HISTORY CLUB MEETS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18
FUTURE PROGRAMS
March 17, 2020: Frank Cassells, former university president and history professor who lectured to us recently on Bertha Honore Palmer, returns to talk about his new book, “Creating Sarasota County.” After a distinguished career in university teaching and administration, Professor Cassells has become an expert on the history of Sarasota.
LAKEWOOD RANCH TOWN HALL, 7 PM.
Meetings are at the Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. The club does not charge dues. Presentations usually run about 40 minutes and are followed by 20 minutes of discussion. Communications about the club can be addressed to RBTKLB@gmail.com
THE NEXT THREE MEETINGS:
Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 7 PM:
“Louis D. Brandeis: The Controversial Progressive, Zionist, and Supreme Court Justice Whose Ideas and Actions Influenced American and International Life in Our Times.”
“Louis D. Brandeis: The Controversial Progressive, Zionist, and Supreme Court Justice Whose Ideas and Actions Influenced American and International Life in Our Times.”
Presenter: Bob Toplin (Robert Brent Toplin)
Toplin recently taught courses at the University of Virginia. He was a professor of history at Denison University and the University of North Carolina, Wilmington and has published several books and articles about American and international history.
FUTURE PROGRAMS
March 17, 2020: Frank Cassells, former university president and history professor who lectured to us recently on Bertha Honore Palmer, returns to talk about his new book, “Creating Sarasota County.” After a distinguished career in university teaching and administration, Professor Cassells has become an expert on the history of Sarasota.
April 21, 2020. Dr. Terry Root, Stanford University professor, will speak ab out the history of the scientists’ and the public’s growing awareness of the problem of climate change. Dr. Root was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with Vice President Al Gore for her work on the environment, and she played a key role in the making of Gore’s influential movie “An Inconvenient Truth.” She was the lead author of the important Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change.
History Club
TUESDAY
LAKEWOOD RANCH
TOWN HALL 7 PM
TOWN HALL 7 PM
