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Last Lectures

An Adult Education Series at The First Parish Church in Weston

To your favorite professor:  "Imagine that you will give your last lecture ever - what would you say?

It can be the most important message from your own field of study or from outside your field.

What do you really want to say to the world? It can even be about 'the meaning of it all.'"

This year expands beyond professors.

You are welcome to attend any or all of these presentations. Free and open to the public.

When:  Sunday evenings,  7:00-8:00 PM at the First Parish Church, 349 Boston Post Rd., Weston MA.

For further info: Rev. Thomas Wintle, 781-893-7798, tomwintle@fpcwarchive.org

 

Date

Speaker

Topic & Career

October 28, 2007

Norman Berg

Harvard Business School

"Ethical Conflicts in Business"

Professor of Business Administration Emeritus. Co-author of five editions of Policy Formulation and Administration and author of General Management: An Analytic Approach. Prior to joining the HBS faculty, he worked for US Steel, Texas Instruments, and IMEDE in Lausanne, Switzerland.

 

November 18, 2007

William Oliver

Tufts University

"What, If Anything, Does Science Teach Us of How We Should Lead Our Lives"

Professor of Physics and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Tufts. Bill has been active in research in experimental particle physics for 40 years, and taught courses in a wide range of topics.  He will see if he can give science a meaning to you that is more personal than just a simple collection of facts.

 

December 2, 2007

(snow date: Dec. 9)

Demie Lyons

Lovelane

"Horses, Dolphins and Puppies - Oh My! - A Tale of Unusual Therapy and Ambiguous Passion"

Five years running development for Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program in Lincoln, MA.  A Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, she has done medical and non-profit work in Central America and New York City among many other ventures.

 

January 6, 2008

(snow date: Jan. 13)

Hugh Jones

WilmerHale

"What the Law Offers - Truth to Power?"

Past president of the Boston Bar Association, former Corporate Senior Partner at Hale and Dorr/WilmerHale, and former Clinical Instructor at the Harvard Law School Legal Services Center.

February 3, 2008

(snow date: Feb. 10)

Richard Floyd

Harvard Medical School

"Pearls That Make Sense to Me."

In medicine, pearls are those little gems of wisdom which make complex issues simple, which bring clarity out of confusion, and which make challenging decisions intuitive. The speaker will talk on life's pearls as observed during his medical career.

 

March 9, 2008

(snow date: March 16)

Mary Tigg Johnston

Attorney & Mediator

"It's Not Over 'Til It's Over: Reinventing OneÕs Life"

Tigg Johnston made a late-in-life change herself to enter law school. She now practices family law through negotiation and mediation.

 

April 6,

2008

(snow date! April 13)

Meg Newhouse

Passion & Purpose

LifeCrafting

"Ethical Wills and Other Legacies of the Heart"

Legacy takes on new urgency as we enter the second half of our adult lives and think about how we want to make a difference in ways that will last beyond our lifetime.

May 4,

2008

Bill Burgess

ABS Ventures

"To My Kids: Things I Hope You Know Before I Go."

Wisdom from 25 years of experience in venture capital and corporate finance and more years living in this world.

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