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December 2017 Programs
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| December 4 |
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Jeff Rosen, District Attorney, Santa Clara County: "The DA’s Crime Strategies Unit - Fighting Crime in the 21st Century" |
| December 11 |
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Jim Morgan: "Applied Wisdom: An interview with former CEO of Applied Materials" |
| December 18 |
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Palo Alto Players: Musical theater singing |
| December 25 |
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DARK - No meeting |
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November 2017 Programs
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| November 6 |
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Kim Steinhardt, Writer and Marine Wildlife Photographer: "California Sea Otters" |
| November 13 |
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Pamela Ronald, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center at the University of California, Davis: "Tomorrow's Table: Ecologically-based Farming, Plant Genetics and the Future of Food" |
| November 20 |
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Phillip Dean, Rotary Club of Livermore, District Paul Harris Society Coordinator: "The Rotary Foundation and Polio Plus" |
| November 27 |
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Georgie Gleim, President and Owner, Gleim Jewelers: "Diamonds: What You Should Know About Origin, Mining, Grading, and Beauty" |
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October 2017 Programs
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| October 2 |
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Dr. James R. Doty, Stanford neurosurgeon and Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE): "Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart " |
| October 9 |
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Linda Bidrossian, Senior Vice President of Policy, Bay Area Council: "Workforce of the Future" |
| October 16 |
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Jean McCown, Associate Vice President, Government and Community Relations: "Stanford's Updated General Plan" |
| October 23 |
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New Member Talks - Sarah Tierna, Matt Dolan, Karishma Jumani |
| October 30 |
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Okke Schrijvers, Recent Graduate Student, Stanford University: "Artificial Intelligence" |
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September 2017 Programs
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| September 4 |
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DARK - No Meeting |
| September 11 |
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Jim Sheehan, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute |
| September 18 |
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Orrin Mahoney, Rotary District Governor: "Rotary" |
| September 25 |
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Tim Watson: "Our Club's World Community Service Projects" |
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August 2017 Programs
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| August 7 |
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Andrew Fraknoi, Chair, Department of Astronomy, Foothill College: "The Sky Event of the Decade: August's "All-American" Eclipse of the Sun" |
| August 14 |
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Barbara Babcock, Professor Emerita, Stanford Law School: "Fish Raincoats: A Woman Lawyer’s Life" |
| August 21 |
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Dan Gordon, Gordon Biersch and Dan Gordon's Restaurant: "Beer: Oktoberfest to Gordon Biersch" |
| August 28 |
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All Hands on Deck In-house Service Project |
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July 2017 Programs
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| July 3 |
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DARK - No Meeting |
| July 10 |
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Betsy Bechtel and Board: "Plans for New Rotary Year" |
| July 17 |
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Heidi Feldman, Professor of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital: "Redesigning Health Care for Children with Disabilities" |
| July 24 |
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Michael Kirst, President, CA Board of Education: "What's Working Well -- and Not so Well -- in California's Schools" |
| July 31 |
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Amy Hutzel, Deputy Executive Officer, California Coastal Conservancy: "Restoring San Francisco Bay in an Era of Sea Level Rise" |
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June 2017 Programs
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| June 5 |
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Tom Fingar, Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford: "North Korea" |
| June 12 |
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Thuy Nguyen, Foothill College President: "Foothill College: Academic Excellence &ServiceLeadership" |
| June 19 |
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"Vocational" Talks: Le Levy, Gloria Hom, Lee Lippert: "Our Fathers and their Influence on Us" |
| June 26 |
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President Brian's Dinner and Debunking, Michael's Restaurant, Shoreline in Mountain View |
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May 2017 Programs
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| May 1 |
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Axel Merk, Investment Manager, Merk Investments: "Global Threats and Opportunities in the Financial Markets: #Trump #China #Brexit #Bitcoin" |
| May 8 |
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Meghan Sumner, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University: "The Social Weight of Spoken Words: What you Hear Depends on Who is Talking" |
| May 15 |
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Philippa Kelly, Resident Dramaturg, Cal Shakes: "Dramaturgy: Shaping the Theatrical Experience" |
| May 22 |
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Donn Posner, Adjunct Clinical Professor, Stanford Medical School: "Sleep Like a Baby: The Latest Research on Sleep and Aging" |
| May 29 |
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DARK - No Meeting |
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April 2017 Programs
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| April 3 |
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Don Weden, Retired Principal Planner, Santa Clara County Planning: "Change, Growth, and Planning: Envisioning Santa Clara County 3.0" |
| April 10 |
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Mark Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford: "Roadmaps for Transitioning States and Countries to Wind, Water, and Solar Power for All Purposes" |
| April 17 |
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Yukio Shimomura: "My Two and Half Years Behind Barbed Wire in the US During WWII" |
| April 24 |
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John Koza, Chair, National Popular Vote: "The National Popular Vote Initiative" |
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March 2017 Programs
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| Mar 6 |
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Mary Ellen Hannibal, Writer and Environmentalist: "Grassroots Meets Big Data as Citizen Scientists Help Tackle Environmental Problems" |
| Mar 13 |
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New Member Talks |
| Mar 20 |
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Bill Liberatore and the Gunn Choir: Musical Program |
| Mar 27 |
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Scotty McLennan, Stanford GSB Lecturer in Political Economy: "Finding the Meaning of Life in Novels" |
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February 2017 Programs
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| Feb 6 |
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Fred Luskin, Director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects: "The Science of Happiness" |
| Feb 13 |
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Jane Shaw, Dean of Religious Studies, Stanford University: "Jane Stanford’s Vision of Religious Life at Stanford" |
| Feb 20 |
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DARK - No Meeting |
| Feb 27 |
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Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharf |
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January 2017 Programs
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| Jan 2 |
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DARK - No Meeting |
| Jan 9 |
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Martin and Dorothie Hellman, Professor Emeritus, Elec. Engr., Stanford: "Creating True Love at Home & Peace on the Planet" |
| Jan 16 |
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All Hands On Deck Service Project |
| Jan 23 |
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Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies: "Foreign Policy Challenges for the New Presidential Administration" |
| Jan 30 |
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Larry Gerston, Political Analyst: "The Trump Victory: How it Happened and Where We Go From Here" |
