Monthly Meeting Schedule and Speakers
UMRA’s members gather at 11:30 at the Campus Club, on the
fourth floor of Coffman Union, on the 4th Tuesday of each month,
for lunch, good fellowship, and an interesting speaker. Reservations
are required and can be made by sending a check payable to the University
of Minnesota Retirees Association to Ben Zimmerman at 2225 Folwell Ave St Paul MN 55108 or by calling him at 651-645-1662. The
cost (including tax) is $12.00 per person. Reservations must be
made by the preceding Thursday. Cancellations must be received by
noon on the preceding Wednesday. Otherwise, the full cost of the
meal will be charged.
For the 2007-2008 academic year, we advise you to use your UMRA discount at East River Road
Garages. University
shuttle bus service is available from the university’s Huron
Road parking lots or the St. Paul Campus and State Fair lots to
Coffman Union. President Frank Miller would appreciate suggestions about future speakers.
May 27, 2008
MAY FESTIVE LUNCHEON and ANNUAL 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Featured Program: Clifton Ware, tenor, accompanied by Bettye W are, piano, in a musical program, light classical and pop. Location: Dolly Fiterman R iverview Gallery, Weisman Art Museum,East Bank Campus, U of M.....
Reservations: The cost is $25 per person; make reservations with Ben Zimmerman (address and phone number above) by or before May 19.
April 22, 2008
Hy Berman, University Professor Emeritus, and Ann Pflaum, University Historian
“Writing a New Minnesota History for a New Century"
March 25, 2008
William J. Doherty, Professor, Family Social Science, "American Family Life in a Consumer Culture"
February 26, 2008
Richard Kain, Professor Emeritus, "Travels in Ethiopia: Cultures and Creatures"
January 17, 2008
Apostolos Georgopoulos, Regents Professor of Neuroscience,“A New Brain Test for Neurological and Brain Diseases”
November 27, 2007
Dean Barlyne Bailey, "The New College of Education and Human Development"
October 23, 2007 Clarence Lehman, Ecologist and Computer Scientist, “Adjusting the Earth’s Thermostat ”
September 25, 2007
Linda Mack, Architecture Critic, "The Art of Architecture: a cricital look at Minneapolis's new cultural icons"
May 22, 2007
Spring Banquet and brief business meeting
April 24, 2007
Bill Beeman, Chair, Department of Anthrology, "The 'Great Satan' vs the 'Mad Mullahs': How the U. S. and Iran Demonize Each Other"
March 27, 2007
Barbara Reid, Professor Emerita of Theatre Arts, "In Search of Courage on Stage "
February 27, 2007
Clarence Morgan, Professor and Chair of Art "A Life in Paint"
January 23, 2007
Eric Utne, Founder of the Utne Reader," on "A Peace Corps for the Whole Earth"
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Last Year Meetings, 2006:
January 24, 2006
Tom Fisher, Dean of the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture speaking on "The New Design College in the New Design Economy".
February 28, 2006
Vern Ruttan, Regent's Professor Emertus, Applied Economics speaking on "Is War Necessary"
March 28, 2006
Gerald Fischer, Associate Vice President, University Foundation speaking on "Private Support of Our Public University---Past, Present, Future".
April 25, 2006
David Wilkins, Professor of American Indians Studies speaking on "Aboriginal Peoples and African Americans: A Comparison of Historical Experiences".
May 16, 2006
Annual dinner meeting. Speaker--Robert Pepin on "Collecting Comet Dust and Wind from the Sun".
September 26, 2006:
President Robert Bruininks presenting "A Vision for the University"
October 24, 2006
Professor Kenneth Keller on "Global Warming in the upper Midwest"
November 28, 2006
Professor Larry Jacobs discussing the "November election and American politics"
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