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Date

Speaker

Topic

1965
January 6thW. J. B. Stokes, II
President, Stokes-Trenton, Inc.
Plastics: An Industry Coming of Age
 
February 3rdPaul Boepple
Chairman, Conducting Department
Westminster Choir College
Scales and Tone Systems, Old and New, of Various Countries
 
March 3rdRanulph Bye
Bucks County Artist
Oils and Water Colors of Ranulph Bye
 
April 7thMaxwell R. Stern
Mathematics Teacher, Trenton Public Schools
Modern Mathematics
 
May 5thS. David Winans
Director, Research Division
State Department of Education
Education Problems of Southeast Asia
 
October 6thVirgil Kauffman, Ph.D.
President, Aero Service Corporation
Observations from Visits Throughout the World
 
November 3rdTom Mitchel
Sales Manager, The Leisure World Foundation
A New Way of Life
 
December 1stWilliam P. Howe
President, Howe Nurseries
Visits to Africa
 
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1966
January 5thLouis G. Milione, Jr.
Field Director, American Economic Foundation
How to Teach Economic Concepts
 
February 2ndJohn M. Curley
Marketing Manager, IBM Trenton Office
The Social Impact of the Computer
 
March 2ndArthur Lithgou
Managing Director, McCarter Theatre
American Theatre: What is its Present Condition?
 
April 6thWilliam S. Johnson, General, USASpace Activities and Their Benefits to the U.S.A.
 
May 4thA. H. Booker and Harry C. Lord, Jr.
Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Birth and Growth of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies
 
October 5thHerbert Borton Butcher
Examiner, State of New Jersey Civil Service
The Trolley Car Era in Trenton
 
November 2ndMario Paterra
Lieutenant, New Jersey State Police
Activities of Today's State Police
 
December 7thWilliam B. Meytrott
Executive Director
Helene Fuld School of Nursing Institute
Green Medicine
 
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1967
January 4thW. J. B. Stokes, II
President, Stokes-Trenton, Inc.
The Nature of Human Nature
 
February 1stHarry E. CaseThe Panama Canal
 
March 2ndJames R. Schuyler
Vice President of Sales
New Jersey Department of Transportation
Jets, Jughandles, and Junctions
 
April 5thColonel Caryl Bigelow
President, Nassau Gun Club
West of Australia and East of Suez
 
May 3rdWilliam P. Howe
President, Howe Nurseries
An Illustrated Account of an Arctic Bear Hunt
 
October 4thKenneth McIntosh, Colonel, USAThe Russian Government and the Russian People
 
November 1stJohn C. Bowen
World Traveler
Sailing a 35-Foot Yawl from Hong Kong to New York
 
December 6thJohn E. Curry
Mercer County Surrogate
The Office of County Surrogate
 
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1968
January 3rdFred B. Rogers, M.D.
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Temple University
The Early Medical Men of New Jersey
 
February 7thW. Taylor Tom, Ph.D.
Geology Professor (Retired), Princeton University
The Vital Importance of the World's Offshore Frontiers
 
March 6thJames O'Brien
Assistant Dean of Students, Columbia University
Russian Culture and Soviet Ideology
 
April 3rdPaul M. VanWegen
President
Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association
The Watershed Concept in Action
 
May 1stJames Hiller, Ph.D.
Vice President, RCA Laboratories
Frontiers of Scientific Exploration
 
October 2ndFrederick K. Harbison
Professor of Economics, Princeton University
Problems Associated with the Unionization of Government Employees
 
November 6thRobert Lanning Clifford
United Nations Advisor to African Nations
Black Africa Today
 
December 4thRaymond F. Male
Commissioner
New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry
The People of Viet Nam
 
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1969
January 8thDavid Ludlum
Private Weather Forecaster
Trenton's Wonderful Weather
 
February 5thMeredity E. Johnson
New Jersey State Geologist
Around the World in 87 Days
 
March 5thJames B. Stewart
President, Briarcliff College
Steam Power
 
April 2ndRichard Coleman
Head Football Coach, Princeton University
The West African Nation of Togo
 
May 7thVirgil Kauffman, Ph.D.
President, Aero Service Corporation
Discovery of Captain Cook's Cannon off the Great Barrier Reef by Use of a Magnometer
 
October 1stJames Carlucci
Executive Director, Boys Club of Trenton
      and
Sheldon B. Robertson
Executive Director, Trenton YMCA
Boys Work in Trenton Today
 
November 5thFrank N. Elliott, Ph.D.
President, Rider College
Rider College
 
December 3rdRoger M. McDonough
Director, State Library and the
Archives and History of New Jersey
The New Jersey State Library System
 
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1970
January 7thBruce McClellan, Ph.D.
Headmaster, Lawrenceville School
Fear of our Changing Society
 
February 3rdGeorge N. J. Sommer, Jr., M.D.
Thoracic Surgeon, St. Francis Hospital
Lung Cancer
 
March 4thJ.B. Spradley, M.D.
New Jersey State Hospital
The General Field of Psychiatry
 
April 1stPaul Pearson
Chairman, Department of Zoology, Rutgers University
World Ecology and the Survival of Man
 
May 6thRichard J. Sullivan
Commissioner
State Department of Environmental Protection
The Problems of Pollution and Effects on Future Generations
 
October 7thJohn S. Hollister
Education Director, Educational Testing Service
Educational Trends and the Problems of Higher Education
 
November 4thCarlton W. Tillinghast
Executive Director
New Jersey Taxpayers Association
A Trip to the Nation of Rhodesia
 
December 2ndRichard S. Armstrong
Director of Development
Princeton Theological Center
Why I Believe in God
 
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1971
January 6thRichard K. Greenfield
President, Mercer County Community College
The Mercer County Community College
 
February3rdKenneth W. Prescott, Ph.D.
Director, New Jersey State Museum
The New Jersey State Museum
 
March 3rdNo Meeting
 
April 7thS. Frederick Starr, Ph.D.
Professor, Princeton University
The Silent Revolution in the Soviet Union
 
May 5thJames Wright
Executive Director, Delaware Valley Commission
The Status of Progress in the Development of the Delaware Valley Basin
 
October 6thPaul R. Chesbro
Headmaster, The Hun School of Princeton
The Present and Future of the Independent School
 
November 3rdJ. Douglas Brown, Ph.D.
Dean of Faculty, Princeton University
The Social Security Law and Subsequent Modifications
 
December 1stEric G. Curtis
Headmaster, George School
England: An Island Story
 
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1972
January 5thSamuel J. Lloyd, M.D.
Chief Medical Consultant
New Jersey Department of Institutions and Agencies
A Survey of the Department of Institutions and Agencies
 
February 2ndAlbert C. Wagner
Director, Division of Correction and Parole
The Burden of Prisoners in New Jersey
 
March 1stJohn C. Wood, M.D.
Symposium Member
A Comprehensive Discussion of Heart Disease
 
April 5thHoward H. Cooksey, Major General, USA
Commandant, Fort Dix
The New Volunteer Army
 
May 3rdVirgil Kauffman, Ph.D.
President, Aero Service Corporation
Film of the Discovery of Captain Cook's Cannon
 
October 4thH. Russell Brown
Symposium Member
The Olympic Games at Munich
 
November 1stLaurence Ely
Professor Emeritus, Trenton State College
An Illustrated Account of a Trip Into Africa
 
December 6thWilliam Schuyler, Petit, Ph.D.
President, Ursinus College
Issues of Today as Manifested on College Campuses
 
 
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1973
January 3rdVincent E. Hoyer
President
New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company
No Fault Insurance
 
February 7thDavid H. FelixAntique Scientific Instruments
 
March 7thGeorge H. Brown, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President, RCA
The Development of Color Television
 
April 4thCharles N. Sweet, Esq.Labor Negotiations in the Public Sector: A Maelstrom
 
May 2ndIan R. Walker
Executive Director
Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association
Water Supply and the Threat of Landfill Pollution
 
October 3rdVirgil Kauffman, Ph.D.
President, Aero Service Corporation
A Pictorial Tour of the Australian East Coast and the Great Barrier Reef
 
November 7thGary Schumann
Executive Director, Bucks County Historical Society
Henry Chapman Mercer and his Museum
 
December 5thH. George Hamilton, Ph.D.
Director, Fels Planetarium
Yhe Approach of the Comet Kohoutek
 
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1974
January 9thClayton R. Brower, Ph.D.
President, Trenton State College
An Inside View of Trenton State College
 
February 6thRobert M. Backes, Esq.
F. Glenn Breen
Victor S. Pollack
John H. Walther
Four Major Problems Facing Trenton
 
March 6thArthur J. Holland
Mayor, City of Trenton
The Social and Economic Problems of Trenton
 
April 3rdWilmer Bottoms, Ph.D.
Professor, Princeton University
Solar Energy: A New Day Dawns
 
May 1stEdward J. PartridgeScuba Diving and the World Below
 
October 2ndDavid J. Hobin
Hornblower & Weeks, Hemphill, Noyes
The Present Economic Situation
 
November 6thAnthony J. Larrecq
Chief Engineer, DeLaval Steam Turbine Company
US Aircraft Carriers of Today
 
December 4thJames Kerney, Jr.
Editor, Trenton Times
Forty Years in the Newspaper Business
 
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1975
January 8thCharles C. Stewart
President, Mercer Medical Center
Administration of a Modern Hospital
 
February 5thRobert E. Murto, M.D.
Symposium Member
The Aging Eye
 
March 5thT. Howard Waldron
Director of Public Safety for the City of Trenton
Public Safety
 
April 2ndJoseph P. Wortz, Jr.
Senior Vice President, New Jersey National Bank
Estate Planning
 
May 7thStephen A. Maurer
Vice President of Business and Finance
Rider College
Financing Private Higher Education
 
October 1stJohn Fullam
US District Court Judge for Eastern Pennsylvania
The Crisis in the Railroads of the Northeastern United States
 
November 5thForwood C. Wiser, Jr.
Former President, Trans World Airlines
The Present Situation in the Airline Industry
 
December 10thJoseph Brown
Professor, Princeton University
Artistic Creation from Life Action
 
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1976
January 7thGeorge Gallup, Ph.D.
President, Gallup Organization
An Inside Look at Opinion Polls
 
February 4thSt. John TerrellGeorge Washington, Commander in Chief
 
March 3rdLawrence Jacobsen
Retired President, R. L. Polk, Co., Detroit, MI
An Illustrated Tour of the Nile
 
April 7thHollis Hedberg, Ph.D.
Vice President, Gulf Oil Company
Let's Find Out
 
May 5thWilliam G. Bowen, Ph.D.
President, Princeton University
Problems Confronting American Colleges
 
October 6thSheldon Judson, Ph.D.
Professor of Geology, Princeton University
Excavations in Sicily and Italy
 
November 3rdHarold H. HeinsThe Cockpit of the Revolution
 
December 1stJoseph Flum, Esq.
Attorney, Newtown, PA
Inside China Today
 
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1977
January 5thFrank J. Cosentino
President, Boehm Studios
The History of Porcelain Objects of Art
 
February 2ndEdgar F. Bunce, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President,
Prudential Insurance Company
Investment Alternatives
 
March 2ndJames R. Rendall, Jr.
Symposium Member
An Illustrated Tour of Russia
 
April 6thTony CagaThe Tall Ships: Operation Sail
 
May 4thHerbert Borton Butcher
Examiner,
State of New Jersey Civil Service Commission
George Washington and the Federal Constitution
 
October 5thEdward F. Walton
Symposium Member
Lloyds of London
 
November 2ndArnold Pierce
Symposium Member
A Discussion of the Panama Canal Treaty
 
December 7thEdwin B. Whelan
Symposium Member
An Illustrated Tour of the Baja Peninsula
 
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1978
January 4thPeter McLain
Deputy Director,
New Jersey Fish and Game Commission
Restoring the Peregrine Falcon to New Jersey
 
February 1stC. Shelley Acuff
Symposium Member
The Avian Egg
 
March 1stVictor S. Pollak
Symposium Member
The Present Situation in Israel
 
April 5thEdward F. Meara, III
Executive Director,
Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
Socio-Economic Problems Facing Trenton
 
May 3rdDavid W. Hirst
Senior Research Historian, Princeton University
The Papers of Woodrow Wilson
 
October 4thLawrence T. Frymire, Ph.D.
Director, Public Television of New Jersey
The Rise of Public Television in the United States
 
November 1stMonsignor B. C. DeCoste
Pastor, Church of the Incarnation
The Katzenbach School for the Deaf
 
December 6thGeorge Steele
Public Relations Officer,
New Jersey Bell Telephone
The Bell Telephone Operating Systems
 
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1979
January 3rdMary Ann Bartusis, M.D.
Professor of Psychology,
Medical College of Pennsylvania
The Author Discusses Her Book: "Every Other Man"
 
February 7thNo Meeting
 
March 7thJoseph S. Jorczak
Symposium Member
An Illustrated Trip to China
 
April 4thGeorge Ira Goewey
Provost, Trenton State College
Duke Ellington and the Jazz Movement
 
May 2ndVirgil Kauffman, Ph.D.
President, Aero Service Corporation
A Pictorial Exploration of Australia's Great Barrier Reef
 
October 3rdGerald M. Lemote, M.D.
Chief of Surgery, Deborah Heart and Lung Center
Advances in Cardiac Surgery
 
November 7thCharles Bushnell
Physics Research Laboratory, Princeton University
The Search for Energy at the Forrestal Campus
 
December 6thVirgil Kauffman, Ph.D.
President, Aero Service Corporation
Mapping the Mountains of Iran
 
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1980
January 9thGeorge N. J. Sommer, Jr., M.D.
Thoracic Surgeon, St. Francis Hospital
A Profile of Dr. Frank Vincent Cantwell, 1862-1910
 
February 6thCharles Jurgensen
DeLaval Steam Turbine Company
An Industrial Mission to Japan
 
March 5thSidney Goldmann
Librarian, State of New Jersey
A Biography of Judge Richard Stockton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence
 
April 2ndScott McVeyBowhead Whales in the Arctic Ocean
 
May 7thNo Meeting
 
October 1stVirgil Kauffman, Ph.D.
President, Aero Service Corporation
Around the World in 50 Minutes
 
November 5thKenneth C. Bushway
Vice President and General Manager
Nassau Chemical Corporation
Chemical Regulations: A Blessing or a Curse?
 
December 3rdLawrence Kramer
Executive Editor and Vice President,
The Trenton Times
The Changing Role of the Local Newspaper
 
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1981
January 7thGeorge C. Hennessey
Director of Public Affairs
David Sarnoff Center
Research and Development at RCA
 
February 4thJoseph W. Chorlton
President and Chairman, Cybis Studio
Cybis: America's Oldest Porcelain Art Studio
 
March 4thHarold Eikoff, Ph.D.
President, Trenton State College
If Quality is a Means to an End, Is it True that the End is Near?
 
April 1stG. Douglas Davies, D.D.
Pastor Emeritus,
Prospect Street Presbyterian Church
The Religious Roots of Freedom
 
May 6thSherman Cooper
Owner, Cooper Cycle Ranch and Innovative Travel Agency
A Motorcycle Tour Through South Africa
 
October 7thEdmund L. Robinson
President, Crescent Insulated Wire and Cable Co.
The American Love Affair: Classic Automobiles
 
November 4thRichard Gott, Ph.D.
Professor, Princeton University
Black Holes and the Big Bang Theory
 
December 2ndLeo Curran
Educator and Fulbright Scholar
Studies on India
 
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1982
January 7thCharles Cullen, Ph.D.
Princeton University Library
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall
 
February 3rdJohn C. Wood, M.D.
Symposium Member
Cardiovascular Drugs That Have Received Press Plaudits
 
March 3rdEdward Kearney
Vice President, Thiokol Corporation
The Space Shuttle
 
April 7thJoseph P. Cody
Public Affairs Officer
Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA
Defense and Defense Spending
 
May 5thJoseph P. Tustin
Major, USAF (Retired)
The Diary of a Hessian Soldier
 
October 6thRobert E. Murto, M.D.
Symposium President
Business Meeting
 
November 3rdOlan E. TurnerKites and Kite Flying
 
December 1stKembel Widmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Geologist, State of New Jersey
Little Known Aspects and Incidents of the American Revolution in New Jersey
 
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1983
January 5thWilliam O. Gall
Colonel, USA (Retired)
The Importance of U.S. Technology to China
 
February 2ndVirgil Kauffman, Ph.D.
President, Aero Service Corporation
Discovery of the Earth's Physical Features
 
March 2ndDavid F. Morrison, M.D.
Ophthalmologic Surgeon
Extraction Technique for Cataract Removal
 
April 6thLinda F. Card
Trust Officer, New Jersey National Bank
The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981
 
May 4thFred Haines
Executive Director,
New Jersey Taxpayers' Association
Financing the Cost of Government
 
October 5thHarold W. Thompson, Jr.
Director, Trenton Public Library
Trenton of the 1930's: A Film
 
November 2ndGerald Kent
Professor of Chemistry, Rider College
An Introduction to Pheromones
 
December 7thThomas Allsen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
Trenton State College
Afghan Resistance to Soviet Occupation
 
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1984
January 4thBruce McClellan, Ph.D.
Headmaster, Lawrenceville School
Halifax to Ireland in a 40-Foot Sailboat
 
February 1stShirley Stock Albright
Science Registrar, New Jersey State Museum
The Geology and Paleontology of the Delaware Water Gap
 
March 7thWilliam O'Brien, Lt. Colonel, USA
Civil Affairs Officer, 358th Civil Affairs Unit, Norristown, PA
The Aftermath of the Grenada Invasion
 
April 4thLawrence Jacobsen
Retired President, R. L. Polk Co., Detroit, MI
A Trip to China in 1978
 
May 2ndLuene Holmes Corwin
Dean of Academic Affairs,
Mercer County Community College
Programs of Mercer County Community College
 
October 3rdBirchard Clothier, Esq.
Vice President, Keystone Insurance Company
and Keystone Automobile Club
An Illustrated Tour of Nepal
 
November 7thJ. Seward Johnson
Sculptor
The Johnson Atelier
 
December 5thThatcher Longstreth
City Councilman, Philadelphia, PA
Penjerdel: The Philadelphia Region
 
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