New Jersey School for the Deaf
Education of Handicapped Children
 
February 1stMerideth E. Johnson
New Jersey State Geologist
Mineral Resources of New Jersey
 
March 1stBlair Birdsall
Assistant Bridge Engineer, John A. Roebling Sons Company
Recent Suspension Bridge History
 
April 5thMajor Robert W. Watt
Director of Publication and Research, New Jersey Manufacturers Association
The Russian Way of Life
 
May 10thEdward D. Parsons
Traveler and Photographer
An Illustrated Talk on Travels Through Guatemala, Salvador, Santo Domingo and Cuba
 
October 4thWilliam Allen Richardson
Rutherford, NJ
The British Experience with Socialized Medicine
 
November 7thGeorge R. Shanklin
Senior Engineer, New Jersey State Water Policy Commission
Tour of the Firestone Library, Princeton University
 
December 8thGeorge Tolley
Research Chemist at the Graduate College, Princeton University
Problems of Labor and Management in Great Britain
 
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1950
January 3rdHerbert W. Voorhees
President, New Jersey Farm Bureau
Is Our Government Food Policy Sound?
 
February 7thSpencer Miller, Jr.
New Jersey State Highway Commissioner
The Reconstruction of a Democratic Germany
 
March 7thJohn S. Haverstock
Chief Engineer, DeLaval Steam Turbine Company
A Few Remarks About Power Plants for Airplanes
 
April 4thFrank T. Chestnut
Treasurer, Ajax Electrothermic Corporation
Japan After the "A" Bomb
 
May 9thGill Robb Wilson, D.D.
Director of Aviation, State of New Jersey
The Strategy of the Hyphen Sea
 
October 4thElmer Adler
Department of Graphic Arts, Princeton University
A Viewing of His Collection of Printing and Graphic Arts
 
November 6thJames E. Bryant
Administrator, Medical-Surgical Plan of New Jersey
What About Health Insurance?
 
December 4thVirgil Kauffman, Ph.D.
President, Aero Services Corporation
Aerial Pictures of a South African Exploration
 
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1951
January 8thJohn J. Appleyard
Public Relations Representative, U.S. Steel Corporation
Some Public Relations Aspects of United States Steel's New Integrated Steel Mill
 
February 5thRussell VanNest Black
Somerset County Planning Board
High Points of the New Metropolitan Plan for the Trenton Area
 
March 5thJames Kerney, Jr.
Editor, Trenton Times
Review of a Tour of the "Marshall Plan" Countries
 
April 4thHu Shih, Ph.D.
Former Chinese Ambassador to the U.S.
The Present Plight of China
 
May 7thCommander Charles Noble
Chief Engineer, New Jersey Turnpike
An Illustrated Talk on the New Jersey Turnpike
 
October 2ndFrank D. Schroth
Publisher, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
A Report on a Recent Trip Around the World
 
November 5thCarlton W. Tillinghast
Executive Director, New Jersey Taxpayers Association
Can the Cost of Government be Controlled?
 
December 3rdAlden T. Cottrell
Director, State Department of Conservation and Economic Development
Historic New Jersey
 
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1952
January 7thJ. B. Spradley, M.D.
New Jersey State Hospital
Adjustment of the Nazi Elite in an American-Managed Prison
 
February 4thLloyd W. McCorkle, Ph.D.
Principal Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison
A Plan for Short-Term Treatment of Youthful Offenders
 
March 3rdFrederick M. Adams
Dean, Trinity Cathedral
A Resume of Literature and Biography Through the Decade
 
April 7thRichard I. Nevin
Director, Medical Society of New Jersey
Our Greatest Danger
 
May 5thJ. Duncan Spaeth, Ph.D.
Professor of English, Princeton University
Personal Reminiscences of Secretary Forrestal at Princeton
 
October 6thFirman E. Bear, Ph.D.
Chairman, Soils Department of Rutgers University
This Hungry World
 
November 3rdSydney G. Stevens
President, Trenton Banking Company
Two Aspects of Banking as a Community Service
 
December 1stWilliam J. Dearden
Director, Division of Motor Vehicles of New Jersey
The New Financial Responsibility Law
 
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1953
January 5thRichard J. Hughes
Judge, New Jersey Supreme Court
The New Court System of New Jersey
 
February 2ndJohn J. Appleyard
Public Relations Representative, U.S. Steel Corporation
The New Neighbor
 
March 2ndCharles R. Erdman
Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Conservation and Economic Development
Development of the Delaware River Valley
 
April 6thEdmund Goodrich
Editor, The Trentonian
Wither Are We Drifting in Government?
 
May 4thNorman Thomas
Lecturer and Socialist Candidate for President
The Various Forms of Socialism
 
October 5thLeroy Church
President, Church Brick Company
Photographs of Trips Through the United States, Canada and Mexico
 
November 2ndCaptain W. T. Hines, USN
Commander, Navy Base at West Trenton
Development of the Naval Air Turbine Test Station
 
December 7thLloyd W. McCorkle, Ph.D.
Principal Keeper of the New Jersey State Prison
Informal Inmate Social Structures
 
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1954
January 11thSpencer Miller, Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant Secretary for International Relations,
United States Department of Labor
The Tale of Four Countries: India, China, Korea and Formosa
 
February 1stWalter Margetts, Jr.
Former New Jersey State Treasurer
State Finances
 
March 1stV. E. DeVadutt, Ph.D.
Native of India
India: The Constitution, Bill of Rights and Government
 
April 5thHenry E. Rose
Director of Public Information, New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Modern Highways
 
May 3rdSpencer Miller, Jr.
Former New Jersey State Highway Commissioner
Experiences in Washington
 
October 11thFrederick R. Sayen
Partner, Mercer Rubber Company
Report on a Trip to Europe
 
November 1stVincent A. Halbert
Principal, Trenton Central High School
Operation of a City High School
 
December 1stEverett S. Wallis, Ph.D.Some Problems Facing Modern Germany
 
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1955
January 5thAlfred C. LoeddingFlying Saucers
 
February 2ndDonald W. SouthGermany Today
 
March 9thSackett M. Dickinson
Deputy Attorney General, State of New Jersey
The Operation of the Symposium during the Past Fifty Years
 
Howard L. Hughes
Librarian, Trenton Free Library
 
Alfred P. S. Bellis
Chief Electrical Engineer,
John A. Roebling's Sons Co.
 
April 6thColonel John D. Lavelle
Commanding Officer, McGuire Air Force Base
Construction, Build-up and Mission of McGuire Air Force Base
 
May 4thRoymond A. Schroth
Editorial Writer, Trenton Times
A Reporter's Job
 
October 5thMeredity E. Johnson
New Jersey State Geologist
Uranium in New Jersey
 
November 3rdRoy Van Ness
Professor of Physical Education, State Teachers College of Hillwood Lakes
Iraq: Life in the Cities, Habits and Culture
 
December 7thJohn C. Bonnell
Director, State Department of Institutions and Agencies
Prison Industries and Their Relation to Correctional Work and Free Industry
 
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1956
January 4thRobert C. Meyers, Ph.D.
Sociologist, New Jersey Department of Institutions and Agencies
The Role of the Family in American Life
 
February 1stJoseph J. Truncer
Forester, New Jersey Department of Conservation and Economic Development
The Wharton Tract
 
March 7thHerbert W. Voorhees
President, New Jersey Farm Bureau
Factors Which Prevent Farmers from Enjoying the So-Called Present Prosperity
 
April 4thBlair Birdsall
Chief Bridge Engineer
John A. Roebling's Sons Company
Steel Spans the Chesapeake
 
May 2ndJoseph E. Johnson
President
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Problems of Foreign Policy in a Nuclear Age
 
October 3rdNorman H. Baker
Director of Research
New Jersey Taxpayers Association
The Proposed Constitutional Change in the Base for Assessing Real Property
 
November 7thC. Nelson Bean
Economist, Delaware River Port Authority
The Delaware River Port, Present Commerce and Future Prospects
 
December 5thJ. Lewis Unsworth
Manager of Sales
John B. Roebling Son's Company
Violin Construction
 
Christmas Selections Present by a String Quartet::
Carlton Tillinghast - First Violin      J. Lewis Unsworth - Viola
Dr. Osre - Second Violin                  Dr. Fisher - Cello
 
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1957
January 8thKembel Widmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Geologist, State of New Jersey
The Battles of Trenton and Princeton
 
February 7thCharles A. Whitmer, Ph.D.
Chairman, Department of Physics
Rutgers University
Nuclear Energy and Its Peacetime Appplications in New Jersey
 
March 7thJohn W. Tramburg
Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Institutions and Agencies
Present Trends and Indications in the General Field of Public Welfare
 
April 4thFritz Cleary
Education Editor, Asbury Park Press
Russia Today
 
May 2ndWilliam R. Bradley
Chief, Industrial Hygiene Section
American Cyanamid
Overcoming Air and Water Pollution to Achieve Industrial Hygiene
 
October 2ndHoward L. Hughes
Librarian, Trenton Free Public Library
Ramblings Through Britain
 
November 6thEdward D. Parsons
Traveler and Photographer
Journey Through Africa
 
December 4thNo Meeting
 
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1958
January 8thMelvin Tumin, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Sociology,
Princeton University
Desegregation
 
February 5thHarold Morrison Smith
Dean, Bordentown Military Institute
Coins
 
March 5thFrederick Burgner
Managing Editor, Trenton Evening Times
Problems of an Editor of a Large Daily Paper
 
April 2ndRobert L. Hardman
New Jersey Department of Conservation and Economic Development
Water Supply Problems in the State of New Jersey
 
May 7thHerbert Borton Butcher
Examiner, State of New Jersey Civil Service
The Beginnings and Formation of the British East India Company
 
October 8thEdward Marshall Boehm
Founder and President, Boehm Studios
Ceramic Sculpturing
 
November 5thHenry Chauncey, Ph.D.
President, Educational Testing Service
Education in Russia
 
December 3rdJohn A. Wheeler, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics, Princeton University
The Evolution and Structure of the Universe
 
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1959
January 7thJohn P. Wooldridge
Symposium Member
The Greater Trenton Council - Why?
 
February 4thM. E. McCabe
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company
New Telephone Developments
 
March 4thLouis P. Shannon
Manager, Extension Division
The DuPont Company
Progress Unlimited
 
April 1stErwin P. Biel, Ph.D.
Chairman, Department of Meteorology
Rutgers University
New Jersey's Climate
 
May 8thFred W. Slantz
Dean of Engineering, Lafayette College
Meeting Devoted to Honoring Symposium Member John G. Conner, Member since 1930
 
October 7thVirgil Kauffman, Ph.D.
President, Aero Service Corporation
World Exploration
 
November 4thEdmund L. Robinson
President, Crescent Insulated Wire and Cable Co.
Antique and Classic Cars
 
December 2ndAlden T. Cottrell
Director, New Jersey State Department of Conservation and Economic Develoment
The New Jersey Pine Barrens
 
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1960
January 6thCaptain John M. Buffin
Commandant, New Jersey State Police Academy
Training and Selection of Candidates for the State Police
 
February 3rdJay B. Tomlinson
Solicitor, Township of Chesterfield
Glass Paperweights
 
March 2ndLieutenant Larry Bloking
Trenton Police Department
Narcotics in the Trenton Area
 
April 6thJames Kerney, Jr.
Executive Vice President
Delaware Basin Water Research Foundation
The Water Situation in the Delaware Basin
 
May 4thDonald Cox, Ph.D.
Director of Public Relations
NASA Vanguard Project
Project Vanguard, The Earth Satellite and Space Flight
 
October 5thAlexander S. Mikhalevsky
Professor of Military Science,
Bordentown Military Institute
The Country of Laos
 
November 2ndClarence Moll, Ph.D.
President, Pennsylvania Military College
Education in the Military College
 
December 7thSidney Klein, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics
Rutgers University
Problems of China
 
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1961
January 4thManuel Lopez Rey, Ph.D.
Director and Advisor to International Conferences
Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Juvenile Offenders Through the United Nations Organization
 
February 8thRalph W. Whalen
Commissioner, New York City Youth Services
Youth Delinquency and Crime Prevention in New York City
 
March 1stGeorge G. Shimamoto
Architect, Kelly and Gruzen
Change in Japanese Life Since the War
 
April 5thDavid Bloom
Consulting Structural Engineer
Large Scale Housing in Moscow
 
May 3rdRoland F. Smith
Assist Chief, New Jersey Bureau of Fisheries
Management of Fisheries
 
October 4thWalter L. Clark
American Cyanamid Company
Research and Manufactured Products at American Cyanamid
 
November 1stPercival F. Brundage
Director, Bureau of the Budget
Expenditures in the Federal Budget
 
December 6thEdwin A. Adams
Office of Northern African Affairs,
U.S. State Department
Opportunities for Democracy in North Africa
 
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1962
January 3rdFrederick R. Sayen
Partner, Mercer Rubber Company
An Account of a Trip Around the World
 
February 7thVictor L. Crowell, Ph.D.
Chairman, Science Department
Trenton State College
The Current Scene in Columbia and Ecuador
 
March 7thRandolph Ashton
Research Engineer, Stevens Institute of Technology
The Wonders of Nature
 
April 4thRoy Dufford
Patterson Parchment Paper Company
Parchment Paper, Its Manufacture and Uses
 
May 2ndCarlton T. Tillinghast
Executive Director,
New Jersey Taxpayers Association
Spending and Taxes
 
October 3rdPaul McClintock
Retired Professor of Geology
Princeton University
What Happened to New Jersey in the Ice Age?
 
November 7thMeredith E. Johnson
New Jersey State Geologist
An Account of a Trip to the Mediterranean
 
December 5thHarold Stein, Ph.D.
Professor of Public and International Affairs,
Princeton University
Momentous Decisions Since World War II
 
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1963
January 2ndThomas K. Rathmell, M.D.
Pathologist, Mercer Hospital
Blood
 
February 6thF. Lovell Bixby
Consultant on Probation,
Supreme Court of New Jersey
The Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders
 
March 6thCarrol O. Morong, D.D.
Headmaster, The Peddie School
The Private School in the American Education System
 
April 3rdJames L. Dyson, Ph.D.
Chairman, Geology and Geography Department,
Lafayette College
The World of Ice
 
May 1stRoscoe P. Kandle, M.D.
New Jersey State Commissioner of Health
The Physical Condition of the People of the Soviet Union
 
October 2ndBasil Outerbridge
President, Homosote Company
Expedition to Discover the North Pole Which Set Out from the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1871
 
November 6thJohn J. Corson, Ph.D.
Professor of International Affairs,
Princeton University
The Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University
 
December 4thRichard T. Beck
Superintendent of Schools, City of Trenton
Trenton Schools -- Their Condition and Problems
 
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1964
January 8thGeorge T. Borton
International Agent, Atlantic Refining Company
Brazil: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
 
February 5thGeorge Rentoumis
Operations Manager,
Electromechanical Research, Inc.
Canoe Trips Down the Colorado River
 
March 4thKenneth W. Prescott, Ph.D.
Director, New Jersey State Museum
The New Jersey State Museum, A Cultural Center
 
April 1stCharles Lucey
Editor, The Trenton Times
Experiences of an American Newspaper Reporter
 
May 6thCarlton W. Tillinghast, Jr.
Director, Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory
Tracking Artificial Earth Satellites
 
October 7thDonald W. McGowan
Major General, USA (Retired)
The Citizen Soldier
 
November 4thEdward D. Parsons
Traveler and Photographer
Travel Experiences in Europe
 
December 2ndBasil Outerbridge
President, Homosote Company
Visits to British Honduras
 
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