June 30, 2004
2004 Annual Meeting
Design, Dialogue and Duct Tape: Tools for International Development
The club's Annual Meeting will be held on June 30th at the Philadelphia Airport Embassy Suites Hotel. Our Speaker will be Ms. Amy Smith, course II S.B. '84, M.S. '95 and currently an Instructor at the Edgerton Center and a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event Details
- The meeting will start at 6 PM with a cash bar until 7.
- A buffet dinner will be served, $35 for members and their guests, $40 for non-members.
- Ms. Smith's talk will commence at 8 PM, after the club holds a short business meeting where next year's club officers will be elected.
The Embassy Suite is located at 9000 Bartram Ave. Philadelphia directions can be obtained from Mapquest www.mapquest.com or from the Embassy Suites at 215-365-4500.
Register for the meeting by going to SmarTrans or by sending a check to: Dr. William Reenstra, 200 Garden Pl, Radnor PA 19087 by June 26th.
Amy Smith Bio
- In 1999, she won a Collegiate Inventors award for a phase-change incubator that allows bacteria to be cultured for clinical testing in areas where electricity is either unreliable or non-existent.
- In 2000, Ms. Smith won the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for inventiveness. The panel selected Ms. Smith for her inspiring dedication to the application of mechanical engineering design skills for the invention of devices with appropriate technologies for use in developing countries.
- In 2001, Ms. Smith was a co-founder of the MIT Service Learning Initiative and the MIT IDEAS (Innovation Development Enterprise Action) competition at where students work with a community partner to solve a problem for the disenfranchised.
- Ms. Smith is also Founder and Program Coordinator for the Public Service Design Seminars, where she inspires students to develop technologies for third world peoples and to field test these technologies in places like Haiti, Brazil an India.
- Ms. Smith was a Peace Corp Volunteer in Botswana for 4years. While there, she learned firsthand how rural Africa women may spend 4 hours a day grinding grain. Mechanical harnmermills are highly sought after devices that can perform the same task in minutes. However, when they breakdown they cannot be locally repaired. Part of Amy Smith's work that was sited by the Lemelson Committee was her invention of a hammermill that could be repaired by a blacksmith. When field tested in Senegal the mill, created at one-fourth the cost of conventional mills, used less energy and produced a superior product.
Click here to read the New York Times Article on her.
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July 10, 2004
MIT Tour of National Constitution Center
MIT Tour – Saturday, July 10, 2004 – 10 a.m.
at the National Constitution Center
525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA
Celebrate our country's history and the document that outlines our freedoms with friends and family.
The New York Times roundly praises the New Independence Mall and its best new addition, the National Constitution Center, as a spirited history of the Constitution with its original documents, film clips and interactive gadgets dramatizing the still lively issues surrounding it. Nearby is the newly housed Liberty Bell and its history.
At the Center, enjoy “Freedom Rising” a state-of- the-art 360° multimedia presentation showing the major themes of the Constitution. (The interactive Constitution allows for in-depth exploration of sections of the historical document.) Walk among life-size statues of delegates present at the signing of the Constitution in 1787. Take pictures of your children talking to the
6' 4" George Washington or the 30-year-old Alexander Hamilton. See Governor Morris 6' 2" with a peg leg. Sit at a senator’s desk using interactive equipment to pass legislation, or don a judicial robe and rule on a case as a member of the Supreme Court. Take the Presidential Oath of Office with the help of blue-screen technology.
Please contact Jim Gassaway for more information via email at event040710@mitdv.org. To RSVP, fill out the downloadable form.
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July 31, 2004
Brandywiners
The Brandywiners’ production of “BRIGADOON”
At Longwood Gardens’ Open-Air Theater, Kennett Square, PA
Times: Brigadoon @ 8:30 PM, Optional dinner @ 5:30
Full-day Saturday entrance to Longwood Gardens included
Join your MIT friends at one of the area’s premier summer events, the Brandywiners’ annual production at Longwood Gardens’ open-air theater. This year they are performing the popular BRIGADOON. The Club has its own permanent block of seats (we chose the best in the house!). Tickets are $24 for members and their guests, $29 for nonmembers. As a bonus, your ticket also gives you a full day admission to Longwood Gardens (itself a $14 value) on Saturday.
We have again reserved a section of the Longwood Gardens Terrace Restaurant for an optional gourmet buffet dinner before the play. This is a fine opportunity to enjoy a great meal, relax together after seeing the gardens or meet people before the play. This superb and very popular dinner is optional, and costs an additional $26 per person.
IMPORTANT: To register, download the full announcement. Check out important details, such as the rain date information, and send in the attached coupon. Download file
If you have questions, please call John Wilkens at 610-444-3242 (evenings), or 302-695-3143 (days), or e-mail him at John@WilkensLink.net.
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August 14, 2004
Phillies vs. San Francisco Game
Rob Rowello has purchased 20 tickets to the Phillies vs. San Francisco game on August 14th at 1:05 PM. Our seats are in Section 107 Rows 7,8,9 (the seats are in a cluster in that section). Section 107 is in Right Field, Lower Level.
The cost per ticket is $20 and are first come first serve. To reserve tickets and to contact Rob Rowello, please click here.
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October 21, 2004
Musings about Mathematical Models and the Music Market
Our very own Peter Fader will be talking about his controversial work with the music industrial and its relationship with file sharing.
When: Oct 21, 2004 6:30 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Where: Elephant and Castle Pub, 1800 Market Street, Philadelphia
Price: $25
Contact: Rob Rowello, robert.rowello.mba1999@alum.mit.edu
RSVP: Please click here
Professor Fader’s research centers around building formal models of sales patterns and customer behavior in a number of different contexts. Recently, he has been focusing much of his efforts on the music industry. Not only has he constructed a variety of models in this area, but he has also been involved in controversial topics, such as the different roles (positive and negative) that file-sharing may play in influencing music purchasing. He will discuss some of his experiences in this area (including some of his old MIT coursework and class projects), along with brief overviews of some of his published work and ongoing projects.
Peter S. Fader is the Frances and Pei-Yuan Chia Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the faculty in 1987 after receiving his PhD at MIT. His research focuses on using data generated by new information technology, such as retail point-of-sale scanners and the Internet, to understand consumer preferences and to assist companies in fine-tuning their marketing tactics and strategies. Recent projects include predictive and explanatory models for electronic commerce (e.g., forecasting models for website usage and purchasing behavior) consumer packaged goods industries (e.g., models of new product trial and repeat purchasing patterns), and the music industry (e.g., understanding the role of radio airplay in generating album sales).
Professor Fader has been published in numerous professional journals and is an editorial board member for four leading Marketing journals (Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, Journal of Interactive Marketing, and Marketing Letters). His teaching interests include Marketing Management, Marketing Research, and a new course, ?Applied Probability Models in Marketing.? He has won many teaching awards both at the undergraduate and MBA levels. He regularly teaches in a variety of executive education programs at Wharton's Aresty Institute, and he works closely with several industry associations in order to improve managerial practices for the formal, quantitative analysis of marketing data.
Current papers, course syllabi, and other materials are available at http://www.petefader.com.
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November 16, 2004
The Future of the US Intelligence Community and the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission
Come and enjoy a special evening with the MIT Club as we hear from Jeffrey K Harris, former Director of the NRO! Mr. Harris offers an insider’s look at the US Intelligence Community that is rarely seen by the general public. His presentation will focus on the future challenges faced by the US Intelligence Community. Following his presentation, Mr. Harris will answer questions.
Speaker:
Jeffrey K. Harris
VP, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Director, National Reconnaissance Office, 1994 – 1996
Time/Date: 6PM, 16 November, 2004
Location: Maggiano’s Restaurant, King of Prussia, PA
Contact: Steve Simmons, steve.g.simmons@lmco.com
RSVP Please click here.
Jeffrey K. Harris has contributed to US National Security in both Government and Industry for nearly 30 years, holding positions of increasing responsibility where he has fostered new technologies and programs that have contributed significantly to US Intelligence capabilities. In his current capacity with Lockheed Martin, where he serves as a corporate officer, he leads the Corporation’s efforts in Situational Awareness and the cross-Corporation integration of capabilities in this important business area. He has also served as President of LM Missiles & Space Operations and as President of LM Special Programs.
Before entering the private sector, Mr. Harris served with distinction in senior national leadership positions, including Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space; Director, National Reconnaissance Office; and Associate Executive Director of the Community Management Staff. In all of these capacities, he provided direct support to both the Secretary of Defense and the DCI.
Mr. Harris has received numerous awards, most notably the NRO Medal for Distinguished Service, the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal and the James V. Hartinger Award for military space achievement. He currently serves on a number of Boards, including Analytic Graphics, Space Imaging, and the Open Geospatial Consortium.
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December 09, 2004
Inside Saudi Arabia: Four years as a Single Female professor.
Guest of Honor
Alice Phillips Little, RN, Ed.D.
Date: Thursday Dec 9, 2004
Location: Cynwyd Club, 332 Trevor Lane, Bala Cynwyd PA, 610-667-4524
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Agenda
6:00 p.m. Social hour with cash bar
7:00 p.m. Dinner (glazed quail with rice and apricot stuffing)
8:00 p.m. Alice Little Inside Saudi Arabia: Four years as a Single Female professor
Cost: Club Members and guests: $27; Non-members: $32
RSVP: Please click here to register online. Deadline is Dec 5.
Join us for an insiders view of life in Saudi Arabia from the perspective of an American woman teaching at King Saud university. Alice Little spent four years there as a Professor and Department Head of Nursing, and she will present an overview of both work and play as she experienced it. She will talk about the conflicts and contradictions between an emerging modern economy and a traditional Islamic society.
Alice Little will describe the genesis of the Royal Family, religion, military, health care, role of women, housing and recreation. These topics often merge because Islam is more than a religion, it is a way of life.
Alice Little earned degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, University of Pennsylvania and Temple University. In addition to King Saud University Dr Little has had academic appointments at the University of Kentucky, Mercy College, Delaware state and Holy Family University. She is currently director of Nursing at River's Edge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Philadelphia.
Contact Lucie Wilkens 610-444-3242 for more information.
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January 21, 2005
MIT Club of the Delaware Valley Happy Hour
WHEN: Friday, Jan 21, 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: The Pyramid Club, 1735 Market Street, 52 Floor, Philadelphia PA 19103
CONTACT: Robert Barrimond, robert.barrimond@alum.mit.edu
The Club’s BizNet and the Pyramid Club have teamed up to help you leave the workweek behind and start the weekend off right! Enjoy $2 Domestic Beers, $3 Imported Beers, $4 Mixed Drinks or House Wine, complimentary hors d'oeuvres, and beautiful views.
If you aren’t an MIT Club member, don’t forget to pay your dues that night! All MIT Club Members will be offered the Corporate rate to join the Pyramid Club, one of the areas premier business and social clubs. That represents an 85% discount off the normal rate!
Come out and enjoy!
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February 08, 2005
Breakfast Before Hours at the Pyramid Club
WHEN: Tuesday, Feb 8, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: Pyramid Club, 1735 Market Street, 52 Floor, Philadelphia PA 19103
CONTACT: Patti Hagel (215-979-3130) or Donna Salustro (215-567-6510)
COST: $10++ (includes continental breakfast and prizes)
The MIT Club BizNet has once again connected with the Pyramid Club to bring you outstanding programming. Come out and join Pyramid Club members for a morning full of successful networking. Pyramid Club member Kieth Ellison will host this structured networking event designed to uncover mutually beneficial business contacts. Bring your business cards, PDA and Day Timer! There will be a drawing for various prizes throughout the morning.
Please call Patti Hagel and Donna Salustro at the Pyramid club to make your reservations. NOTE: **48 hour cancellation policy**
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February 27, 2005
Philly Phantoms Hockey Game
WHEN: Sunday, Feb 27, 5:05 p.m. (Doors open at 4:00 p.m.)
WHERE: Wachovia Spectrum, S. Broad Street
CONTACT: John Worton, notrow@verizon.net, (302) 453-8106
COST: $14 per ticket
RSVP: Please click here to pay online. Please reply no later than Feb 18. If you prefer to pay by check, please contact John.
Philadelphia Phantoms vs. Wilkes-Barre Penguins
Join fellow alums for an action packed ice hockey event! The Club has obtained a block of specially priced tickets for Sunday's game at the Spectrum. The Phantoms are the AHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers.
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March 10, 2005
Nobel Laureate Dr. Horst Stormer - Small Wonders: The World of Nano Science
The MIT Club of the Delaware Valley
and
The Columbia University Club of Philadelphia
Small Wonders: The World of Nano Science
WHEN: Thursday, March 10th, 6 p.m. (lecture starts at 7 p.m. follow an hors d’oeurves reception)
WHERE: Law Offices of Schnader Harrison Segal and Lewis LLP, Suite 3600, 1600 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
COST: $20 for Club Members and guests, $25 for non-members
RSVP: Internet or by sending a check to Dr. William Reenstra before March 8th, 2005.
CONTACT: Bill Reenstra, at 200 Garden Pl., Radnor, PA 19087.
During the last 50 years there have been unprecedented advances in electronics. Miniaturization of electronic components has been the driving force for this progress and the physics of solid state materials has provided the scientific foundation for these advances. Our speaker Dr. Horst Stromer has been at the forefront of these advances. He has discovered and continues to discover much of the underlying physics that allows these advances to be made. In his lecture Dr. Stromer will describe some of the fascinating and unexpected aspects of this world that make today’s world possible.
Horst Stormer was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Stuttgart in 1977. In that year he became a postdoctoral fellow at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. Dr. Stormer became a Member of Technical Staff in 1978, headed the Semiconductor Physics Research Department from 1983 to 1992, and was the Director of the Physical Research Laboratory from 1992 to 1997. In 1997 Dr. Stromer became a Professor of Physics at Columbia University. Professor Stormer is also scientific director of Columbia’s Center for Electron Transport in Molecular Nanostructures, one of six Nano Science and Engineering Centers funded by the National Science Foundation.
Professor Stormer has worked extensively on the properties of two-dimensional electron sheets in semiconductors and published more than 200 papers on this and on related subjects. In 1978 Stormer co-invented a technique that "speeds up" electrons in semiconductors. The world's fastest and quietest transistors are based on this principle. In 1982 Dr. Stromer and his colleagues Daniel Tsui and Robert Laughlin demonstrated that at very low temperatures and in high magnetic fields, electrons seem to fall apart and form particles with 1/3 the charge of an electron. This is only observed when a "community of many electrons" is present and never observed with isolated electrons. As such it is a wonderful demonstration that the whole can be more than the sum of the parts. Professor Stormer and his colleagues have received numerous awards for their discovery, the most prestigious being the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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March 23, 2005
Newly Admitted Students Meeting
WHERE: Embassy Suites Hotel – Philadelphia Airport , 9000 Bartram Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
WHEN: Wed, Mar 23, 6:00 PM – Reception w/Hot & Cold Hors d’Oeuvers, 7:00 – Resonance, 8:00 – Q&A
COST: $20 per person; non-members $25.00 per person
CONTACT: Tracy Sadowski at 610-566-0597, or e-mail tracys@alum.mit.edu.
RSVP: Internet
If paying by check, please make check payable to "MIT Club of the Delaware Valley",Include Name, Guest Names, Class year and courseand Mail to: Tracy Sadowski 530 Rosemary Cir. Media PA 19063.
Please register no later than Friday March 18.
Join fellow club members for a reception at the Embassy Suites Airport to welcome students newly admitted to the MIT Class of 2009. This has become an annual, and very popular, event for prospective students, their parents and families, and club members.
The featured program this year will be a premier a cappella choral group, Resonance of MIT. Resonance sings a diverse set of music from “Hit the Road Jack” by Ray Charles to “Fortune Faded” by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. You can listen to samples of the group’s first CD at http://web.mit.edu/resonance/www/.
After Resonance performs, there will be an informal discussion of undergraduate life at MIT, and will get into questions, issues, and expectations which are facing today's undergraduate. Current students and recent grads will draw from their personal experience to answer these and other questions the newly admitted students might have.
Please join us for this enjoyable and important event. Help us show the prospective students that MIT's alums are fully supportive of a lifetime of MIT culture.
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April 14, 2005
Amazon.com Tour
WHEN: Thursday, April 14, 5 p.m.
WHERE: 1 Centerpoint Blvd. New Castle, DE 19720; 302-395-7440
CONTACT: Tracy Sadowski, tracys@alum.mit.edu, or 610-566-0597 (h)
Please join us on a tour of Amazon.com’s Order Fulfillment Center in New Castle, DE. Tour begins promptly at 5pm so that we can see all of the action before shift change. Please dress appropriately for an industrial location (no heels). We’ll visit a local restaurant after a tour and Q&A.
Tour is limited to 25 people so register early. Members and their guests are $5; Non-members are $10. Register online at:https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=2213&groupID=158
Directions from NORTH of New Castle- Take I-95 South into DELAWARE
- To I-495-South in DELAWARE
- Take Exit 1 (Route 13 SOUTH, Du Pont Parkway.)
- Follow ramp to RIGHT onto Route 13 South
- Follow Route 13 South approx. 2 miles to junction with Route 273 East. (You’ll see Millie’s Diner on the left).
- Take a left at the traffic light onto Route 273 East
- Go through 1 traffic light
- You’ll see Amazon.com on your right.
- You may park in “Visitors Parking”
- Come into the employee entrance to the RIGHT of the building (you’ll see picnic tables out front)
- Use the intercom to call security & tell them you’re here for Ellen Kuntzmann or Andrea Marra and they’ll let you in!
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May 25, 2005
Amtrak Wilmington Maintenance Facility Tour
WHEN: Wednesday, May 25
TIME: 6:00PM – Light Meal (sandwiches, chips, slaw, soft drinks, and cookies) 7:00PM – Tour of Wilmington Car Shops
WHERE: Amtrak Wilmington Maintenance Facility, 4001 Vandever Avenue, Wilmington, Delaware
COST: $15 per Member & Guests; Non-Members $20 per person
CONTACT: Jim . . .
RSVP: Online at: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=2675&groupID=158
The three premier Amtrak car shops (maintenance facilities) are in Delaware (2) and in California (1). The Wilmington facility services the entire Northeast Corridor, and is the most active of the three Amtrak car shops. We have been invited by David Gunn, president of Amtrak, to visit and tour the Wilmington facility.
Please join us for a light meal and tour of the Amtrak Wilmington Shops. John Wood, Superintendent of the Amtrak Wilmington Maintenance Facility will be our host. The tour is limited to 50 people so please register early. Dress appropriately for the industrial tour (no open toe shoes or high heels). Members and their guests are $15 each; non-members are $20 each.
Directions to the Amtrak Wilmington Maintenance Facility:
From the North (Philadelphia and PA suburbs):
Take I-95 to PA/DE border. Turn off onto I-495. Go south on I-495 (along the Delaware River) until you reach the “12th Street” Exit from I-495. Drive toward Wilmington (away from the Delaware River) on 12th Street. Go past the prison (on the right) but do not go under the railroad overpass. After the prison, turn right immediately and follow the tracks for about 0.5 miles to the Amtrak Shops. Park in front of, or as near as possible to, the Main Building (the one with the Atrium on the left) and enter thru the doors in the center of the Main Building.
From the South (Delaware southern suburbs, Maryland):
Take I-95 to the I-495 split north of Newport. . Turn onto I-495. Go North on I-495 until you reach the “12th Street” Exit from I-495. Drive toward Wilmington (away from the Delaware River) on 12th Street. Go past the prison (on the right) but do not go under the railroad overpass. After the prison, turn right immediately and follow the tracks for about 0.5 miles to the Amtrak Shops. Park in front of, or as near as possible to, the Main Building (the one with the Atrium on the left) and enter thru the doors in the center of the Main Building.
From the New Jersey:
Take the Delaware Memorial Bridge and follow the signs to I-495 once you arrive in Delaware. Go North on I-495 until you reach the “12th Street” Exit from I-495. Drive toward Wilmington (away from the Delaware River) on 12th Street. Go past the prison (on the right) but do not go under the railroad overpass. After the prison, turn right immediately and follow the tracks for about 0.5 miles to the Amtrak Shops. Park in front of, or as near as possible to, the Main Building (the one with the Atrium on the left) and enter thru the doors in the center of the Main Building.
(Those traveling from New Jersey may also cross the Commodore Berry Bridge at Chester and follow the directions “From the North”.)
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June 13, 2005
ANNUAL MEETING – The Auto Industry In Transition
WHEN: Monday, June 13, 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.
WHERE: Yang Ming Restaurant, 1051 Conestoga Road, Bryn Mawr, PA
COST: $30 per Member & Guests; Non-Members $35 per person
CONTACT: Steve Simmons, 856-722-1357, steve.g.simmons@lmco.com
RSVP: Online at: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=2840&groupID=158
Why are GM and Ford experiencing severe difficulties? What can be done to turn these companies around? What are the major challenges and opportunities that the global automotive sector faces in the coming decade? This talk examines these issues by focusing on international competition in the automotive sector, emerging markets in developing countries and social challenges, relating to the automobile. These challenges include energy utilization, environmental impacts, safety and congestion.
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July 30, 2005
The Brandywiners at the Longwood Gardens Open-Air Theater: SOUTH PACIFIC
Join your MIT friends at one of the area’s premier summer events, The Brandywiners’ annual production at Longwood Gardens. This year they are performing South Pacific. We are now ordering extra tickets, as the Club’s permanent block of seats is sold out. To get in on this order, please contact John Wilkens directly at (h) 610-444-3242, or (w) 302-695-3143, or via e-mail at j.a.wilkens@alum.mit.edu. This event will not be accessible via the Infinite Connection.
The cost is $25/person for Dues-paying MIT Club members and their guests, and $30/person for non-members. As a bonus, your ticket also gives you a full day admission to Longwood Gardens on Saturday (itself a $14 value).
We also have a limited number of dinner reservations (for 7:00 p.m.) at the Longwood Gardens Terrace Restaurant for a gourmet buffet dinner before the play. This is a fine opportunity to enjoy a great meal, relax together after seeing the gardens or meet people before the play. This superb and very popular dinner is optional, and costs an additional $25 per person. If our dinner block is sold out, you may eat on your own in Longwood’s cafeteria adjacent to the restaurant.
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August 20, 2005
Phillies
Reserve your tickets now for our 2nd annual Phillies event. Join fellow MIT alums as the Phillies take on the Pittsburgh Pirates.
RSVP on the Infinite Connection
Tickets are:
$25 for members and their guests
$30 for non-members and their guests
Come and enjoy the new ballpark as we root for the Phillies and hope for a great game! We have a nice block of seats in Section 209—Right Field, Middle Level. You can sign up via the MITDV website/Infinite Connection.
For more information contact Lucie Wilkens at 610-444-3242.
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September 29, 2005
Future Directions in Biomaterials and Biotechnology... How They Will Change Our Lives
WHEN: Thursday, Sep. 29, 2005, 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: Embassy Suites Hotel – Philadelphia Airport – 9000 Bartram Ave., Phila. (directions)
RSVP: By Sept. 25 on the Infinite Connection: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=3970&groupID=158
CONTACT: John Wilkens, j.a.wilkens@alum.mit.edu, or 610-444-3242.
COST: Dues-paying Club Members and their guests $30; Non-members $40
MIT Institute Prof. ROBERT LANGER, one of the world's most innovative and prolific researchers, will share his insights on the future of biomaterials and biotechnology.
Advances in drug delivery and tissue engineering are revolutionizing medical therapies. New drug delivery technologies including novel polymers and intelligent microchips promise to create new treatments for cancer, heart disease and many other illnesses. Furthermore, by combining mammalian cells with synthetic polymers, new approaches for engineering tissues are being developed that may someday help repair tissues for patients with burns, damaged cartilage, paralysis and vascular disease.Prof. Langer is one of 14 Institute Professors, the highest honor awarded to an MIT faculty member. Dr. Langer has written over 840 articles and has over 500 issued or pending patents worldwide.
Forbes Magazine and Bio World have named Dr. Langer as one of the 25 most important individuals in biotechnology in the world. He received his B.S. from Cornell in 1970 and his Sc.D from MIT in 1974, both in Chemical Engineering.
Prof. Robert Langer, one of the world's most innovative and prolific researchers, will share his insights on the future of biomaterials and biotechnology at our kickoff meeting. We are extremely pleased to have Bob, and invite you to join us for this exciting event.
Advances in drug delivery and tissue engineering are revolutionizing medical therapies. New drug delivery technologies including novel polymers and intelligent microchips promise to create new treatments for cancer, heart disease and many other illnesses. Furthermore, by combining mammalian cells with synthetic polymers, new approaches for engineering tissues are being developed that may someday help repair tissues for patients with burns, damaged cartilage, paralysis and vascular disease.
Prof. Langer is one of 14 Institute Professors, the highest honor awarded to an MIT faculty member. Dr. Langer has written over 840 articles and has over 500 issued or pending patents worldwide, one of which was cited as the outstanding patent in Massachusetts in 1988 and one of 20 outstanding patents in the United States. He served as a member of the United States Food and Drug Administration's SCIENCE Board, the FDA's highest advisory board, including presiding as its Chairman from 1999-2002.
Dr. Langer has received over 130 major awards. In 2002, he received the Charles Stark Draper Prize, considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for engineers and the world's most prestigious engineering prize, from the National Academy of Engineering. He is also the only engineer to receive the Gairdner Foundation International Award; 64 recipients of this award have subsequently received a Nobel Prize. In 1989 Dr. Langer was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and in 1992 he was elected to both the National Academy of Sciences and to the National Academy of Engineering. He is one of very few people ever elected to all three United States National Academies and the youngest in history (at age 43) to ever receive this distinction.
Forbes Magazine and Bio World have named Dr. Langer as one of the 25 most important individuals in biotechnology in the world. He received his B.S. from Cornell in 1970 and his Sc.D from MIT in 1974, both in Chemical Engineering.
Don't miss meeting and hearing this truly remarkable person!
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October 19, 2005
Lab Fab: MIT Technologies for Tomorrow’s Ventures (Philadelphia)
Calling all alumni, entrepreneurs, investors, and technologists interested in cutting-edge MIT science and technology research! Join us at a special program presented by the Cambridge MIT Enterprise Forum for a rare view into some of the ongoing research work at MIT that will shape the future of entrepreneurship.
WHAT: Live Webcast in Philadelphia, PA
WHEN: Wednesday, October 19, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: The Wharton School, Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut Street, Rm F90
RSVP: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=4335&groupID=158
CONTACT: Robert Barrimond, robert.barrimond@alum.mit.edu
Featured Guests:
- Alice Gast, MIT Vice President of Research
- Professor Sangeeta Bhatia, presenting her work in tissue engineering
- Professor Yoel Fink, presenting research in material science/photonics
- Professor Timothy Swager, presenting his research in chemistry.
Come, meet with other alums, enjoy pizza and soda, and watch this fascinating broadcast.
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October 26, 2005
The Art of the Advantage: Outthink the Competition
A special Wharton Club event...
Author Kaihan Krippendorff, (Wharton '94) presents a strategic problem-solving workshop based on his book, his Harvard Business Review Article, and strategies
6:30 – 7:00 pm Registration/Reception
7:00 - 8:00 pm Seminar
8:00 – 8:30 pm Reception
$30 Wharton Club members
$20 students
$40 Wharton Club nonmembers
Pyramid Club, Philadelphia
Join us on for an innovative strategic problem-solving workshop titled The Art of the Advantage.
Based on a book and Harvard Business Review article authored by Kaihan Krippendorff (Wharton '94), the session offers participants a unique methodology to generate out-of-the-box competitive options. Since publishing his book a year ago, Kaihan has worked several companies - including Microsoft, Starbucks, and DHL to use his pattern-based methodology as part of their strategic development process.
The 90-minute seminar will be a simulated problem-solving session, during which participants will practice using a set of ancient Chinese phrases as patterns that reveal new, innovative strategies. The session has well received by other Wharton clubs (e.g., Southern California, Boston , Chicago, South Florida, Atlanta ) and has been conducted several times at Wharton as well.
For more background visit www.artoftheadvantage.com.
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October 27, 2005
Ivy+ Happy Hour - Boathouse Row Bar
Ivy+ Happy Hour
Boathouse Row Bar
Our Inter-Ivy happy hours are some of our most popular events, and it's not hard to understand why! Here you can meet some of Philadelphia's best and brightest in a fun social environment.
Happy hour drink specials will be available as well as Boathouse Row Bar's classic bar food and atmosphere. Invite a friend!
Date: October 27, 2005
Time:5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Boathouse Row Bar in the Rittenhouse Hotel, 210 West Rittenhouse Square
Registration: RSVP requested but not required to rsvp@phillytigers.com.
Posted by at 05:30 PM
Lab Fab: MIT Technologies for Tomorrow’s Ventures (Wilmington)
Calling all alumni, entrepreneurs, investors, and technologists interested in cutting-edge MIT science and technology research! Join us at a special program presented by the Cambridge MIT Enterprise Forum for a rare view into some of the ongoing research work at MIT that will shape the future of entrepreneurship.
WHAT: Encore DVD Presentation in Wilmington, DE
WHEN: Thursday, October 27, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: DuPont Barley Mill Plaza, Rts. 48 & 141, Building 20 Cafeteria
RSVP: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=4336&groupID=158
CONTACT: Lucie Wilkens, l.s.wilkens@alum.mit.edu
Featured Guests:
- Alice Gast, MIT Vice President of Research
- Professor Sangeeta Bhatia, presenting her work in tissue engineering
- Professor Yoel Fink, presenting research in material science/photonics
- Professor Timothy Swager, presenting his research in chemistry.
Come, meet with other alums, enjoy pizza and soda, and watch this fascinating broadcast.
Posted by webmaster at 06:00 PM
November 16, 2005
The Future of the U.S. Power Industry
A special Wharton Club event...
Ian McLean, President, Exelon Power Team, Executive Vice President, Exelon Corporation will discuss his perspectives on Key Energy Topics
Don't miss a special program on ENERGY, which will include: Utility Merger Activity, Regional Transmission Organizational Development, Retail Deregulation and Renewable Generation.
6:30 - 7:00 pm Registration/Reception
7:00 - 8:30pm Seminar
8:30 - 9:00 pm Reception
Desmond Hotel, Malvern, PA
For directions please go to http://www.desmondgv.com/map.html
$30 Wharton Club members
$20 students
$40 Wharton Club nonmembers
About Ian McLean:
As President of Power Team, Ian P. McLean, oversees a nationwide, asset-based power marketing business that allows Exelon Corporation to maximize the value of the industry-leading generation portfolio built through the merger of Unicom Corporation and PECO.
Mr. McLean joined PECO Energy in 1999 as senior vice president and president of PECO Energy’s national wholesale marketing division, also known as Power Team. He was promoted to executive vice president in 2002.
Prior to joining PECO Energy, Mr. McLean was group vice president of industrial commodities management for Engelhard Corporation, where his responsibilities included global trading, refining and recycling businesses with sites around the world. He began his career at Engelhard Corporation in 1985 as managing director of the London trading operation. In 1987, he was appointed senior vice president of the USA group, and the profits of this group grew 300 percent in an eight-year period between 1987 and 1994.
Mr. McLean has also held positions with Johnson Matthey, Gerald Metals and Globe Commodities
He received his Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, in mathematics from Teesside University, located in Northern England.
Posted by at 06:30 PM
December 17, 2005
Wine Tasting at Chaddsford Winery
Join the MIT Club of the Delaware Valley for an afternoon of wine tasting at the Chaddsford Winery in the Historic Brandywine Valley.
Date: December 17, 2005
Time: 3:30 – 5:30 PM
Location: Chaddsford Winery, 632 Baltimore Pike, Chadds Ford, PA 19317
610-388-6221, www.chaddsford.com
Cost:
$15 for dues-paying members and their guests
$18 for non-members
Includes:
Private Tour
Private Tasting of 6-8 different wines
Selection of imported and domestic cheeses, seasonal fruits, and a variety of crackers during the tasting
Chaddsford logo wine glass to keep
Welcome to the Chaddsford Winery, widely acknowledged as one of the top east coast properties. Your journey will take you to the beautiful and historic Brandywine Valley in southeast Pennsylvania, where you will visit a renovated 17th century colonial barn that began its conversion to a small premium winery in 1982 when we carefully chose this part of the country to launch our newest wine venture.
At the beginning we produced just 3,000 cases and sold it all locally. Since then we've plugged along – fueled by our passion to make only the best and blessed by a magnificent micro-climate and a wealth of rave reviews – until today Chaddsford produces 30,000 cases of wine and sells it to a wider market from New York to D.C. and selected restaurants nationwide.
To register, please visit:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=4707&groupID=158
Posted by at 03:30 PM
January 12, 2006
Body Worlds at the Franklin Institute
Join the MIT Club of the Delaware Valley at the very popular Body Worlds exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Read more about Body Worlds at http://www.fi.edu/bodyworlds/index.html
Date: January 12, 2006
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Franklin Institute
222 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Cost: $14 for members and guests
$19 for non-members
Please register online at https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=4995&groupID=158
Posted by at 06:30 PM
January 27, 2006
Toast to IAP - The Pyramid Club
Coming in January, the MIT Club of the Delaware Valley will once again participate in the annual Toast to IAP!!! This event is a great opportunity to gather with fellow alumni to remember this more relaxed (and much colder!!) part of the MIT calendar. Like last year, The Pyramid Club has offered to host this event as part of their Young Executives Happy Hour schedule.
Date: Friday, January 27, 2006
Time: 5:30 – 9:00 PM
Location: The Pyramid Club
1735 Market Street
(Market and 17th Streets)
52nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
http://www.pyramidclub.com
Cost: Free
Please register online at https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=4967&groupID=158
The Pyramid Club will provide drink specials and free appetizers. Please note that The Pyramid Club has a business casual attire policy that prohibits members and guests from wearing denim or sneakers while in the club.
As an added benefit for MIT Alumni and their guests, The Pyramid Club is reducing the Young Executives (those 35 years of age or younger) membership initiation fee by almost 50% for Young Alumni. The initiation fee will be $260 on January 27 only. Furthermore, 25% of the initiation fee ($65.00) will be donated to the MIT Club of the Delaware Valley to support scholarships for the MIT Science and Engineering Program for Teachers (http://web.mit.edu/scienceprogram). Alumni who do not qualify for the Young Executive program (36 years of age or older) have the opportunity to join The Pyramid Club with a $525 membership initiation fee. For this option, 10% of the fee will be donated to the teachers’ scholarships. Payment by check is required for the donation. For more information, please visit The Pyramid Club at http://www.pyramidclub.com
We look forward to seeing you at the Toast to IAP!
Posted by at 05:30 PM
February 10, 2006
“Take This or Nothing”: The First Great Battle over the Constitution and What it means for us
Join us as MIT Professor Pauline Maier takes us back in time to the days of the drafting of the Constitution and shares with us the intriguing events which led to its ratification. Pauline is a noted historian, well-known for her writings on the American Revolution, her best known work being American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence. In 1998 she won MIT’s prestigious Killian Faculty Achievement Award, given to one member of the faculty each year.
This special joint event with the Columbia Club will begin with a private showing of the world premiere exhibition Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World in honor of the 300th birthday celebration of Benjamin Franklin. This will be followed by Professor Maier’s exciting presentation that will bring to life the founding of this great nation.
When: Friday, February 10, 2006
5:00 – 6:30 PM private showing of "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World"
6:30 – 7:15 PM reception with hors d’oeuvres
7:15 - Professor Maier’s presentation, followed by book signing
Where: Constitution Center in Philadelphia
525 Arch Street
Independence Mall
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Cost: $35 for members and their guests
$40 for non-members
Professor Maier is widely recognized as a consultant and prominent “talking head” for several PBS television series, including “Liberty! The American Revolution” (1997), “A Biography of America” and “Primary Sources” (2000 and 2001), and “Benjamin Franklin” (2002). She has also appeared on several programs on the History Channel.
She has a B.S. from Radcliffe and a Ph.D. from Harvard. After teaching at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Wisconsin, she came to MIT in 1978.
Don’t miss this great event!
Please register online at:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=5035&groupID=158
For more information contact Lucie Wilkens, l.s.wilkens@alum.mit.edu.
Posted by at 05:00 PM
February 23, 2006
Young Alum Happy Hour - McGillin's Old Ale House
Join fellow Young Alumni for a Happy Hour at McGillin’s Old Ale House in Philadelphia.
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2006
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: McGillin’s Old Ale House
1310 Drury Street
(13th and Drury Streets)
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-735-5562
http://www.mcgillins.com/
Posted by at 06:00 PM
March 01, 2006
Young Alum Ivy+ Wine Tasting at The Pyramid Club
Fourth Annual Inter-School Alumni Winetasting
Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: The Pyramid Club
Mellon Bank Building
52nd Floor
1735 Market Street
Philadelphia
Cost: $40 per person
Cocktail party format with hors d'oevres and sommelier explanations of wines.
Business casual attire required.
Pay online at www.phillytigers.com/march12006.htm or send payment to:
Princeton Club of Philadelphia
P.O. Box 22
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Posted by at 05:30 PM
March 04, 2006
Tour of the Conservation Laboratories at Winterthur Museum
Date: Saturday, March 4 (snow date is March 11)
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Cost:$15 for dues-paying members and their guests
$20 for non-members and their guests
Location: Winterthur is located on Kennett Pike (DE 52), five miles north of I-95 Exit 7 (Wilmington) and five miles south of US 1.
Join us for a private insider tour of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Conservation Laboratories led by Professor Debra Hess Norris, Chair of the Arts Conservation Department at the University of Delaware. We will meet some of the graduate students and faculty engaged in conservation science and preservation of archeological and ethnographic objects, furniture, and paintings.
One painting that is being conserved and restored at the laboratory is the 1892 portrait of Winnie Davis, the youngest daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The portrait was hung above the mantle of his estate, Beauvoir. On August 29 thirty foot waves crashed over the highway separating Beauvoir from the Gulf destroying most of the estate and its contents. Students and faculty will show this and other works currently being treated. Their activities have recently been the subject of articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Wilmington News Journal.
After the tour we will have reserved tables at the Winterthur Cafeteria in the Visitors Center for a la carte lunch. If you wish to visit the museum after lunch, tickets may be purchased there.
Directions to Winterthur can be found at http://www.winterthur.org/
Reservations are limited. Please register online at https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=5175&groupID=158
For more information, please contact Sid Hess at 610-388-2783 or sidhess@alum.mit.edu
Posted by at 10:00 AM
March 18, 2006
Delaware Section ACS Event: Wine Tasting at the Chaddsford Winery
Join the Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society for an evening of wine tasting at the Chaddsford Winery in the Historic Brandywine Valley.
Date: March 18, 2006
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Location: Chaddsford Winery, 632 Baltimore Pike, Chadds Ford, PA 19317
610-388-6221, www.chaddsford.com
Cost: $20 for ACS members and their guest(s)
$25 for non-ACS members
$10 for students age 21+
Includes: Private Winemaking Process Tour
Private Tasting of 6-8 different wines
Private Barrel Tasting
Selection of imported and domestic cheeses, seasonal fruits, and a variety of crackers during the tasting
Chaddsford logo wine glass to keep
Welcome to the Chaddsford Winery, widely acknowledged as one of the top east coast properties. Your journey will take you to the beautiful and historic Brandywine Valley in southeast Pennsylvania, where you will visit a renovated 17th century colonial barn that began its conversion to a small premium winery in 1982 when we carefully chose this part of the country to launch our newest wine venture.
At the beginning we produced just 3,000 cases and sold it all locally. Since then we've plugged along – fueled by our passion to make only the best and blessed by a magnificent micro-climate and a wealth of rave reviews – until today Chaddsford produces 30,000 cases of wine and sells it to a wider market from New York to D.C. and selected restaurants nationwide.
To register, please contact John Gavenonis at john.gavenonis@usa.dupont.com (preferred) or 302-999-5600. Reservations will be accepted until Friday, March 17, 2006.
For more information about the winery, and to find directions, please visit http://www.chaddsford.com/
Posted by at 06:00 PM
March 28, 2006
Newly-Admitted Students Meeting
Join fellow club members on March 28 for a reception at the Embassy Suites (Philadelphia Airport) to welcome students newly-admitted to the MIT Class of 2010. This has become an annual, and very popular, event for prospective students, their parents and families, and club members. The featured program this year will be a premier a cappella group, The Chorallaries of MIT.
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: Embassy Suites at the Philadelphia Airport
9000 Bartram Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19153
Cost: Newly-admitted students to the Class of 2010 – Free
Present MIT students – Free
Parents/family of newly-admitted students - $10
Club members and their guests - $25
Non-club members - $30
Please register using SmarTrans at https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=5231&groupID=158
For more information, please contact Dan Lowrey.
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April 04, 2006
Wallace H. Carothers Award Lecture - Professor Alan Davison, MIT
Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society
April General Meeting
2006 Wallace H. Carothers Award Lecture
Professor Alan Davison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Role of Technetium Chemistry in the
Design of Diagnostic Imaging Agents
Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Location: The DuPont Country Club
1001 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19803
http://www.dupontcountryclub.com
Time: 5:30 PM – Reception with hors d’oeuvres and cash bar
6:30 PM – Dinner
7:30 PM – Award Presentation and Carothers Lecture
Cost: $30 per person for Delaware ACS members and guest
$40 per person for non-ACS members
$15 per person for students
Dinner Choices: 8 oz. Filet Mignon with Sun-Dried Tomato and Truffle Sauce
Grilled Breast of Chicken “Mediterranean” with Preserved Lemon, Olives, and Tomato (served over Cous Cous)
Mushroom and Vegetable Cous Cous Strudel
For reservations or additional information, please contact John Gavenonis at john.gavenonis@usa.dupont.com (preferred) or 302-999-5600 before noon on Wednesday, March 29, 2006. Please indicate your dinner selection. If no preference is provided, Mushroom and Vegetable Cous Cous Strudel will be selected. Reservations not cancelled by Friday, March 31, 2006 will be billed.
Abstract
The importance of technetium radiopharmaceuticals as diagnostic imaging agents is, to a large part, due to the aqueous inorganic chemistry of this man-made element. A rational synthetic understanding of technetium chemistry has enhanced the field of nuclear medicine. An illustration of this is provided by the development of a technetium-based myocardial perfusion imaging agent that has become a very important tool in clinical nuclear cardiology. At the heart of this advance are octahedral homoleptic isonitrile complexes of technetium(I).
Biography
Having grown up in Wales, Davison earned his B.Sc. in chemistry from the University College of Swansea (1959). After completing his graduate studies with Nobel Laureate Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, he obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry at Imperial College of Science and Technology (1962). Davison began his independent academic career in 1962 as an Instructor in Chemistry at Harvard University and joined the chemistry faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964. Davison has made numerous contributions to various aspects of inorganic chemistry including organometallic, boron, coordination, and bioinorganic chemistries. His research led to the synthesis of a number of novel hydride and carbonyl complexes of transition metals, and in the 1960s, Davison and F. Albert Cotton co-authored a series of papers describing the first fluxional organometallic molecules.
“These discoveries, which would be defining to the careers of most, serve only as a backdrop to the contribution for which he is being honored… the invention of the entire class of technetium compounds from which Cardiolite® came, and the use of Cardiolite® as a myocardial perfusion agent,” notes MIT W.M. Keck Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry Daniel G. Nocera. Indeed, Davison’s investigations of technetium coordination chemistry guided Cardiolite® from initial discovery in 1981 to FDA approval in 1990. Cardiolite® is now the leading cardiac imaging agent in the world. It is the only heart imaging agent FDA-approved to non-invasively evaluate the heart’s pumping ability (function) and gauge the amount of blood flow to the heart muscle itself (perfusion). Cardiolite® topped $2 billion (USD) in cumulative sales in 2004, and is the single largest royalty earner in the entire MIT portfolio, providing even more revenue than the royalties associated with Professor John Sheehan’s patents describing synthetic penicillin.
Davison has authored or co-authored over 250 publications and is a co-inventor on nine patents. He is an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1967), a recipient of the Paul C. Aebersold Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic Science Applied to Nuclear Medicine (1993), a recipient of the Ernest H. Swift Lectureship at the California Institute of Technology (1999), a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (2000), and a recipient of the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Invention (2006). After over 40 rewarding years at MIT, he became an emeritus Professor in June of 2005.
About the Wallace H. Carothers Award
The Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society presents the Carothers Award in recognition of outstanding contributions in industrial chemistry. It commemorates the pioneering work of Wallace H. Carothers, considered by many to be the father of industrial polymer chemistry. The list of past awardees includes such illustrious scientists as Edwin H. Land, Herman F. Mark, Paul J. Flory, Ralph F. Hirschmann, K. Barry Sharpless, and Robert S. Langer. This annual award is especially important for the ACS since it is an international industrial chemistry award given by a local section. Nominations are accepted on an on-going basis.
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May 08, 2006
MIT Alumni Association Travel Program
Rafting Adventure – Cataract Canyon, Colorado River, Utah
May 8 – 15, 2006
Break away from your daily routine and join fellow alumni for a rafting adventure in Utah, May 8-15, 2006, on the Colorado River through Cataract Canyon, a striated geologic work of art revealing millions of years of the earths history up close. Ride class III and IV rapids with knowledgeable and experienced tour guides, and choose from a variety of daily activities, including swimming, paddling inflatable kayaks, hiking, and exploring prehistoric Pueblo ruins. Many species of animals are found along the rivers edge, drawn to the only major source of water in the area. Finding shelter in riverside tamarisks, willows and cottonwoods, bighorn sheep, deer, and great blue heron can be seen, as well as ring-tailed cat, fox, beaver, and bobcat. End your day of adventure at a pre-set camp, complete with delicious meals, tents, and soft, inflatable sleeping pads.
Its time to refresh and reinvigorate, so come join fellow alumni for this extraordinary adventure. Further details on the trip itinerary, meeting the group in Moab, Utah, and how to register can be found on line at http://alum.mit.edu/travel/2006/cataract/
Posted by at 12:00 PM
May 17, 2006
Amtrak Bear (DE) Maintenance Facility Tour
The three premier Amtrak car shops (maintenance facilities) are in Delaware (2) and in California (1). The Bear, Delaware facility services the entire fleet of Acela, Metroliner, Viewliner, Amfleet II, and Superliner passenger cars and equipment from the Northeast Corridor and the Long-Distance Trains. We have been invited by David Gunn, former president of Amtrak, to visit and tour the Bear facility.
Please join us for a light meal and tour of the Amtrak Bear (DE) Maintenance Facility. Dan McFadden, Superintendent of the Amtrak Bear Maintenance Facility, will be our host. The tour is limited to 50 people so please register early. Dress appropriately for the industrial tour (no open toe shoes or high heels). Children 14 or older are welcome. Members and their guests are $15 each; non-members are $20 each.
Register online at: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=5513&groupID=158
Location: Amtrak Bear (DE) Maintenance Facility
258 E. Scotland Drive, Bear , Delaware 19701
Time: 6:00PM – Light Meal (sandwiches, chips, slaw, soft drinks, and cookies)
7:00PM – Tour of Bear Car Shops
Cost: $15 per Member & Guests
$20 per Non-Members
For Further Information: Call Jim ...
Please make check payable to "MIT Club of the Delaware Valley", and Mail to: Jim McNeely, 259 Beverly Road, Newark, DE 19711, or Register/Pay online at: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=5513&groupID=158
Please reply no later than Monday May 15.
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June 07, 2006
Transitioning to a Sustainable Energy Future - Professor Jefferson W. Tester, MIT
Dr. Jefferson W. Tester
H.P. Meissner Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT
Club Annual Meeting, Wednesday, June 7, 2006
What are the best choices for a future with sustainable energy and how do we get there? The need for renewable energy systems such as solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydro sources, etc. is very evident, but are we pursuing these technologies aggressively enough to reach the goal of sustainable energy before our hydrocarbon-based energy sources dwindle? As we see our gas prices rising higher and higher, we are reminded that the present energy sources are finite and the future is very dependent on what we do now. Professor Tester will give us an overview of current energy technologies and some insight as to how this transition to sustainability can be accelerated.
Dr. Tester has a B.S. and M.S. from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from MIT. For three decades he has been involved in chemical engineering process research as it relates to renewable and conventional energy extraction and conversion and environmental control technologies. He has co-authored over 180 scientific papers and 9 books on various related topics. These topics have ranged from geothermal reservoir and drilling technology, to power conversion system design and economics, to assessing local, regional, and global environmental effects caused by energy supply and use. He has recently written a new text book “Sustainable Energy – choosing among options”. His past assignments include Director of MIT’s Energy Laboratory (1989-2001) and group leader in the Geothermal Engineering Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory (1974-1980). He was a member of the Energy R&D Panel of the President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) in 1997 and has served as an advisor to the USDOE and the National Research Council in areas related to concentrating solar power, geothermal and biomass energy, and other renewable technologies and waste minimization and pollution reduction. He is presently a member of the advisory boards of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (chair), Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust (chair), Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Location: Cannstatter Volksfest-Verein
9130 Academy Road
Philadelphia, PA
215-332-0121
Directions: Take Exit # 32 off I-95. Proceed through the first intersection (Frankford Ave.). Get into the right lane. The entrance to CVV is on the right just after the next light.
When: 6:00 PM Social Hour with cash bar
7:00 PM Dinner
7:45 PM Annual Meeting
8:00 PM Presentation by Professor Tester
Cost: $25 for dues-paying members and their guests
$30 for non-members
Meal Selections: Roast Prime Rib of Beef
Salmon Filet
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Reservation DEADLINE is Friday, June 2.
Register online at https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=5546&groupID=158
Contact: Lucie Wilkens (610-444-3242) or l.s.wilkens@alum.mit.edu
Posted by at 06:00 PM
July 01, 2006
Memory and Magic - Andrew Wyeth Exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Join fellow MIT alums on Saturday, July 1st, for a private, before Museum hours viewing of the Andrew Wyeth exhibit entitled "Memory and Magic" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Andrew Newell Wyeth is an American realist painter, one of the best-known of the 20th century. He is sometimes referred to as the "Painter of the People" due to his popularity with the American public. Wyeth's favorite subject is the land and inhabitants around his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and those near his summer home in Cushing, Maine. His most famous work, and one of the most well-known images in 20th century American art, is Christina's World (1948), in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
“Memory and Magic” exhibition explores how Wyeth invests everyday objects with meaning and how he will sometimes begin with figure subjects and then gradually paint people out of the picture, leaving the objects to tell the stories themselves. Wyeth continues to combine technical mastery and emotional power in his most recent work, shown publicly for the first time in this exhibition.
A museum docent will lead us through this compelling retrospective that takes a fresh look as seven decades of accomplishment.
DATE: Saturday, July 1st
TIME: 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
LOCATION: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 26th Street
Philadelphia, PA
215-763-8100
www.philamuseum.org
COST: $26 per person for MITDV members and guests
$31 per person for non-members
(includes pre-Museum hours guided tour)
RSVP: Please make your reservations online at https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=5818&groupID=158 or contact Irene Kotok at 215-896-7570 to make reservations over the phone.
Posted by at 09:30 AM
July 29, 2006
The Brandywiners at Longwood Gardens Open-Air Theater: My Fair Lady
Join your MIT friends at one of the area’s premier summer events, The Brandywiners’ annual production at Longwood Gardens. This year they are performing Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady. The Club has its own permanent block of seats (we chose the best in the house!). They will sell out quickly (a number are already reserved as a result of the Newsletter announcement), so send your reservation now! Your tickets will be mailed in late July.
As a bonus, your ticket also gives you a full day admission to Longwood Gardens on Saturday (itself a $14 value).
Although the buffet dinner is not available this year, if you would like to eat with other MIT alums please meet outside the Longwood Gardens Terrace Restaurant at 6:00 and we will informally go as unreserved clusters into their fine Cafeteria for a pay-on-your-own meal. We will meet in the large walkway at the base of the ramp leading up to the restaurant. The staff will try to reserve a section of the cafeteria for us, so please let me know your intent on the form.
DATE: July 29, 2006
LOCATION: Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Rd., Kennett Square PA 19348
DIRECTIONS: Longwood Gardens Directions
DINNER: 6:00 PM
MY FAIR LADY: 8:30 PM
COST: $25 for dues-paying Club Members and their guests
$30 for Non-members and their guests
RESERVATIONS (on-line): Via MIT's Infinite Connection
RESERVATIONS (paper): Download Mailed Meeting Announcement
CONTACT INFORMATION: John Wilkens, 610-444-3242, or E-mail
RAIN INFORMATION: See Continuation below.
Your ticket is good for gardens admission the entire day Saturday regardless of weather.
Brandywiners' Policy on Performance Cancellations and Ticket Refunds
The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels performances based only on conditions at Longwood Gardens and, unless extraordinary conditions prevail, not before the 8:30 p.m. curtain time. Summer showers are not extraordinary conditions. Please listen to WDEL, WILM, WJBR, or WPEN, or call 302-478-3355 for cancellation information.
If The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels a performance before intermission, we will reschedule it for the next available rain date. We will not offer refunds, but we will exchange tickets if seats are available. Please retain you ticket stubs and programs for use at the rain-date performances.
If The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels a performance during or after intermission, we will consider it a complete performance. We will not reschedule it and we will not offer refunds.
If The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels a rain-date performance and cannot reschedule it, you may obtain a full refund within thirty (30) days of the cancellation by returning your tickets along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:
The Brandywiners, Ltd.
PO Box 248
Montchanin, DE 19710
Posted by webmaster at 08:30 PM
September 09, 2006
Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Philadelphia Phillies’ Citizens Bank Park
Our tour stops include the Phillies’ and visitors' dugouts, bi-level bullpens, Diamond Club, Cooperstown Gallery, the unique Hall of Fame Club, and a walk-through of the Main Concourse and Service Level.
Have an a-la-carte lunch with your fellow alums at McFadden's Restaurant & Saloon following the tour.
Date: Saturday Sep 9, 2006
Time: 10 AM (prompt)
Duration: approximately 90 minutes
Location: Phillies Citizens Bank Park; the tour will start and end at the Majestic Clubhouse Store
Cost:
Club members are $7 ($4 children)
Non-members are $14
Register on-line at:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=6584&groupID=158
For questions, contact: Tracy Sadowski
phone: 610-566-0597
e-mail: tracys@alum.mit.edu
Posted by webmaster at 10:00 AM
September 21, 2006
MITEF Broadcast - Global Entrepreneurship
Inefficiency as Opportunity in a Developing World
The MITDV BizNet in association with Social Impact at Wharton welcomes you to another MIT Enterprise Forum Broadcast.
Our world-class panel will explore the opportunities for entrepreneurs in developing markets around the world, focusing on key areas such as:
- How to do good, and make money, by identifying needs and solving inefficiencies affecting poor regions
- How high-tech solutions work in low-tech areas
- Why entrepreneurship from the “bottom-up” works
- How to use the US legal and financial systems to go global
- How to overcome legal and governmental obstacles
You’ll hear real-world success stories from our entrepreneurs and the ways MIT is taking a leading role in globalization efforts for the 21st century as well as meet people in our local area interested and active in Socially Responsible Investing and Development.
Date: Sep 21, 2006
Time: 5:30 - 7:00 -- Networking and refreshments.
7:00 - 8:30 -- MIT Enterprise Forum Broadcast presented
Location: The Wharton School
Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Room 255
3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Cost: Members $15, Non-members $20, Current Students Free
RSVP online: Please click here to register or paste the following URL in your browser.
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=6877&groupID=158
RSVP mail: Please make all checks to
MIT Club of the Delaware ValleyContact: Robert Barrimond, 610-308-7334, robert.barrimond@alum.mit.edu
103 E. Gorgas Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19119-2151
Our speakers include
- Damien Balsan GM ’02 -- co-founder and vice president of business development for WAY Systems, a leader in mobile point-of-sale devices
- Rick Burnes -- co-founder of the venture capital firm Charles River Ventures
- Iqbal Quadir -- founder of the GrameenPhone cellular network in Bangladesh and co-founder and director of the MIT Program for Developmental Entrepreneurship
- Randy Zadra -- managing director of the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas
- Alex (Sandy) Pentland PS ’82 -- (moderator) professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab and co-founder and director of the MIT Program for Developmental Entrepreneurship
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September 27, 2006
An Inside View of Iraq ... Working Toward Financial and Political Stability
Kevin Woelflein, MIT '54
What is Iraq really like—the country, the people, their perspective, their hopes? What are the prospects for Iraq becoming a financially and politically stable country? How do they get there? What progress has been made? And what are we as a country doing to help? Come hear an insider’s view as one of our MIT alums shares his unique personal experiences, including how an MIT Chemical Engineer became a renowned global banker!
Kevin Woelflein will tell us about the Iraqi people and discuss the extraordinary challenges that Iraq faces as it rebuilds, what financial milestones have already been accomplished, and what lies ahead. He will discuss how corruption and the religious balance affect Iraq’s “Unity” Government, and its ability to create and maintain stability. He will also touch on the tribal realities of the Kurdish situation, with its own structure and Central Bank.
Kevin is a uniquely experienced financial executive with more than twenty-five years of domestic and international banking responsibilities. He has a BS in Chemical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Wharton. In 1975 he got his first introduction to Iraq as founding President of an Arab consortium bank, UBAF Arab American Bank, in New York City. In 2003, he became part of the Coalition Provisional Authority as Advisor to all of Iraq's nineteen private banks on strategic and operational issues to recover from the repression of the previous regime and the destruction of the 2003 invasion. At the present time, he is Advisor to one Iraq Private Bank, North Bank, headquartered in Baghdad with branches in the North.
His background includes the formation or redevelopment of several financial institutions. Kevin did apply his Chemical Engineering early in his career, when he was on a three-person team at Atlantic Refining Company that developed the first computer simulation of a complete oil refinery, from crude through products. He has received several major awards from the U.S. Government as well as a MIT Corporate Leadership Award.
Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Time: 6:00 PM - Social Hour (cash bar)
7:00 - Dinner
8:00 - Kevin Woelflein
Location: Renaissance Hotel, Philadelphia Airport
phone: 610-521-5900 (Web site)
Directions from I-95: see below
Cost: $30 for dues-paying Members and their guests
$40 for non-members
Reservations:
Deadline: Friday, September 22
On-line, via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=6776&groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242
e-mail: l.s.wilkens@alum.mit.edu
Directions from I-95:
From the North:
I-95 South to Exit 9a – Essington/Rt. 420
Turn Left at First traffic light onto Route 291 East / Industrial Hwy
At 5th Traffic light, turn right into Renaissance Parking Lot
From the South:
I-95 North to Exit 9A. – Essington/Rt. 420
Continue to light.
Turn left at First traffic light onto Route 291 East/Industrial Hwy
At 5th Traffic light, turn right into Renaissance Parking Lot
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October 28, 2006
MIT on the Road - Philadelphia
 MIT on the Road, a special event hosted by the Institute, is coming to Philadelphia! Don't miss this unique opportunity to spend a day with three of MIT's incredible faculty, exploring our rapidly growing understanding of the life sciences resulting from the convergence of the engineering mind with scientific discipline. Join us as we examine such major issues as treatment for Alzheimers's Disease, the roots of cancer-causing mutations, and stunning advances in the human body and machine interface.
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We will also enjoy the elegant ambience of the newly renovated Bellevue Hotel. We are grateful to Lou Alexander of the MIT Alumni Assoc. for arranging this grand event. Details and links to more information are given below. REGISTER for MIT on the Road.
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 Attempts to Discover a Treatment for Alzheimer's DiseaseRichard J. Wurtman MD Cecil H. Green Distinguished Professor of Neuro- pharmacology and Director, Clinical Research Center, MIT |
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Mutations Cause Cancer, What Causes Mutations: The DNA Damage-Cancer Connection|
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Biomechatronics: Merging the Human Body with MachinesDate: Saturday, October 28, 2006
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Cost: $50 for Alumni, Parents, Friends
(see options on Registration link below)
Registration includes:
Continental Breakfast
Seminars
Luncheon
Break refreshments
Social Hour (cash bar)
Location: Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue
Broad and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia
Phone: 215-893-1234
Hotel Web site
Free Parking after validation!
REGISTRATION, seminar abstracts, detailed schedule, etc.:
MIT on the Road Web Page at the MIT Alumni Assoc.
Event Brochure: Download Event Brochure
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November 16, 2006
Want to Go to Mars? Join Us for the Next Best Thing!
Want to go Mars? That might take a while. For the next best thing, join us when Dr. Geoffrey Landis presents a tour of the red planet. Jeff’s tour features NASA photos from the Martian surface and his explanations of what we we’re seeing.
Dr. Landis is a specialist in space power and propulsion at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH, working on the Mars Exploration Rovers Team that produced both the "Spirit" and "Opportunity" rovers. He is currently the McNair-NASA Visiting Professor at MIT. Jeff is also a Hugo and Nebula award-winning writer of Science Fiction. His first novel "Mars Crossing" won the Locus Award for best first novel. You can check out his Science Fiction Website. And according to reviewer Gregory Benfod he is "one of the best hard science-fiction writers ever. He really knows his stuff." Dr. Landis is shown in the photo with the Mars Rover "Spirit." For this meeting we will be joined by the Explorers Club, our occasional partners for adventuresome meetings. |
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2006
Time: 6:00 PM - Social Hour & Light Dinner Buffet
7:15 - Dr. Landis' Presentation
Location: Embassy Suites Hotel - Philadelphia Airport
9000 Bartram Avenue, Philadelphia
Phone: 215-365-4500
Hotel Web site
Free Parking
Directions below
Cost: $30 for Dues-paying Club Members and their guests
$40 for Non-members
Reservations:
Deadline: Saturday, November 11
On-line, via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=7716&groupID=158
For Questions: Steve Simmons, 856-722-1357
e-mail: sgsimmons@aol.com
Directions from I-95 to Embassy Suites:
From the North:
I-95 South to Exit 12B -- Phila. Airport, marked "Lester/Cargo City"
Turn right at the end of the ramp onto Bartram Avenue
Turn right into Embassy Suites
From the South:
I-95 North to Exit 10 -- Route 291
Turn left at first light onto Bartram Avenue
Stay on Bartram for 0.7 mile
Turn right into Embassy Suites
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December 09, 2006
Victory Brewing Co. Tour
Join Club members in a tour of the Victory Brewing Co. facility in Downingtown, followed by a beer tasting and pizza together at the Brewery. We will see important steps in the process and learn about beermaking in our own guided tour:
.....Ingredients
..........Malt Prep
...............Brewing (pictured below)
....................Cellar
.........................Bottling
Date: Saturday, December 9, 2006
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Victory Brewing Company
420 Acorn Lane, Downingtown, PA
Phone: 610 873-0881
Victory Brewing Web site
MapQuest Directions
Cost: $12 for Dues-paying Club Members and their guests
$20 for Non-members
Price includes tour, pizza, salad & soda (beer extra)
Reservations, on-line: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/ne/calendar/ViewCalendarEvent.dyn?usergroup=&itemId=8277&source=SMARTRANS
For Questions: Tracy Sadowski
530 Rosemary Cir, Media PA 19063
Phone: 610-566-0597
e-mail: tracysadowski@hotmail.com
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January 26, 2007
Toast to IAP 2007 !
The MIT Club of the Delaware Valley will once again participate in the annual Toast to IAP!!! This event is a great opportunity to gather with fellow alumni to remember this more relaxed (and much colder!!) part of the MIT calendar. Like last year, The Pyramid Club has offered to host this event as part of their Young Executives Happy Hour schedule. This popular annual event began as an MIT Young Alum gathering, but our club is happy to invite all alums who are young at heart!
The Pyramid Club will provide drink specials and free appetizers. Please note that The Pyramid Club has a business casual attire policy that prohibits members and guests from wearing denim or sneakers while in the Club.
Date: Friday, January 26, 2007
Time: 5:30 - 9:00 PM
Location: The Pyramid Club
1735 Market Street, 52nd Floor
(at Market and 18th Streets)
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Pyramid Club Web site site
Directions
Cost: Free! -- but registration (on-line only) is necessary
Registration, on-line: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=9056&groupID=158
For Questions: John Gavenonis
e-mail: jgaveno@comcast.net
As an added benefit for MIT Alumni and their guests, The Pyramid Club is reducing the Young Executives (those 35 years of age or younger) membership initiation fee by almost 50% for Young Alumni. The initiation fee will be $260 on January 26 only. Furthermore, 25% of the initiation fee ($65.00) will be donated to the MIT Club of the Delaware Valley to support scholarships for the MIT Science and Engineering Program for Teachers (http://web.mit.edu/scienceprogram). Alumni who do not qualify for the Young Executive program (36 years of age or older) have the opportunity to join The Pyramid Club with a $525 membership initiation fee. For this option, 25% of the fee will be donated to the teachers’ scholarships. Payment by check is required for the donation. For more information, please visit The Pyramid Club on the Web.
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February 10, 2007
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts: Tour
On Saturday, February 10th at 11 a.m., the MIT Club will meet in the reception area inside the front door at the Kimmel Center for a special behind-the-scenes visit to the Center to learn about the engineering, architectural, and management decisions that lead to a good concert.
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Verizon Hall is shaped like a cello with no columns to interfere with the view. To compensate for the lack of columns, great imagination was used to make the building work. Architect Rafael Vinoly has developed end walls of multi sheets of glass panels that can move as much as 32 inches in the wind since they are anchored only at the roof truss.
The hall acts like a musical instrument, reverberating and reflecting sounds to enhance the acoustics. The hall is finished in mahogany. Doors lining the side walls can be opened into large, empty rooms that act as reverberation chambers to “enlarge” the sound. A three-part moveable canopy suspended over the stage holds spotlights and can be positioned to redirect sound coming from the stage – shades of Einstein’s “String Theory.” The Kimmel will provide guides with preference given to physics majors.
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The group will have a sneak preview of an upcoming organ recital when visiting the Performance Hall where we are a very select audience for an organ program rehearsal.
There will be a special lunch served at the Center for your enjoyment.
Date: Saturday, February 10, 2007
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Kimmel Center
260 South Broad Street on the Avenue of the Arts, Philadelphia
On the southwest corner of Broad & Spruce Streets
Phone: 215-790-5800
Directions & Parking
Cost: $22 for Members and their guests, $30 for non-members and their guests
Registration, on-line: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=10097&groupID=158
For Questions: Jim Gassaway, 610-328-5583
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March 18, 2007
Pilots of the Delaware Bay in the Days of Sail
Come enjoy an afternoon at the Independence Seaport Museum. Sailor-author-architect Tony Junker (MIT class of 1961) will give an account of the “golden age of the great pilot schooners” employing images from the 18th and 19th Century period to build a vivid portrait of the Capes back in those days. He will focus on the challenges deep water pilots faced in their dangerous calling, their professional lifestyles, and the beautiful winged schooners they sailed.
Tony Junker is the author of a historical sea novel set among the pilots of Delaware River and Bay. According to Junker his novel, Tunnell’s Boys, grew from his love of the sea. Tony is a longtime sailing enthusiast with a taste for wooden sailing craft and “blue water” ocean cruising. He has captained various sailing craft on coastal voyages, including a schooner similar to the historic pilot craft in his novel, the Ebe W. Tunnell. Following the presentation, enjoy touring the museum which includes visiting the Cruiser USS Olympia, the submarine Becuna, and a boat shop where a replica of the Silent Maid (a 1924 Catboat) is presently under construction. The museum also has numerous permanent historical/educational exhibits, plus a new exhibit on Women at Sea.
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Date: Sunday, March 18, 2007
Time: 2:00 PM - Tony Junker's Presentation, followed by cookies & open touring
Location: Independence Seaport Museum
Penn's Landing, Philadelphia
MuseumWeb site
Directions
Cost: $22 for Dues-paying Club Members and their guests
$32 for Non-members
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=11276&groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242
e-mail: L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
Check out Tony Junker's Web site: www.tonyjunker.com
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March 27, 2007
Newly Admitted Students Meeting
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Join fellow MIT Alums as we welcome MIT's Class of 2011. The event will begin with a reception with hearty hors d'oeuvres. This will be followed by a program featuring current students and young alums in a Q&A for the new admits and their families. |
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: Embassy Suites Hotel - Philadelphia Airport
9000 Bartram Avenue, Philadelphia
Phone: 215-365-4500
Hotel Web site
Free Parking
Directions below
Cost: MIT Club Members and their Guests - $25.00
Non-Club Members and their Guests - $30.00
Current MIT Student - Free
MIT Class of 2011 - Free
Parent of a Student - $15.00
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=11196&groupID=158
For Questions: Tracy Sadowski
e-mail: tracys@alum.mit.edu
Directions from I-95 to Embassy Suites:
From the North:
I-95 South to Exit 12B -- Phila. Airport, "Lester/Cargo City"
Turn right at the end of the ramp onto Bartram Avenue
Turn right into Embassy Suites
From the South:
I-95 North to Exit 10 -- Route 291
Turn left at first light onto Bartram Avenue
Stay on Bartram for 0.7 mile
Turn right into Embassy Suites
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April 14, 2007
MIT Concert Band Plays Philly - April 14 & 15
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The MIT Concert Band will present two concerts in the Philadelphia area over the April 14-15 weekend. Take a break from your taxes and hear them live! |
Saturday April 14th, 4-5pm
Norcom Community Center, in the Gym
10980 Norcom Rd
Philadelphia, PA 19154
Sunday April 15th, 2-3pm
Germantown Mennonite Church
21 West Washington Lane
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19144
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April 20, 2007
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of Pharaohs
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Join fellow alums as the Franklin Institute hosts this magnificent exhibit! The Club has reserved a limited number of tickets for this grand event. |
Date: Friday, April 20, 2007
Time: 6:00 PM - IMAX Film on "Mysteries of Ancient Egypt"
7:30 - King Tut Exhibit with audio tour
Location: The Franklin Institute Science Museum
222 North 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-448-1200
Franklin Institute Web site
Directions and Parking Information
Cost: $36 for Dues-paying Club Members and their guests
$46 for Non-members
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=11277&groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242
e-mail: L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
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May 07, 2007
MIT President Susan Hockfield to Visit the
Delaware Valley
DuPont's Uma Chowdhry to Speak on the
DuPont-MIT Alliance
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MIT President Susan Hockfield will be our honored guest at a reception for alumni in the Delaware Valley on Monday, May 7, from 6:00 to 7:30 at the Union League in Philadelphia. She will speak on the major initiatives currently underway at MIT and the Institute's plans for the future. [Susan Hockfield photo by Donna Coveney] |
 Following President Hockfield's reception, we are pleased to present Dr. Uma Chowdhry, Senior Vice President and Chief Science and Technology Officer of the DuPont Company. Uma, who received her Ph.D. in materials science from MIT in 1976, will speak to us about the DuPont-MIT Alliance. This extraordinary collaboration between world-class organizations was formed in 1999 to "bring together DuPont's and MIT's strengths in materials, chemical, and biological sciences to develop new processes for new materials directed at bioelectronics, biosensors, biomimetic materials, alternative energy sources and new high value materials" [MIT News Office]. As the chief DuPont director of the Alliance, Uma is superbly positioned to give us a feeling for how this has developed over the past six years and the promises it holds.
[Uma Chowdhry photo courtesy of the DuPont Co.]
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Time: 6:00 PM - President Hockfield - Reception
6:45 - President Hockfield - Remarks
7:10 - President Hockfield - Q&A
7:30 - Dr. Uma Chowdhry: The DuPont-MIT Alliance
Location: The Union League
140 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215-563-6500
Union LeagueWeb site
Directions and Parking Information
Cost: $30 for Alumni, Parents and Friends of MIT
$20 for Young Alumni
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=11558&groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242
e-mail: L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
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June 05, 2007
Buying Security: Are Our National Security Institutions Serving our Country's Needs or are They Becoming Unraveled?
The nation faces many difficult security issues - from Iraq, to terrorism, to proliferation, to deeper challenges of poverty, failed governance, identity conflicts (faith and nationalism), trafficking in drugs, people, and arms, global health and environmental issues. Is our government structured to handle these issues? How do we put together the money we spend dealing with them? Do the Pentagon, State Department, USAID, intelligence agencies, homeland security department work the way they should? Dr. Gordon Adams will answer these questions as he disentangles the complexities of the US planning and spending for our national security, including military forces, diplomacy, foreign assistance, intelligence and homeland security.
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 Dr. Adams is a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, where he is co-authoring a book on national security budgets with an MIT faculty member, Dr. Cindy Williams. In his career he has created a think tank (the Defense Budget Project), taught at universities (George Washington University, Columbia University, American University), and was, for five years (1993-97), the senior White House official for national security budgets.
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Time: 6:00 PM - Social Hour - cash bar
7:00 - Dinner
7:45 - Club Annual Meeting
8:00 - Dr. Adams: "Buying National Security"
Location: Maggiano's Little Italy
205 Mall Blvd., King of Prussia, PA
Phone: 610-992-3333
Directions Below
Cost: $35 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests
$50 for non-members
$20 for Young Alumni members & their guest
$35 for Young Alumni non-members
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=13641&groupID=158
For Questions: Jim McNeely, 302-368-3664
e-mail: JBMcN@aol.com
DIRECTIONS:
(Maggiano's Little Italy is located at the west end of the parking lot surrounding the King of Prussia Mall)
From US 202 Northbound: Take US 202 Northbound over Schuylkill Expressway. Turn left at first light after Schuylkill, onto N. Gulph Road. Go to second light and turn right onto Mall Blvd. Take first right turn off of Mall Blvd. into mall parking lot, Maggiano's will be on your right. Entrance is on opposite side of the Maggiano's building. Valet Parking is available.
From US 202 Southbound: Drive south past King of Prussia Mall. Western boundary of mall parking lot is N. Gulph Road. Turn right at light onto N. Gulph Road. Follow directions above.
From Schuylkill Expressway (I-76): Take US 202 North Exit. Follow directions given above for US 202 Northbound.
From PA Turnpike: Take Exit for Schuylkill Expressway (I-76 East). Get off at third exit after tollbooths (US 202 North). Follow directions given above for US 202 Northbound.
From Princeton Area: Get on I-95 South (1-295 North). Take 1-95 South into PA. Exit onto US 1 South. Take US 1 South to PA Turnpike (I-276 West). Get on Turnpike going west. Follow PA Turnpike directions given above.
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July 28, 2007
The Brandywiners at Longwood Gardens Open-Air Theater: "Anything Goes"
Join your MIT friends at one of the area’s premier summer events, The Brandywiners’ annual production at Longwood Gardens. This year they are performing Cole Porter’s popular Anything Goes. The Club has its own permanent block of seats (we chose the best in the house!). They will sell out quickly so send your reservation soon! Your tickets will be mailed in late July.
As a bonus, your ticket also gives you a full day admission to Longwood Gardens on Saturday (itself a $16 value).
We will have separate reserved dinner seating at the Longwood Gardens Terrace Restaurant. If you would like to have dinner with other MIT alums please meet outside the restaurant at 5:00 sharp and we will be directed to a reserved area (outside if the weather is good) for a pay-on-your-own dinner (restaurant, not cafeteria). We will meet in the large walkway at the base of the stairway leading up to the restaurant. This will give people time for a leisurely stroll about the gardens after dinner when the evening is cooler. This dinner is optional; please indicate your intent on the form below.
DATE: Saturday July 28, 2007
LOCATION: Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Rd., Kennett Square PA 19348
DIRECTIONS: Longwood Gardens Directions
DINNER: 5:00 PM
ANYTHING GOES: 8:30 PM
COST: $25 for dues-paying Club Members and their guests
$35 for Non-members and their guests
RESERVATIONS (on-line): https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=14301&groupID=158
RESERVATIONS (paper): Download Mailed Meeting Announcement
CONTACT INFORMATION: John Wilkens, 610-444-3242, or E-mail
RAIN INFORMATION: See Continuation below...
Your ticket is good for Gardens admission the entire day Saturday regardless of weather.
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Brandywiners' Policy on Performance Cancellations and Ticket Refunds
The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels performances based only on conditions at Longwood Gardens and, unless extraordinary conditions prevail, not before the 8:30 p.m. curtain time. Summer showers are not extraordinary conditions. Please listen to WDEL, WILM, WJBR, or WPEN, or call 302-478-3355 for cancellation information.
If The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels a performance before intermission, we will reschedule it for the next available rain date. We will not offer refunds, but we will exchange tickets if seats are available. Please retain you ticket stubs and programs for use at the rain-date performances.
If The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels a performance during or after intermission, we will consider it a complete performance. We will not reschedule it and we will not offer refunds.
If The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels a rain-date performance and cannot reschedule it, you may obtain a full refund within thirty (30) days of the cancellation by returning your tickets along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: The Brandywiners, Ltd., PO Box 248, Montchanin, DE 19710.
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August 12, 2007
Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards
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*** IMPORTANT CHANGE IN DATE SINCE ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT *** We have been graciously invited by the MIT Club of Baltimore to join them at their Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles event on Sunday August 12. They have reserved a block of upper deck seats in this very popular ball park. |
| Registration is now open; it is not necessary to have pre-registered to purchase tickets. All tickets must be paid for by June 15. If you are a member of the MIT Club of the Delaware Valley you are eligible to register at the member rate. |
Date: Sunday, August 12, 2007
Time: 1:35 PM
Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
333 West Camden Street · Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 888-848-2473
Baltimore Orioles' Web site
Directions and Parking Information
Cost:$16 for Club members and up to 3 guests
$20 for non members
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=13661&groupID=941
For Questions: Contact Heather Sites of the MIT Club of Baltimore:
e-mail: mitbaltimore@gmail.com
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September 07, 2007
Boston Red Sox at Baltimore - Encore!
Come see the league-leading Red Sox play the hometown Orioles with your fellow alums on Friday, Saturday and Sunday Sept 7 - 9 or just on Saturday Sept 8 -- it's up to you! Due to the overwhelming interest in the August Red Sox outing, the MIT Club of Baltimore has planned another Red Sox versus Orioles @ Camden Yards outing in September! Delaware Valley alums are again invited.
Date/Time: Friday, Sept. 7 @ 7:05pm; Saturday, Sept. 8 @ 7:05pm; Sunday, Sept. 9 @ 1:35pm
Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, 333 West Camden Street, Baltimore, MD
Cost for 3 Game Package: $56 for MIT Club members, $60 for non-members; each member may purchase a maximum of four tickets at the member price.
For those purchasing the three game package (only 30 packages available), we'll have a block of seats in the Eutaw Reserve section (the "bleachers" in right center field) in beautiful Camden Yards for Friday & Sunday.
For Saturday Sept 8, we'll have a block of Upper Reserve seats in beautiful Camden Yards.
Cost for Saturday ONLY: $17 for MIT Club members, $20 for non-members; each member may purchase a maximum of four tickets at the member price.
Register online for 3 Game Package here:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=14884&groupID=941
Register online for Saturday ONLY here:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=14901&groupID=941
Or contact mitbaltimore@gmail.com or (410) 858-4784 for instructions on how to register off-line.
More info on 3 Game Package: http://alumweb.mit.edu/clubs/baltimore/BrowseWeb.do?webSiteId=SI000801&webPageId=P008&eventId=8959
More info on Saturday ONLY: http://alumweb.mit.edu/clubs/baltimore/BrowseWeb.do?webSiteId=SI000801&webPageId=P008&eventId=8960
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September 26, 2007
Delaware -- Could the First State be the First in Offshore Wind Power?
Prof. Willett Kempton, College of Marine and Earth Studies, Univ. of Delaware
Delaware is in the news with its proposal for an offshore wind farm. If implemented it could be the first in the U.S. Come find out more about wind power and its capabilities for this area and how it compares with the controversial proposal for an offshore wind facility in New England. (U. of Del. photos) Wind over the ocean generally moves faster and is less turbulent than wind over land. This makes the ocean an excellent location for placement of wind turbines to produce electricity. Prof. Kempton will review the technology, resource assessment, and use of wind-generated electricity, as well as discuss the environmental impacts. At the University of Delaware they have refined and developed methods for assessing the amount of offshore wind power available, based on current and prototyped wind technology. They have found that the exploitable resource of the near-shore Atlantic is 330,000 MW (average power output), which is over four times the 73,000 MW average electrical load. |
 Professor Willett Kempton is an Associate Professor in the College of Marine and Earth Studies at the University of Delaware. His education combines electrical engineering, computer science and cognitive anthropology. He received his bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin. Following his Ph.D., he conducted postdoctoral research in Quantitative Anthropology and Public Policy at University of California, Berkeley. His 35-year research career has produced 5 books and 60 peer-reviewed articles on topics including energy systems, conservation behavior, technology policy, and U.S. public environmental beliefs and values. Professor Kempton's current interests are (1) electric vehicles for vehicle to grid (V2G) power and (2) offshore wind power (more information, still more information).
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Time: 6:00 PM - Social Hour - cash bar
7:00 - Dinner
8:00 - Prof. Kempton: "Offshore Wind Power"
Location: DuPont Country Club
1001 Rockland Road, Wilmington DE 19803
Phone: 302-654-4435
DuPont CC Web site
Directions - see note below
Cost: $35 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests
$45 for non-members
$25 for Young Alumni members ('98 or later)
$35 for Young Alumni non-members ('98 or later)
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Sunday Sept. 23):
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=15622&groupID=158
For Questions: John Gavenonis, 302-655-7705
e-mail: jgaveno@alum.mit.edu
DIRECTIONS:
New Roads lead from I-95 and Rt. 202 to the DuPont Country Club in north Wilmington. Check the latest directions posted by the DCC at: http://www.dupontcountryclub.com/files/DCCDirections%28Updated%29.doc .
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October 07, 2007
How the Media Frames Your View of the News...
 The news media can significantly affect how we perceive world news by the words they use to frame or describe the information they present. In particular phrases that are continually used with the same topic over time set a tone and expectation that predispose people to accept a specific point of view. We will join the local Stanford Alumni Club as we hear a panel discussion by distinguished media scholars and journalists (listed below) who will address the implications of framing choices for journalists and the public. Media frames can be defined as organized narratives that point to some perspectives or conclusions as more reasonable, predictable or moral than others. Alternative frames that can clearly change lives include framing the war in Iraq as primarily as a "war on terror" versus quite differently, as a "civil war". Other media frames that can clearly affect everyone include viewing the immigration debate through very different “enforcement” or “opportunity to work” frames, versus viewing proposals for universal health care through “government control” or “basic human right to health care” frames. Almost all media reporting contains “frames”. The framing perspective can add a subtle emphasis beyond traditional simple divisions of “objective” versus “biased” reporting. This panel will address questions about media frames, including: 1) How are media frames formed? What is the role of media owners, of journalists themselves, or of surrounding community norms and public opinion? 2) When a critical political or social issue is just emerging on the public agenda, how do journalists choose among “contesting” frames? What criteria do they use to emphasize some frames rather than others? 3) What difference does it make for the public whether or not journalists emphasize some frames rather than others? What are the consequences for public policy, political decision-making, and civic participation? Date/Time: Sunday, October 7, 2007 11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Ongoing Reception and Brunch in Upper Tarble (2nd Floor, Clothier Hall) 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Panel Session in Science Center, Room 101 Location: Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081 (directions below) Cost: Registration: On-line (by October 3), via: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=16362&groupID=158 For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242 Directions: (See map at www.swarthmore.edu/visitordash/campus_map.pdf .) Panel: Dr. John Pollock, BA Swarthmore ’64, PhD Stanford '74, professor of communication studies at The College of New Jersey [panel chair] and author of Tilted Mirrors: Media Alignment with Political and Social Change: A Community Structure Approach; Dr. Joseph Cappella, professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, former president of the International Communication Association, and a former visiting professor at Stanford; Dr. Theodore Glasser, director of Stanford's graduate program in journalism and former president of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication; Victor Navasky, BA Swarthmore ’54, editor and publisher of The Nation, chairman of the Columbia Journalism Review and director of the George Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism at Columbia University; and Trudy Rubin, former Stanford Hoover Fellow and editorial board member of and foreign affairs columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Posted by webmaster at 01:00 PM October 27, 2007WHYY Studio Tour
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM Location: WHYY Studio Cost: $10 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests Register on line: by Tuesday Oct. 23; sooner to be guaranteed a place: For Questions: Gerry Fitzgerald, 215-620-0813 Posted by webmaster at 02:00 PM November 15, 2007MIT Webcast "it's a small world... innovations in nanotechnology"Have you wondered what MIT is doing in the hot field of nanotechnology? Join with other alums as the MIT Alumni Association, in conjunction with regional Clubs, hosts a Web cast and reception for alumni around the world. "it's a small world… innovations in nanotechnology" will feature a panel of three MIT faculty members from a variety of disciplines and research areas discussing the various aspects of Nanotechnology and the ways in which MIT is paving the way in this field.
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2007 Time: 6:30 PM - Refreshments Location: Drexel University, Philadelphia Cost: $15 for MIT alums and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242 Posted by webmaster at 07:00 PM December 01, 2007Chocolate -- The Ancient to Modern Delectable Confection
Date: Saturday, December 1, 2007 Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM Location: The Cynwyd Club Cost: $20 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Wednesday, November 28): For Questions: Lucie Wilkens 610-444-3242 Directions:
Posted by webmaster at 02:00 PM January 18, 2008Toast to IAP 2008 !
Date: Friday, January 18, 2008 Time: 5:30 - 9:00 PM Location: The Pyramid Club Cost: Free! -- but registration (on-line only) is necessary Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Tuesday Jan. 15): For Questions: John Gavenonis
Posted by webmaster at 05:30 PM February 09, 2008Neon in Philadelphia... The Science and the Art
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See the radio studios where Terry Gross records “Fresh Air;” go behind the scenes of the TV production studios and hear Bill Weber, CTO of WHYY, discuss the various technologies they use to create the programming that makes WHYY the station it is. Delaware Valley alums will join with the Princeton MIT Club for this special WHYY tour. Plus, WHYY CEO Bill Marazzo will address the group on the various things that they are doing to promote science and technology within the community and answer questions about the programming and future direction of WHYY.
The tour will begin at 2:00, and last for 90 minutes to two hours. After the tour we will have the option to gather with our friends from the Princeton Club at Jones Restaurant.
Join us as Dorie Owen leads us in a grand tour of “chocolate”— its history and lore, the different kinds of chocolate, where they come from, how they are made, some scientific tidbits plus some other little-known facts about chocolate. For instance did you know that the taste that most people associate with Chocolate springs primarily from the vanilla and other spices mixed with the chocolate? And what about white chocolate—it is the chocolate that isn’t!
Learn to savor the variety of tastes as we sample different chocolates ranging from the familiar Hershey to the exotic dark chocolates including Lindt from Switzerland, Ocumare from Spain, Valrhona from France, Scharffen Berger from San Francisco and more. Vote for your favorite as we collectively pick the best from the samples. Afterwards enjoy a social time with light hors d’oeuvres.
As an added benefit for MIT Alumni and their guests, The Pyramid Club is reducing the Young Executives (those 35 years of age or younger) membership initiation fee by almost 50%. The initiation fee will be $260 on January 18 only. Furthermore, 25% of the initiation fee ($65.00) will be donated to the MIT Club of the Delaware Valley to support scholarships for the MIT Science and Engineering Program for Teachers (
Join us as Dr. Len Davidson (MIT 1973) highlights design, historic, and technical aspects of neon signs in an eye-catching slide presentation. He will discuss how he has collaborated with architects, designers and building owners to bring excitement to architectural space. He will point out some of the technical details of neon signs and show how these signs can be an expression of local history. Following the presentation the group will board a bus for a tour through South Philly and Center City to examine neon signs in their street context.For Len, neon is a calling. In 1977, while teaching organizational sociology at University of Florida, Davidson opened an American Dream theme tavern, The Gamery, an amazing multi-media scene. Presiding over the lunacy of antique pinball machines, racing trains and costumed customers playing board games was the most mind-blowing feature: NEON. Len had picked through local neon graveyards and collected dozens of old signs that he mounted on the ceiling. The effect was mesmerizing. The Gamery beat teaching undergraduates, and Len's professor persona was left in the dust. |
 Davidson apprenticed with Jim Williams, an old-time sign man. "Neon is an absolute art," Williams preached in his southern drawl while rotating glass in the fires. Increasingly drawn to that art, Davidson scavenged Florida and New Orleans in search of neon relics and lore. On returning to his native Philadelphia in 1979 (with '59 Chevy piled high with tubing), Davidson began to unearth his hometown's magical neon history--one that complemented the roadside neon version he had learned down South. View more of his works and lore on his Web site: www.davidsonneon.com. Note: sign up soon; numbers are strictly limited by the bus size! |
Date: Saturday, February 9, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM - Presentation and light refreshments Location: Embassy Suites at Philadelphia Airport Cost: $25 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests Reservations -- via the MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242
9000 Bartram Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19153
Phone: 215-796-6035
Embassy Suites Web site
Embassy Suites Directions
(Members of Delaware Valley or Princeton Clubs)
$35 for non-members
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=19662&groupID=158
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
e-mail: l.s.wilkens@alum.mit.edu
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March 04, 2008
Did a Comet Cause Noah's Flood?
Dee Breger, Director of Microscopy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University
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Dr. Dallas Abbott, Visiting Asst. Professor, Barnard College & Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Join us for an intriguing joint meeting with the Explorer's Club of Philadelphia. MIT alumna Dr. Dallas Abbott (right photo) and Explorers Club Fellow Dee Breger are investigating previously unknown cosmic impacts that may have changed the course of human history. Both researchers are members of an international team of six maverick investigators who are dedicated to revealing major impacts since the ending of the last ice age about 13,000 years ago. Their research suggests that many more comets have struck the Earth during the Holocene era, and that these catastrophic impacts and consequent climate changes could well have caused many famines, plagues, wars and massive population migrations. Abbott will present the results of an expedition to sample massive megatsunami deposits in Madagascar, and Breger will present submicroscopic evidence for these cataclysmic events. Dr. Dallas Abbott is Visiting Assistant Professor, Barnard College & Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Dee Breger is the Director of Microscopy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University (www.materials.drexel.edu/breger).
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Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Time: 5:30 - Social Hour Location: The Downtown Club Cost: $40 for Dues-paying Club members & their spouse/date Reservations -- via the MIT Infinite Connection (by Friday, February 29): Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242
6:30 - Dinner
7:30 - Program
6th & Chestnut, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: 215-925-2040
Downtown Club Web site
Downtown Club Map & Directions
Parking: see below
$45 for non-members and other/additional guests
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=20263&groupID=158
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
e-mail: l.s.wilkens@alum.mit.edu
Dress: Business attire
Parking: Parking for $4 is available at One Independence Mall parking garage (7th & Ranstead St. (between Market & Chestnut) with ticket validation.
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March 25, 2008
Newly Admitted Students Meeting
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UPDATED 3-16-2008 Join fellow MIT Alums on March 25 for a reception to welcome students newly admitted to the MIT Class of 2012. This is a very popular event for prospective students, their families, and our club members. Featured this year will be the the very popular a cappella group The Chorallaries of MIT (Chorallaries Web site). |
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Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM Location: Embassy Suites Hotel - Philadelphia Airport Cost: MIT Club Members and their Guests - $25.00 |  |
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=20321&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens
e-mail: L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
Directions from I-95 to Embassy Suites:
From the North:
I-95 South to Exit 12B -- Phila. Airport, "Lester/Cargo City"
Turn right at the end of the ramp onto Bartram Avenue
Turn right into Embassy Suites
From the South:
I-95 North to Exit 10 -- Route 291
Turn left at first light onto Bartram Avenue
Stay on Bartram for 0.7 mile
Turn right into Embassy Suites
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April 10, 2008
The New Global Economy: Insights from an Investment Giant
John C. (Jack) Bogle
Retired CEO and Founder, The Vanguard Group
The M.I.T. Club of The Delaware Valley and Columbia Club of Philadelphia are pleased to welcome Jack Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group and President of Vanguard’s Bogle Financial Markets Research. He created Vanguard in 1974 and served as Chairman and Executive Officer until 1996. He graduated from Princeton University magna cum laude in Economics in 1951.
The Vanguard Group is one of the two largest mutual fund organizations in the world. Headquartered in Malvern, PA, Vanguard comprises 120 mutual funds with assets totaling well over $1 trillion. The story of his life and career is told in John Bogle, the Vanguard Experiment: One Man’s quest to Transform the Mutual Industry, by Robert Slater (1996). In 2004, TIME magazine named Mr. Bogle as one of the world’s 100 most powerful and influential people, and Institutional Investor presented him its Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1999, Fortune designated him as one of the investment industry’s four “Giants of the 20th Century.” In the same year, he received the Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton University for “distinguished achievement in the Nation’s service.” In 1997, he was named one of the “Most Distinguished Leaders of the 20th Century” in Leadership in Financial Services. In 1998, he was presented the Award for Professional Excellence from the Association for Investment Management and Research. In 1999, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Fixed Income Analysts, Inc. As we get closer to this extraordinary meeting, there is an opportunity to submit questions or topics you would like Mr. Bogle to address. Please send your suggestions to Jim Gassaway at jmgass39@yahoo.com. So, sign up today, and send Jim your thoughts to pass on to Mr. Bogle. |
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2008
Time: 6:00 - Social Hour with hearty hors d'oeuvres Location: The Union League of Philadelphia, Grant Room Cost: $30 for Dues-paying MIT Club members and their guests |
Reservations -- via the MIT Infinite Connection (by Monday April 7):
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=20601&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Jim Gassaway, 610-328-5583
e-mail: jmgass39@yahoo.com
Dress: Business attire
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May 29, 2008
Energy Sustainability Through High-Performance and Colossal Batteries
MIT Prof. Donald R. Sadoway
John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry
Do you drive a hybrid car – how long will its battery last? What is needed to make electric cars viable transportation for the masses? How do we advance in alternative energy sources, with their critical need to store energy for later use? Prof. Donald Sadoway is in the technological forefront with his research on innovative batteries, both portable and stationary. His central theme is that the road to sustainability is paved with advanced materials. Advances in portable rechargeable batteries would enable widespread adoption of practical electric vehicles, taking us beyond hybrids and obviating the need for fuel cells. The reduction in greenhouse gas emissions plus the freedom from reliance on overseas sources of petroleum with its attendant geopolitical implications give special value to an all-electric fleet.  Innovation in stationary electrical energy storage at high amperage would enable us to store off-peak power from the grid for subsequent delivery on demand during high-usage periods. This would have the effect of increasing the nation’s generating capacity while avoiding new construction of power stations or transmission lines or both. Adoption of alternative energy sources such as wind or photovoltaic generation also hinge to a large extent on the advent of proper storage technology. Thus the need for colossal storage batteries.
Prof. Sadoway will discuss his cutting-edge work in battery technology, presenting examples of innovation in both portable and stationary energy storage.
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 Donald Sadoway is the John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. He obtained the B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science, the M.A.Sc. in Chemical Metallurgy, and the Ph.D. in Chemical Metallurgy, all from the University of Toronto. After a year of postdoctoral study at MIT as a NATO Fellow, Dr. Sadoway joined the faculty in 1978.
The author of over 125 scientific papers and holder of 14 U.S. patents, his basic research centers on electrochemical processes in molten salts, liquefied gases, and polymers. With a markedly environmental focus his applied research is directed towards the development of rechargeable batteries for portable power applications, stationary batteries with colossal current capability for storage and delivery of off-peak power, and environmentally sound technologies for the extraction, refining, and recycling of metals. He is a Member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. From 1995 to 2005 he held a MacVicar Faculty Fellowship, MIT’s highest award for excellence in undergraduate education. |
Time: 6:00 PM - Social Hour - cash bar
7:00 - Dinner (roast prime rib, baked lemon chicken, or fillet of flounder)
8:00 - Prof. Sadoway
Location: Ramada Philadelphia Airport
76 Industrial Highway, Rte. 291, Essington, PA 19029
Phone: 610-521-9600
Ramada Web site, Ramada map
Easy Directions - see note below
Cost: $30 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests
$40 for non-members
$20 for Young Alumni members ('98 or later)
$30 for Young Alumni non-members ('98 or later)
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Monday May 26):
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=23061&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242
e-mail: L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
EASY DIRECTIONS:
From I-95 (N or S) take exit 9A (Essington). Turn right at the light onto the Industrial Highway, Rte. 291. Hotel is 0.4 mile on the left.
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June 29, 2008
Tour the Barnes Foundation
Tour the magnificent Barnes Foundation with its unique display of one of the world’s most important art collections.This French Provincial mansion is packed with over 1,000 works of genius – 181 Renoirs, 69 Cezannes, 46 Picassos, innumerable Impressionists and post-Impressionists, early moderns and numerous samples of European art from the Italian primitives onward. During his lifetime, Albert Barnes collected these masterpieces and hung them, literally from floor to ceiling, to create a special educational experience. He believed that art has a quality that can be explained objectively -- for example, one curve will be beautiful and hence art, and another that's slightly different will not be art. Thus the display of antique door latches, keyholes, keys, and household tools with strong geometric lines right next to the paintings. Connections beg to be drawn between unusual neighboring objects such as a van Gogh nude, an Amish chest, and New Mexican rural icons. The mansion is located on a lovely twelve acre arboretum. In a few years the Foundation is planning to move into Philadelphia, so this is an opportunity to see the gallery at this original beautiful location. Only 25 places are available – reserve ASAP! On-line registration is recommended. |
Time: 1:00 PM – Tour -- Please arrive by 12:45
Location: The Barnes Foundation
300 Latch’s Lane, Merion Station, PA 19066-1729
Phone: 610-667-0290
Barnes Foundation Web site
IMPORTANT Directions & Parking Information (note parking info lower on Web page)
Cost: $10 for dues-paying Club Members and their guests
$15 for non-members
( $7 optional audio tour available; pay at the event )
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=23801&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242
e-mail: L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu.
Barnes Foundation Policies:
- The gallery is kept at 70 degrees. Wear a sweater or a long-sleeved shirt. Coats or jackets cannot be worn.
- Painting, sketching, photography and/or drawing are not permitted in the Gallery.
- Shoes with heels smaller than 2 inches in diameter may not be worn in the gallery.
- All coats, jackets, handbags, etc. must be put in a locker that requires a quarter or checked in the coatroom.
- Food is not permitted on the grounds or inside the Gallery.
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July 26, 2008
The Brandywiners at Longwood Gardens: Oklahoma!
Join your MIT friends at one of the area’s premier summer events, The Brandywiners’ annual production at Longwood Gardens. This year they are performing Rodgers and Hammerstein’s perennial favorite, Oklahoma! The Club has its own permanent block of seats (we chose the best in the house). They will sell out quickly so send your reservation soon! Your tickets will be mailed in late July.
As a bonus, your ticket also gives you a full day admission to Longwood Gardens on Saturday (itself a $16 value).
We also have a limited number of dinner reservations at the Longwood Gardens Terrace Restaurant for their Terrace Barbeque Buffet before the play. This is a fine opportunity to enjoy an informal summer meal, relax together after seeing the gardens and meet people before the play. This dinner is optional, and costs an additional $25 per person. If our dinner block is sold out, you may eat on your own in Longwood’s cafeteria adjacent to the restaurant.
Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM Dinner
8:30 Oklahoma!
Location: Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Rd., Kennett Square PA 19348
Longwood Gardens Web site Directions
Cost: $25 per theater ticket for dues-paying Club Members and their guests
$35 per theater ticket for Non-members and their guests
$25 per person for dinner
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=24281&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: John Wilkens, 610-444-3242, e-mail J.A.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
Rain Information: See also Brandywiners information below.
Your ticket is good for gardens admission the entire day Saturday regardless of weather.
Our dinner reservation is for Saturday evening regardless of weather.
Brandywiners' Policy on Performance Cancellations and Ticket Refunds
The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels performances based only on conditions at Longwood Gardens and, unless extraordinary conditions prevail, not before the 8:30 p.m. curtain time. Summer showers are not extraordinary conditions. Please listen to WDEL, WILM, WJBR, or WPEN, or call 302-478-3355 for cancellation information.If The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels a performance before intermission, we will reschedule it for the next available rain date. We will not offer refunds, but we will exchange tickets if seats are available. Please retain you ticket stubs and programs for use at the rain-date performances.
If The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels a performance during or after intermission, we will consider it a complete performance. We will not reschedule it and we will not offer refunds.
If The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels a rain-date performance and cannot reschedule it, you may obtain a full refund within thirty (30) days of the cancellation by returning your tickets along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:
The Brandywiners, Ltd.
PO Box 248
Montchanin, DE 19710
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August 15, 2008
Golf Outing on the DuPont Country Club Championship Course
Come join us for a golf outing at the recently renovated DuPont championship course at the venerable DuPont Country Club. This will be the first annual joint event of the Chicago Graduate School of Business Alumni Club of Greater Philadelphia and the MIT Club of the Delaware Valley.The DuPont course was renovated in 2005 and is in excellent condition. We will be playing an 18-hole scramble format with 4-person teams comprised of both MIT and GSB alumni with prizes for the winning teams, and individual prizes for Closest to the Pin and Longest Drive contests. Dinner and social event will follow in the President's Room of the Country Club. The entry fee covers golf, cart, dinner, practice balls at the range and a golf gift kit. We appreciate prize sponsorship by Rebecca Li-Huang of Merrill Lynch Private Wealth Management. Learn more about her group below. Players of all skill levels are welcome. We will flight the teams with level A-B-C-D players for each team/foursome. We'll play Gold (middle) tees, 6325 yards. Please note the strict DuPont Country Club dress code, detailed below. There will be a cash bar available after the round and during dinner. It promises to be a landmark event, so come ready to play, meet some folks from another alumni club and have fun!
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Date: FRIDAY, August 15, 2008
Time: Consecutive tee times 12:00 noon through 1:30 Location: DuPont Country Club Championship Course Fees: $150 for dues-paying MIT Club Members Limit and Deadline: Absolute limit 40 players; Registration must be made by August 4 Guests: Each alum may bring up to three guests at the appropriate rate for that alum. Handicap Information: Please provide your handicap; official USGA handicap is best. If you do not have an official USGA handicap, then, please indicate how many strokes over par you will typically expect to shoot. Reservations: All participants register via the MIT Infinite Connection: (GSB alumni choose "non IC account registration" button) https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=24701&groupID=158 MIT Delaware Valley Alumni Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: Contact: Cary A. Veith, work: 302.992.2333; mobile: 609.202.8708 DuPont Country Club Golf Dress Code : The DuPont Country Club has a strict dress code. The following are not acceptable attire: cutoffs, athletic/workout shorts, denim of any kind, cargo shorts (with external pockets), collarless T-shirts (although mock-turtle neck golf shirts are permitted), tank tops, metal spikes. Note: women can wear sleeveless tops provided the top extends to the shoulder and men and women can wear suitable short pants as long as they are not more than 5" above the knee. Prize sponsorship by Rebecca Li-Huang of Merrill Lynch Private Wealth Management: We appreciate prize sponsorship by Rebecca Li-Huang and her Private Wealth Management team at Merrill Lynch. Rebecca and her partner manage $400 million of client assets and have 40 years of combined investment experience. Rebecca earned her MBA from Chicago GSB and is the President of Chicago GSB Alumni Club, the co-host of the event. |
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August 23, 2008
Philadelphia Eagles' Lincoln Financial Field -- Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Tour Lincoln Financial Field, the home of the
Philadelphia Eagles. Visit the Field, Locker Room,
Press Box, Club and Suite Levels with your fellow
MIT Alums!
After the tour, enjoy lunch together at McFadden's Restaurant & Saloon, located nearby at Citizens Bank Park (we will pay individually at the restaurant).
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Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Lincoln Financial Field
Lincoln Financial Field Web site
L. F. Field Directions (see important entrance and parking information below).
McFadden's Directions
For Internet mapping or GPS directions to Lincoln Financial Field:
Use the "intersection of 11th Street and Pattison Avenue" as your destination, or search by the name "Lincoln Financial Field."
Entrance and Parking - Important Information:
Please access the stadium through 11th Street (between Lincoln Financial Field & Wachovia Center), off of Pattison Ave. Please park and enter the stadium through the Pepsi Gate.
Cost: $7 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests
$14 for non-members and their guests
Reservations via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=24902&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Tracy Sadowski, e-mail: tracys@alum.mit.edu
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October 06, 2008
A Reception with U. S. Senator Thomas R. Carper
 United States Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE) will address a joint meeting of MIT Club of the Delaware Valley and Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society to cover topics in the realm of science and public policy.
Science and technology are critical components of several topics of current national interest. In particular, public policy addressing energy independence/security and environmental concerns (such as hurricanes and climate change, etc.) requires the knowledge of the scientists and engineers who study the technical underpinnings of these challenges. MIT President Susan Hockfield and American Chemical Society Past-President Katie Hunt have both emphasized the importance of advocacy by members of the scientific community to influence the construction of sound public policy. (Important note: This meeting is to inform our members about the state of science legislation; as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization this Club does not engage in any advocacy or lobbying activities). Senator Carper was born in West Virginia and raised in Virginia. He attended The Ohio State University on a Navy R.O.T.C. scholarship, graduating in 1968 with a B.A. in economics. After serving as a naval flight officer in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War and later as a P-3 aircraft mission commander, Tom Carper returned to Delaware in 1973 where he earned his M.B.A. at the University of Delaware. On January 3, 2001, Thomas Carper became the junior Senator for the State of Delaware. He was re-elected to the United States Senate on November 7, 2006, making him the winningest politician in Delaware’s history, having been elected to state-wide public office a record 12 times. Senator Carper previously served five terms as a United States Congressman (1983 – 1992) and was a two-term Governor of Delaware (1993 – 2000), during which he served as the Chairman of the National Governors’ Association (NGA) and was a member of Amtrak’s board of directors. Senator Carper’s ability to work across party lines has earned him a reputation for consensus-building that is unique in today’s political climate. David Broder of The Washington Post calls Senator Carper “a notably effect and non-partisan leader, admired and trusted on both sides of the aisle.” For the 110th Congress, beginning in January of 2007, Senator Carper gained a seat on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. He retained his assignments and seniority on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, the Environment & Public Works Committee, and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, as well as the Special Committee on Aging. |
Date: Monday, October 6, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM - Social Hour - hors d'oeuvres and cash bar
7:00 - Senator Carper
Location: Hotel DuPont, Gold Ballroom Foyer
11th and Market Streets, Wilmington DE 19801
Phone: 302-441-9019
Hotel DuPont Web site, Directions
Cost: $25 for Dues-paying Club members of MIT Club, ACS or AIChE & their guests
$35 for non-members
$20 for MIT10 Alumni and students
Payments are used entirely to cover event expenses and are not used for political purposes.
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Friday October 3):
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If you don't have an Infinite Connection account use the "Non IC Account Registration" button.
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October 10, 2008
Political Strategies That Shape This Election... Hidden Schemes and Covert Persuasion
Dennis M. Powell, Massey Powell Issues Management Consultants
Note: FRIDAY October 10 -- Change in Date!
 How and where will this Presidential election be won? What strategies – obvious and not so obvious – are the different parties using to win your vote? What do they know – or think they know – about you demographically?
Join us as Dennis Powell shares his insights on this ground-breaking election. Dennis is an experienced strategist with a unique perspective on the language of politicians. He founded Massey Powell, an issues management consulting firm, in 1984, with its business focus to help clients shape and manage public issues resulting from shifts in public opinion, changes in public policy and social, political, and economic trends. Such changes as these can create opportunities or pose threats to an organization’s objectives. Dennis is a dynamic speaker who will provide insight into the stories behind the stories that have resulted in a truly unique election climate and unconventional picks by both major parties. He will address such issues as: How did Hilary lose, and why was she not the choice for Vice President? Who are the real powers behind Obama? Why Sarah Palin? What is at stake in this election? Where should we be focusing our attention? |
  Dennis Powell was born and raised in Philadelphia. He took his bachelor’s degree from LaSalle College where he majored in History with a minor in Philosophy. He earned his M.Ed. from Temple University. Mr. Powell worked as an educator in the Philadelphia School System where he was assistant head of the Social Studies Department. He was retained as an author for Harper & Row to work on the textbook, Economics Today and Tomorrow. He has served as Vice President of the Colonial School District in suburban Philadelphia and has lectured and worked with school districts on managing key issues. Mr. Powell has consulted as a strategist on hundreds of national, statewide and local campaigns, including those at the Governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. President levels. His firm services clients in the fields of health care, infrastructure, cable and telecommunications and energy. More information can be found at masseypowell.com. |
Date: Friday, October 10, 2008 (change in date from Newsletter announcement)
Time: 6:00 PM - Social Hour - cash bar
7:00 - Dinner (roast prime rib, baked lemon chicken, or fillet of flounder)
8:00 - Dennis Powell
Location: Ramada Philadelphia Airport
76 Industrial Highway, Rte. 291, Essington, PA 19029
Phone: 610-521-9600
Ramada Web site, Ramada map
Easy Directions - see note below
Cost: $30 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests
$40 for non-members
$20 for Young Alumni members ('99 or later)
$30 for Young Alumni non-members ('99 or later)
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Monday October 6):
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=25921&groupID=158
If you already have an Infinite Connection account use the "Login" section.
If you don't have an Infinite Connection account go through the "Register" section.
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/dues-login.vm?groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242
e-mail: L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
EASY DIRECTIONS:
From I-95 (N or S) take exit 9A (Essington). Turn right at the light onto the Industrial Highway, Rte. 291. Hotel is 0.4 mile on the left.
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October 25, 2008
Auburn Heights Preserve "Steamin' Weekend"
 Take a step back in time to a simpler age! Come and experience the turn of the twentieth century through the magic of steam locomotion at the beautiful Auburn Heights Preserve!Enjoy a stroll, or sit under the spreading limbs of the mighty oaks and poplars which surround the estate grounds. You won't want to miss seeing the largest collection of Stanley Steamers you're ever likely to see! There are over a dozen Steamers -- All fully restored and in roadworthy condition. Hop aboard the "First Bus" in Delaware -- A Stanley Mountain Wagon -- for a spin around the property in the fully restored Stanley Steamer 1915 Model 820 Mountain Wagon. Also featured is the small -- but mighty -- Auburn Valley Railroad! This 1/8 size railroad boasts two live steam 4-8-4 Northern Locomotives. Also there is free Steam Popcorn! Please join us for a light lunch (sandwiches, chips, slaw, soft drinks & cookies) and tour of the Auburn Heights Preserve. Look for the MIT tent or area when you arrive. We suggest that you bring a blanket or folding chairs. |
Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008
Time: 1:00 PM - Light lunch Location: Auburn Heights Preserve Cost: $22 for Dues-paying Club members, & their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Wednesday, October 22): Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Jim McNeely, 302-743-3619 (cell) |
EASY DIRECTIONS:
 From Philadelphia: Go South on I-95 to Delaware Exit 7B (Delaware Ave). Turn right on Delaware Ave and follow State Hwy 52 north. Continue on SR-52 (Kennett Pike) 4.9 miles to SR-82. Turn left on SR-82 for 5.2 miles to the Auburn Heights.
From Philadelphia Western Suburbs: Take US202 South to Route US1. Turn right onto Route US1, and continue 8 miles to Kennett Square exit off US1. Turn left onto McFarland road for 1.5 miles to Creek Rd/PA-82. Turn left on Creek Rd/PA-82 for 2.4 miles to Auburn Heights, just across DE/PA state line. From New Jersey: From Delaware Memorial Bridge, take right exit off I-295 to I-95 south. Take immediate exit to Newport/Lancaster and SR-141 North. Continue 2.3 miles to Kirkwood Hwy and take exit toward Newark. Turn right from Kirkwood Hwy onto Newport Gap Pike (SR-41 North), continue 5.0 miles to Yorklyn Road. Turn right on Yorklyn Rd for 1.9 miles. Turn left on Creek Rd/SR-82. Continue 0.2 miles to Auburn Heights. From Delaware (Wilmington & North): Take Delaware Ave and follow State Hwy 52 north. Continue on SR-52 (Kennett Pike) 4.9 miles to SR-82. Turn left on SR-82 for 5.2 miles to the Auburn Heights. From Delaware (South of Wilmington): From Kirkwood Hwy, take Newport Gap Pike (SR-41 North), continue 5.0 miles to Yorklyn Road. Turn right on Yorklyn Rd for 1.9 miles. Turn left on Creek Rd/SR-82. Continue 0.2 miles to Auburn Heights. |
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November 12, 2008
Tour of Philadelphia's
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
 | See where art and science meet at this Open House and behind-the-scenes laboratory tour. The Center is one of the largest non-profit regional conservation labs in the country. Specializing in the treatment of art on paper, the Center uses state-of-the-art scientific techniques to handle various conservation problems such as stabilization of fragile material, stain reduction, visual integration of media losses, and rehousing.
Reception with wine and hors d'oeuvres |
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Time: 4:30 – 6:30 PM; Please plan to arrive between 4:30 and 5:00 Location: Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts Cost: $15 for Dues-paying Club members and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Friday, November 7): Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Sid Hess, 610-388-2783 |
SELECTED DIRECTIONS:
 Traveling North on I-95 to Philadelphia:
Traveling South on I-95 to Philadelphia:
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December 12, 2008
Simon Pearce Glassblowing
 | Watch live glassblowing at highly renowned Simon Pearce, then enjoy a reception with your fellow MIT Club members.
The glassblowing is open all day until 7 PM. Our MIT Club reception, with hearty hors d'oeuvres, dessert and coffee, will be served from 6:00 until 8:30. You will also be able to peruse the hundreds of unique hand-blown glass gifts in the Simon Pearce shop. (purchases optional!) |
Time: 6:00 – 8:30 PM MIT Club Reception Location: Simon Pearce Cost: $35 for Dues-paying Club Members and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Tracy Sadowski, 610-566-0597 |
Watch skilled hands in action:
 
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January 23, 2009
Toast to IAP 2009 !
Date: Friday, January 23, 2009 Time: 5:30 - 9:00 PM Location: The Pyramid Club Cost: Free! -- but registration (on-line only) is necessary Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Wednesday Jan. 21): Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: John Gavenonis
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As an added benefit for MIT Alumni and their guests, The Pyramid Club is reducing the Young Executives (those 35 years of age or younger) membership initiation fee by almost 50% for Young Alumni. The initiation fee will be $250 on January 23 only. Furthermore, $50 of the initiation fee will be donated to the MIT Club of the Delaware Valley to support scholarships for the MIT Science and Engineering Program for Teachers (Posted by webmaster at 05:30 PM
February 24, 2009
The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope
 The Hubble telescope lands in Buck County PA on February 24! (well, almost) The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most stunning images of the cosmos humanity has ever seen. It has transformed our understanding of the universe around us, revealing new information about its age and evolution, the life cycle of stars, and the very existence of black holes, among other startling discoveries. Robert Zimmerman will take you behind the scenes of one of the most ambitious scientific instruments ever sent into space. We are pleased to again link with the Explorers Club in this joint meeting.
Robert Zimmerman is an award-winning science writer and historian whose work has appeared in Natural History, the Wall Street Journal and Astronomy, among other leading publications. His books include "Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel" and "Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8." “After World War II, astronomer Lyman Spitzer and a handful of scientists waged a fifty-year struggle to build the first space telescope capable of seeing beyond Earth's atmospheric veil. Zimmerman will explain how many of the telescope's advocates sacrificed careers and family to get it launched, and how others devoted their lives to Hubble only to have their hopes and reputations shattered when its mirror was found to be flawed. This is the story of an idea that would not die - and of the dauntless human spirit. Zimmerman, author of the new book, "The Universe in a Mirror," will describe the heated battles between scientists and bureaucrats, the perseverance of astronauts to repair and maintain the telescope, and much more. Hubble, and the men and women behind it, opened a rare window onto the universe, dazzling humanity with sights never before seen.” |
Date: Tuesday, February, 2009
Time: 5:30 Social hour with cash bar Location: Williamson Restaurant Cost: $35 for Dues-paying Club members and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Wednesday, February 18): Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242 |
CONDENSED DIRECTIONS:
- From PA Turnpike (I-276) take exit 343 (Horsham/Doylestown/Willow Grove).
- Take PA 611 North for 0.9 mile to Blair Road. (about 0.5 mile directly north of the PA Turnpike).
- Williamson Restaurant is at this intersection. Parking is free.
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March 13, 2009
MIT Alum Authors' Night Coffee House
Date: Friday, March 13, 2009 Time: 6:45 PM - Dessert, Coffee & tea Location: The Cynwyd Club Cost: $15 for Dues-paying Club Members & their Guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Wednesday, March 11): Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: John Wilkens 610-444-3242 Directions: |
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March 25, 2009
Admitted Students Meeting
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Join fellow MIT Alums and current students for a reception to welcome students admitted to the MIT Class of 2013. This is a very popular event for prospective students and their families, and we welcome our alums and encourage current students to participate in this celebration. |
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Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM Location: Embassy Suites Hotel - Philadelphia Airport Cost: MIT Club Members and their Guests - $20.00 |  |
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=30083&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens
e-mail: L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
Directions from I-95 to Embassy Suites:
From the North:
I-95 South to Exit 12B -- Phila. Airport, "Lester/Cargo City"
Turn right at the end of the ramp onto Bartram Avenue
Turn right into Embassy Suites
From the South:
I-95 North to Exit 10 -- Route 291
Turn left at first light onto Bartram Avenue
Stay on Bartram for 0.7 mile
Turn right into Embassy Suites
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May 03, 2009
Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research -- Tour
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Join fellow alums for a special visit and tour of Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research in Newark, Delaware. Well-known throughout the country, this is a state-of-the-art wildlife facility that includes animal care wards, surgery and research labs, outdoor aviaries and pools, and an oil-spill study facility. They care for ill, injured, and orphaned wild birds.
Date: Sunday, May 3, 2009
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June 09, 2009
Is Global Warming Affecting Hurricanes?
Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Time: 6:00 PM - Social Hour - cash bar Location: Renaissance Hotel at the Philadelphia Airport Cost: $30 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Thursday, June 4): Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242 |
We are extremely pleased to have MIT Prof. Kerry Emanuel, an internationally recognized expert on hurricanes, to address our annual meeting.
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July 25, 2009
The Brandywiners at Longwood Gardens: Camelot
Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009 Time: 6:00 PM Dinner Location: Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Rd., Cost: $25 per theater ticket for dues-paying Club Members Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: John Wilkens, 610-444-3242, e-mail J.A.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu Rain Information: Brandywiners' Policy on Performance Cancellations and Ticket Refunds The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels performances based only on conditions at Longwood Gardens and, unless extraordinary conditions prevail, not before the 8:30 p.m. curtain time. Summer showers are not extraordinary conditions. Please listen to WDEL, WILM, WJBR, or WPEN, or call 302-478-3355 for cancellation information. |
Join your MIT friends at one of the area’s premier summer events, The Brandywiners’ annual production at Longwood Gardens. This year they are performing another crowd-pleaser, Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot. The Club has its own permanent block of seats (we chose the best in the house).
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September 19, 2009
Eastern State Penitentiary Tour
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2009 Time: 11:30 AM Cost: $9 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Tracy Sadowski |
Visit the Eastern State Penitentiary with your fellow MIT Alums.
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October 13, 2009
Communicating Science to the Public: The Autism-Vaccines Controversy
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Time: 6:00 PM Location: The Cynwyd Club Cost: $30 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: e-mail: mitdvoffit@gmail.com |
Autism has become a front-and-center news topic, not least because of controversy surrounding a possible relationship to infant vaccination. We are pleased to have Dr. Paul Offit of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, to address this issue.
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November 14, 2009
Tour the Wharton Esherick Museum & Studio
Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009 Time: 2:00 PM Cost: $10 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests Location: Wharton Esherick Museum & Studio Travel:Wharton Esherick Museum Directions and Map Parking on museum grounds will hold up to 10 cars. If more parking is needed we may park along Horseshoe Trail Road near the entrance to the Museum. It is a short 50 yard walk to the visitor center from the road. Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Bob Radcliffe |
“Brilliant, Exciting, Innovative, Quirky, Acclaimed .” Those words describe my impression of this museum. I'm Bob Radcliffe, membership VP for the MIT Club of the Delaware Valley. November 14, join with MIT Club of the Delaware Valley in a visit to a museum that was the home and studio of Wharton Esherick, internationally known sculptor. Mr. Esherick became renowned for his work with wood sculpture in the last century, and received international acclaim for his work exhibited at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. The Wharton Esherick museum is located on a wooded hillside near Valley Forge Park.
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December 05, 2009
Heritage Winery Tour and Tasting
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009 Time: 2:00 - 4:30 Location: Heritage Winery Cost:$10 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests
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January 15, 2010
Toast to IAP 2010
Date: Friday, January 15, 2010 Time: 5:00 - 8:00 PM Location: The Pyramid Club Cost: Free! -- but registration (on-line only) is necessary Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: (by Wednesday Jan. 13): Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: John Gavenonis
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March 12, 2010
Reception with United States Senator Ted Kaufman
Date: Friday, March 12, 2010 Time: 6:00 PM -- Social hour: hors d’oeuvres and cash bar Location: DuPont Country Club Cost: $25 for members of the MIT Club or ACS and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: MIT Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: John Gavenonis
Senator Ted Kaufman was appointed to Vice President Biden's vacant U.S. Senate seat by former Governor Ruth Ann Minner on November 24, 2008 and was sworn into office on January 16, 2009. Senator Kaufman is originally from Philadelphia, PA. He graduated from Duke University with a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering, and then earned an MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Senator Kaufman is currently the only U.S. Senator who holds a degree in engineering. Senator Kaufman moved to Delaware in 1966 to work for the DuPont Company. In 1972, he joined Vice President Biden’s long-shot U.S. Senate campaign on a volunteer basis. After Biden's surprise victory in 1973, he took a one-year leave of absence from DuPont to organize and head Senator Biden's Delaware office. In 1976 he became Biden's Chief of Staff / Administrative Assistant and served until 1995. Since leaving Senator Biden’s staff, Senator Kaufman has remained a close friend of Vice President Biden and has advised him on every one of his campaigns. After Senators Barack Obama and Joseph Biden were elected on November 4, 2008, Senator Kaufman was named co-chair of the Vice Presidential Transition Team and was a member of the Advisory Board of the Obama-Biden Transition Project. Since 1991, Senator Kaufman has taught courses addressing topics such as Congress, business, and public policy at the Duke University School of Law, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, and Fuqua School of Business. From 1995 to 1999 he was Co-Chair of the Duke Law School Center for the Study of the Congress. From 1995 until 2008, Senator Kaufman was a Board member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which is the independent, autonomous, federal entity responsible for all U.S. government and government sponsored non-military international broadcasting. One of Senator Kaufman's primary interests while on the BBG was expanding the freedom of the press around the world, a battle he continues in the Senate. He was appointed to the BBG by the Presidents Clinton and Bush and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for four terms. |
Senator Ted Kaufman will address a joint meeting of the MIT Club of the Delaware Valley and the Delaware Section of the American Chemical Society to discuss STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education and related topics. Science and technology are critical components of several topics of current national interest. In particular, public policy addressing American competitiveness, energy independence / security, and environmental concerns requires the knowledge of the scientists and engineers who study the technical underpinnings of these challenges. MIT President Susan Hockfield and American Chemical Society Past-President Katie Hunt have both emphasized the importance of advocacy by members of the scientific community to influence the construction of sound public policy.
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March 23, 2010
Admitted Students Meeting
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Join fellow MIT Alums and current students for a reception to welcome students admitted to the MIT Class of 2014. This is a very popular event for prospective students and their families, and we welcome our alums and encourage current students to participate in this celebration. |
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Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM Location: Renaissance Philadelphia Airport Hotel Cost: MIT Club Members and their Guests - $20.00 |  |
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=41581&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens
e-mail: L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
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April 05, 2010
Personalized Energy for 1 (× 6 Billion)
Date: Monday, April 5, 2010 Time: 6:00 PM -- Social hour: hors d’oeuvres and cash bar Location: Union League of Philadelphia Cost: $30 for MIT Club Members and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: MIT Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: John Gavenonis
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We are extremely pleased to have MIT Professor Daniel Nocera to speak to us on a unique view of the energy future – personalized solar energy. Prof. Nocera will discuss his innovative research in the field of solar energy. His approach to the sustainable energy challenge is to seek a solution that provides personalized solar energy—the capture and storage of solar energy at the individual level. Such a solution addresses three essentials—the energy is plentiful, it is carbon neutral, and it is secure. Personalized energy is secure because it is highly distributed and the individual controls the energy on which she/he lives. Moreover, because energy use scales with wealth, point-of-use solar energy will put individuals, in the smallest village in the non-legacy world and in the largest city of the legacy world, on a more level playing field. Finally, solar energy is plentiful and has the potential to supply the increasing global energy demand which is expected to double by mid-century and triple by 2100, reaching a total of 6 billion people.
Daniel Nocera is the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at MIT, Director of the Solar Revolutions Project and Director of the Eni Solar Frontiers Center. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to the development of renewable energy and was named in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He is also a frequent guest on TV (CNN, ABC Nightline, PBS, ABS Nature’s Edge, Jim Lehrer News Hour, NOVA, CBS, CNBC, Discovery Channel, The Science Channel and Plum in the U.S. and Explora and RAI in Europe), radio (NPR, Bloomberg News, CBS, BBC, All Things Considered, Here and Now, Climate Connections, Voice of America) and is regularly featured in print (New York Times, National Geographic, Forbes, Discover, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, The New Republic, U.S. News and World Report, Outside Magazine, Wired, Technology Review). He currently sits on several advisory boards and in 2008 he founded Sun Catalytix, a company committed to bringing personalized energy to the non-legacy world.Posted by webmaster at 06:00 PM
May 14, 2010
Treasures of the American Philosophical Society
Date: Friday, May 14, 2010 Time:4:30 PM -- Darwin Exhibition Tour Location: American Philosophical Society Cost: $20 for MIT Club Members and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: MIT Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Robert Radcliffe About Elihu Thomson... Excerpted from the MIT Libraries biographical sketch:
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The battle between juried science and pop science raged in 1875, as Thomas Alva Edison announced in the Newark NJ newspapers a new scientific finding which he called “etheric force”. Elihu Thomson (later Acting President of MIT twice between 1920 and 1923) countered Edison's announcement with a careful study published in the scientific journal, Journal of the Franklin Institute.
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June 12, 2010
"Secrets of the Schuylkill" River Boat Tour
Date: Saturday, June 12 Time: 1:45 PM -- Meet Location: Walnut Street Dock Cost: $15 for MIT Club Members and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: MIT Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Larry Ward |
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July 10, 2010
U. S. Mint in Philadelphia -- Tour
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010 Time: U. S. Mint Tour 11:30 AM Location: U. S. Mint, 151 North Independence Mall East Lunch Location: Fork Café (a.k.a. Fork:etc.), 308 Market Street, Philadelphia Cost: FREE Mint Tour, but registration is requested to help us plan. Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Steve Simmons, 856-722-1357, e-mail steve.g.simmons@lmco.com |
Join the MIT Club of the Delaware Valley for a tour of the U. S. Mint in Philadelphia. This is a 45 minute self-guided tour. View the actual coining operations from 40 feet above the factory floor and see the first coining press, used to strike our nation's first coins in 1792. Watch as they make one million coins in 30 minutes – a task that took the early mint three years! Additional tour highlights and other information can be found on the Posted by webmaster at 11:30 AM
July 31, 2010
The Brandywiners at Logwood Gardens: Guys and Dolls
Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010 Time: 6:00 PM Dinner Location: Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Rd., Cost: $25 per theater ticket for dues-paying Club Members Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by July 19): Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: John Wilkens, 610-444-3242, e-mail J.A.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu Terrace Barbeque Buffet Menu Heirloom Tomato Salad, Cucumber, Basil Seasonal Grilled Vegetables Grilled Hamburgers & All Beef Hot Dogs Seasonal Watermelon Assorted Non Alcoholic Beverages Rain Information: Brandywiners' Policy on Performance Cancellations and Ticket Refunds The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels performances based only on conditions at Longwood Gardens and, unless extraordinary conditions prevail, not before the 8:30 p.m. curtain time. Summer showers are not extraordinary conditions. Please listen to WDEL, WILM, WJBR, or WPEN, or call 302-478-3355 for cancellation information. |
Join your MIT friends at one of the area’s premier summer events, The Brandywiners’ annual production at Longwood Gardens' outdoor amphitheater. This year they are performing the classic romantic comedy Guys and Dolls. The Club has its own permanent block of seats (we chose the best in the house). They will sell out quickly so send your reservation soon! If our theater block is sold out, unless you request otherwise in the registration, we will do our best to get the best seats still available. Your tickets will be mailed in late July.
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September 11, 2010
Philadelphia Academy of Music:
"Bluejeans & Flashlights" Structural Tour
Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010 Time: Tour 1: 9:00-10:15 AM (NEW, registration OPEN) Location: Philadelphia Academy of Music Cost: $10 Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection FOR 9:00 TOUR ONLY:
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Bob Radcliffe, 610 719-4963 (home), 484-356-5414 (cell), e-mail bobrad1248@alum.mit.edu |
!!! Due to an almost-immediate fill-up of our "Bluejeans & Flashlights" tour WE HAVE ADDED A SECOND TOUR, STARTING AT 9:00. Register promptly for this new tour, as its size is also strictly limited. We will still hold a "traditional" tour -- now postponed to 2011-- focusing on the performance area, history and grand public areas.
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September 28, 2010
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Real-time Video –
Fighting Insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq
John Kelleher, IS&GS Security group, Lockheed Martin
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Time: 6:00 social hour (cash bar) Location: The Cynwyd Club Cost: $30 for Dues-paying Club members & their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Steve Simmons, 610-531-7321 (work) or 856-722-1357 (home) Directions: |
We will be privileged to have John Kelleher of Lockheed Martin present a technical view of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) -- critical components of modern warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan. In operation, various sensors and formats are used which incorporate industry-leading commercial broadcast technologies to capture terabytes of video data. The vast amounts of video information gathered in this way then need to be collected, archived, searched, and analyzed in order to provide rich operational knowledge and actionable intelligence.
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October 19, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Speaks at the National Constitution Center
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Time: 5:30 Optional light meal at Cafe Olé Location: National Constitution Center Cost: Free, but you must register (see text above) Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242 |
Join fellow alums for this rare opportunity to hear a Supreme Court Justice speak at the National Constitution Center on October 19. Stephen Breyer will be speaking on “Making Our Democracy Work,” which is the title of his new book. He will consider questions that are fundamental to our constitutional system and the future of the Supreme Court. He believes that since the nine members of the Court are not elected, they need to reinforce their institutional legitimacy by pragmatically applying unchanging constitutional values to ever-changing circumstances. The discussion will be facilitated by Adam Liptak, Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times.
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November 13, 2010
Cleopatra Exhibition at the Franklin Institute
Date: Saturday, November 13, 2010 Time: 2:00 IMAX film: "Mummies" Location: The Franklin Institute Cost: $25 for dues-paying Club Members and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, 610-444-3242 |
Join fellow alums for a tour of the world premiere exhibition of “Cleopatra—The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt”. Cleopatra was one of the most fascinating women in history. Although she is commonly remembered for being beautiful, during her lifetime she was probably more well-known for her intelligence, charm, wit, and ambition. At times she even appeared ruthless. However, she took a great interest in her subjects’ welfare and knew how to win their affection. She is particularly remembered for having loved and developed loyal relationships with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, two of the greatest Roman leaders of her day and each played a significant political role in Cleopatra’s reign as the last queen of Egypt. Caesar brought Cleopatra back into power after she had been dethroned by her brother. After Caesar’s assassination Cleopatra sided with Mark Antony and won him over ultimately hoping to keep her sons in line to reign over Rome.
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December 04, 2010
Winterthur Holiday Tour
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Registration Deadline: Friday, Nov. 26
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January 14, 2011
Toast to IAP 2011
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011 Time: 5:30 - 8:00 PM Location: The Pyramid Club Cost: $10 Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: (by Wednesday Jan. 12): Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: John Gavenonis
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February 26, 2011
Invention and Innovation During the First 100 Years at the Franklin Institute
Date: Saturday, February 26, 2011 Time: 1:30 - 3:00 PM Location: The Franklin Institute Cost: $15 for dues-paying Club Members and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Larry Ward e-mail Lward@alum.mit.edu |
John Alviti, Senior Curator of Collections at the Franklin Institute, will be speaking about the role which “invention and innovation” played in the work of the Institute’s Committee on Science and the Arts (CSA), as well as the work on the Committee on American Business Manufactures (trade fairs), the Committee on the Library (patents), and the Committee on The Journal of The Franklin Institute.
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March 12, 2011
"If These Walls Could Talk..." Tour of the Academy of Music
Date: Saturday, March 12, 2011 Time: 9:00 AM Cost: $20 for dues-paying Club Members and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
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From the first performance of Il Travatore in the Western Hemisphere to the nomination of U.S. Grant to be the Republican candidate for President of the United States, the Academy of Music on Broad Street in Philadelphia has figured prominently in the history of our nation.
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March 23, 2011
Admitted Students Meeting
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Join fellow MIT Alums and current students for a reception to welcome students admitted to the MIT Class of 2015. This is a very popular event for prospective students and their families, and we welcome our alums and encourage current students to participate in this celebration. |
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Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM Location: Renaissance Philadelphia Airport Hotel Cost: MIT Club Members and their Guests - $20.00 |  Current students discuss their lives at MIT and answer questions from admittees. |
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=52442&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens
e-mail: L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
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April 14, 2011
Successful Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer's Disease
MIT Prof. Suzanne Corkin
Date: Saturday, May 7, 2011 Time: 9:45 AM Assemble Location: Independence Visitors Center, Cost: $20 for dues-paying Club Members and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Larry Ward, e-mail lward@alum.mit.edu |
The Center City trolley tour takes guests through the Avenue of the Arts, City Hall, Old City, Spring Garden, Chinatown, and more. See Philadelphia's most iconic murals in addition to City landmark attractions. Experienced guides lead participants through Philadelphia’s diverse neighborhoods, providing an “off the beaten path,” behind-the-scenes look at some of the city’s 3,000 murals, including details on how they are made and the stories behind them. A mural arts trolley tour is a can’t-miss, uniquely Philadelphia, experience.
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June 01, 2011
Asteroids: Friends or Foes?
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 Time: 6:00 Social Hour (cash bar) Location: Renaissance Philadelphia Airport Hotel Cost: $25 for dues-paying Club Members and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, e-mail L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu |
One of the most profound legacies of the twentieth century space age is the realization that Earth impacts by asteroids and comets pose a hazard to civilization. But what is the level of this hazard? Is there cause for any serious concern? On the other hand what is the potential for beneficial use of these objects as future space resources? And are humans destined to visit asteroids as the first “stepping stones” in interplanetary space travel? Join us as Prof. Binzel, one of the world’s leading scientists on asteroids, addresses these questions.
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June 25, 2011
“Engine Room” Tour of Armored Cruiser Olympia
Date: Saturday, June 25, 2011 Time: 10:15 AM Location: Independence Seaport Museum Cost: $10 for dues-paying Club Members and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Bob Radcliffe, e-mail bobrad1248@alum.mit.edu; phone: 484-356-5414 |
Join with us for a “below decks” tour of the famed Armored Cruiser Olympia at Philadelphia’s Independence Seaport Museum. Our tour leader will take us on board the Olympia and speak of the historic events experienced by the ship, officers and crew. Then, in a special tour, we will explore below decks in the engine room and boiler rooms.
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July 30, 2011
The Brandywiners at Longwood Gardens: Kiss Me, Kate!
Date: Saturday, July 30, 2011 Time: 6:00 PM Dinner Location: Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Rd., Cost: $25 per theater ticket for dues-paying Club Members Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by July 20): Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: John Wilkens, 610-444-3242, e-mail J.A.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu Terrace Barbeque Buffet Menu Heirloom Tomato Salad, Cucumber, Basil Seasonal Grilled Vegetables Grilled Hamburgers & All Beef Hot Dogs Seasonal Watermelon Assorted Non Alcoholic Beverages Rain Information: Brandywiners' Policy on Performance Cancellations and Ticket Refunds The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels performances based only on conditions at Longwood Gardens and, unless extraordinary conditions prevail, not before the 8:30 p.m. curtain time. Summer showers are not extraordinary conditions. Please listen to WDEL, WILM, WJBR, or WPEN, or call 302-478-3355 for cancellation information. |
Join your MIT friends at one of the area’s premier summer events, The Brandywiners’ annual production at Longwood Gardens' outdoor amphitheater. This year they are performing Cole Porter's classic Kiss Me, Kate! The Club has its own permanent block of seats (we chose the best in the house). They will sell out quickly so send your reservation soon! Your tickets will be mailed in late July.
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August 13, 2011
Planetarium Technology: Spitz, Inc. Tour & Demonstration
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Location: Spitz, Inc. Cost: $10 for dues-paying Club Members and their guests Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Bob Radcliffe Directions: Spitz is located just off Rt. 1, south of the intersection of U.S. Rt. 1 and U.S. Rt. 202, in Painters’ Crossing, Delaware County, PA.  |
Our Club will tour a small, privately held company located in Chadds Ford, PA that has become the world’s largest supplier of planetariums and domes, with over 1,200 installations worldwide. Bring your children aged 5 to 15 along for a family-focused presentation at 10 AM. Following this young people's presentation, the young people will have a chance to sample water ice while the adults continue in the planetarium with a presentation of technology and market innovation that allows Spitz to compete in a worldwide market.
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September 24, 2011
RotorFest All-Helicopter Air Show
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011 Time: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Rain or Shine Location: American Helicopter Museum Cost: NEW PRICING AS OF 9/11: $15 for adults Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Sept. 19): Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Anna Tomassini Porter, 716-440-2667, e-mail anita@alum.mit.edu |
Join your MIT friends at the world’s largest all-helicopter air show. The US Army Black Daggers Parachute Team and numerous helicopters will headline this year’s event. Over 30 different military, civilian, and kit-built rotorcraft are expected for the weekend. The club has purchased a block of advanced discount tickets so send your reservation soon. We will mail physical tickets upon registration.
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October 06, 2011
Marcellus Shale Gas in Pennsylvania
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Gas from the Marcellus Shale has attracted great attention across the nation. We are privileged to have the Pennsylvania State Geologist, George E. W. Love, P.G., speak to us about this timely subject.
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October 29, 2011
Longwood Gardens "Behind-the-Scenes Engineering" Tour
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Join fellow alums for a “behind the scenes engineering" tour of Longwood Gardens. The Longwood Operations people have arranged a fascinating tour of the facilities that will include the Fountains, Pump House, Tunnels and Boiler operations, and end with the Organ Museum. The tour, which has been specifically arranged for our group, will include historical information as well as operational details.
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November 16, 2011
Successful Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer's Disease
 What is the biological basis of “memory” and what does this teach us about healthy aging? Certainly we would all like to minimize those senior moments and also avoid Alzheimer’s Disease. What is the latest research in this area? MIT Prof. Suzanne Corkin will share with us her renowned research into the biological bases of human memory systems, cognitive and neural characteristics of healthy aging, and the natural history and pathophysiology of degenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Building on decades of interdisciplinary research experience, her lab’s experiments integrate cognitive testing with the latest technological analyses, including structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), genotyping, and magnetoencephalography (MEG), which measures extremely weak magnetic fields emitted from the head due to brain activity.
Prof. Corkin’s talk will describe the clinical, neuropathological, and genetic characteristics of aging and how they relate to specific memory processes. She will present information on the observed differences between degenerative disorders and healthy aging and share with us her own personal recommendations for successfully living those later years. Suzanne Corkin is Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. She received degrees from Smith (BA) and McGill (M.Sc. & Ph.D.) and then joined the staff at MIT in 1964. She has had an illustrious career there and during her many years of research she has received numerous honors including “Neuropsychologist of the Year” in 1998. She is particularly well known for her investigation of the famous amnesiac patient, Henry Molaison, whom she met in 1962 and studied until his death in 2008. She has recently written a book about him that describes his personal story and his groundbreaking contributions to the science of memory. Photo courtesy of MIT. |
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Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Time: 6:00 Social hour with cash bar Location: Renaissance Philadelphia Airport Hotel Cost: MIT Club Members and their Guests - $25 |  Prof. Corkin's lab uses brain imaging techniques to study the effects of aging on cognition. |
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=60041&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, e-mail: L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
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December 03, 2011
Yards Brewery Tour
Time: 4:00 - 7:00 PM Location: Yards Brewing Company Cost: $18 for Beer-tasting Dues-paying Club Members Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Tracy Sadowski  |
Come tour the Yards Brewery with your fellow alums. The tour starts at 4PM, and will be followed by appetizers, an optional beer tasting (beer-tasting ticket type), and fun.
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January 20, 2012
Toast to IAP 2012
Date: Friday, January 20, 2012 Time: 5:30 - 8:00 PM Location: The Pyramid Club Cost: $10 Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection: (by Wednesday Jan. 18): Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: Ernest Cuni
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As an added benefit for MIT Alumni and their guests, The Pyramid Club is reducing the Young Executives (those 35 years of age or younger) membership initiation fee by almost 50% to $250 for young alumni. Alumni who do not qualify for the Young Executive program (36 years of age or older) have the opportunity to join The Pyramid Club with a $500 membership initiation fee (normally $1,000). Current monthly dues will reflect the standard rate. In addition, 20% of the Initiation Fee will be donated to the MIT Club of the Delaware Valley to support scholarships for the MIT Science and Engineering Program for Teachers. For more information, please contact Maureen Coyle, Membership Director at 215-979-3131 or email her at Posted by webmaster at 05:30 PM
February 28, 2012
CSI in Real Life!
Dr. Walter Hofman, Coroner, Montgomery County, PA
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CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) shows are currently some of the most popular TV shows, but does their portrayal of forensic science match reality? Join fellow alums for an insightful evening with Dr. Walter Hofman, an internationally known and highly-respected forensic pathologist. He will talk about the currently available forensic science tools and just how reliable they are. As he compares them to their use in TV shows he will also comment on how the TV shows have affected our current beliefs and trends both inside the courtroom and out. He will include some of his own interesting and sometimes humorous cases. Not only is he an excellent scientist, he is also an engaging speaker. |
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Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Time: 6:00 Social Hour with cash bar Location: Embassy Suites Hotel - Philadelphia Airport Cost: MIT Club Members and their Guests - $25 | |
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=64921&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens
e-mail: L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
Directions from I-95 to Embassy Suites:
From the North:
I-95 South to Exit 12B -- Phila. Airport, "Lester/Cargo City"
Turn right at the end of the ramp onto Bartram Avenue
Turn right into Embassy Suites
From the South:
I-95 North to Exit 10 -- Route 291
Turn left at first light onto Bartram Avenue
Stay on Bartram for 0.7 mile
Turn right into Embassy Suites
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March 17, 2012
Roebling Museum Tour
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Create a wire cable for an incline railway to lift canal barge traffic over the Allegheny mountains. Leverage that knowledge to create a wire suspension cable for bridges, and use that technology to build the most enduring symbol of suspension bridges in the world, the Brooklyn Bridge. The MIT Club of the Delaware Valley will learn, in a docent-led tour, about those achievements and more about the growth of a 120 year old family owned business when we visit the Roebling Museum. |
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Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 noon Location: Roebling Museum Cost: MIT Club Members and their Guests - $6 |  |
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=65341&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Bob Radcliffe
e-mail: bobrad1248@aol.com
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April 17, 2012
Seeds of Change:
The Story of America’s Great Seedhouses and
How they Affected American History
MIT Alum Barbara Melera
President and CEO of Landreth Seed Co.
 
The flowers we enjoy, the food we eat—much of it comes from seeds. But how much do we know about how all of these seeds came to be? Did you know that in 1798 the first zinnia seeds were sold in America; that the spinach you eat today was developed in 1826; that the information contained in seed catalogs taught generations of Americans how to farm and live off the land? Ms. Melera will trace the history of the seed trade in America from 1784 when the first seedhouse establishment was opened through the 20th century. She will discuss the founding of Breck, Buist, Ferry Morse, Burpee, Park, Henderson, C. H. Lippincott and Bodger as well as Landreth and will tell the story of some of the seed trade’s greatest traditions—including the development of seed catalogs, and why they were established, and how the men who lead this industry helped to build a nation.
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Venture capitalist Barbara Melera received an S.B. in Mathematics and Soviet Studies from MIT in 1971 and an S.M. in Finance and the Management of Technology from the Sloan School in 1981. She is currently the president and CEO of The D. Landreth Seed Company, the oldest seedhouse in America, established in 1784, and the fourth-oldest U.S. corporation. In September, 2003, she purchased Landreth from the then owners and proceeded to restore the company. Today Landreth is recognized as one of the leading providers of heirloom vegetable, flower and herb seed.
Prior to purchasing Landreth, Ms. Melera was the Managing Partner of Tritech Partners, LLP, a seed stage venture capital partnership which invested in early stage technology enterprises in the Mid-Atlantic region. As a venture capitalist she helped to found more than 30 companies and was a Director of more than 20 firms in the software, computer, telecommunication, environmental, healthcare, biotech and agri-science industries. Throughout her career she has been privileged to be involved with some of the most interesting, innovative technologies and entrepreneurs of the 20th century. (images courtesy of Barbara Melera and the Landreth Seed Co.)
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Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Time: 6:00 Social Hour with cash bar Location: Renaissance Philadelphia Airport Hotel Cost: MIT Club Members and their Guests - $25 |  |
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=66702&groupID=158
Club Membership: Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Steve Simmons, 610-531-7321 (work) or 856-722-1357 (home)
e-mail steve.g.simmons@lmco.com
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May 20, 2012
Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market Tour
The original Philadelphia Regional Produce Market® opened its doors in 1959 with the "terminal market" concept in produce marketing. Today and 50 years later, the Market is an even bigger success with a brand new, state of the art facility, which opened in January 2011.
We will have lunch at noon on Sunday, followed by a tour of the facility. Images courtesy of the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market. |
 Date: Sunday, May 20, 2012
Time: 12:00 noon -- lunch and tour Location: Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market Access via Public Transportation: The "G" bus goes as far as 63rd street on Essington Avenue, and is accessible from the Broad Street line, and other trolleys. You would have to walk from 63rd to 67th (1/2 mile), where the produce facility is, or have an Alum pick you up. Septa Schedule Cost: MIT Club Members and their Guests - $10 |
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=67241&groupID=158
Club Membership: Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Tracy Sadowski, e-mail tracys@alum.mit.edu
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June 26, 2012
Exoplanets and the Search for Habitable Worlds
Prof. Sara Seager, MIT | |
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 For thousands of years people have wondered, “Are we Alone?” With hundreds of exoplanets discovered to orbit nearby stars, the race to find another habitable planet is on. Professor Seager will answer the four questions she gets asked most often: “What could aliens see, looking at Earth from afar?”; “When will we find another Earth?”; “Can we go there?”; and “If we cannot go there, why look?”
Prof. Seager has been a pioneer in the vast and unknown world of exoplanets, planets that orbit stars other than the sun. For her Ph.D. thesis at Harvard she studied the atmospheres of so-called hot Jupiter planets—large, gaseous bodies orbiting close to their host stars. At that time many scientists were skeptical of the new planets, but they kept turning up, and Seager’s early work was eventually validated. Now her ground-breaking research ranges from the detection of exoplanet atmospheres and the characterization of the interior structures of these planets, to the development of novel space telescopes, and on to innovative theories about life on other worlds. Like an astronomical Indiana Jones, she’s on a quest after the field’s holy grail—the discovery of a true Earth twin. Prof. Seager received her B.Sc. in mathematics and physics from the University of Toronto in 1994 and her Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University in 1999. Before joining MIT in 2007, she spent four years on the senior research staff at the Carnegie Institution of Washington preceded by three years at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. She was the 2012 recipient of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences and the 2007 recipient of the American Astronomical Society’s Helen B. Warner Prize. She has been recognized in the media by Popular Science Magazine’s Fifth Annual Brilliant Ten in 2006, Discover Magazine’s “Best 20 under 40” in 2008, and she was named in Nature’s Top Ten in 2011. This event is produced in cooperation with the MIT Alumni Association as a Faculty Forum. Photos courtesy of Prof. Seager. |
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Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Time: 6:00 Social hour with cash bar Location: Renaissance Philadelphia Airport Hotel Cost: MIT Club Members and their Guests - $25 |  Kepler space telescope. |
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=67961&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Lucie Wilkens, e-mail: L.S.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
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July 14, 2012
Canoeing on the Brandywine
| Weather Update: According to Weather.com the weather is supposed to clear in time for our Canoeing! | |
 It's Summer! Come enjoy the season with your fellow MIT alums by canoeing down the Brandywine River! Following the canoe ride, satiate your hunger with an outdoor-grill lunch, and socialize with your fellow alums.
We'll be meeting at the office of the Northbrook Canoe Company where they will transport us to our drop-off location. They will provide all supplies including canoes, paddles, and life jackets. The trip along the river will last approximately 2.5 hours, and include one portage where we'll need to carry our canoes around a small damn. The river is mostly calm with only light rapids, and the scenery is outstanding: peaceful, bucolic, and with trees that stretch across the river to create a verdant, often shaded journey. At the end of our soul-refreshing voyage we'll be back at the Northbrook office where lunch will be served outdoors. Hot off the grill will be your choice of hamburger, veggie burger, or hot dog, served with fries and your choice of an assortment of drinks (sodas, Gatorade, water, iced-tea). For dessert there will yummy ice-cream sandwiches. The burgers can be had with or without cheese. Please indicate your food preference when you sign up. Since the water is only a few inches deep in some locations, the general advice is to limit canoe weight to approximately 400 pounds to reduce the chances of grounding. Thus in most cases, there will be two people per canoe. However, if desired, a third person can ride in the center on the floor of the canoe. This is a family friendly event and children are more than welcome. However, Northbrook Canoe specifies that no child under the age of two will be permitted. Further, there must be at least one person of ten years of age or older for every person less than ten years of age in every canoe. For more important information please read the Northbrook Canoe FAQ You will also be required to sign a waiver before departing. In order to speed up the process upon arrival, consider accessing the waiver form on-line, printing and signing it, and bringing it with you to hand in before the trip: Northbrook Canoe Release Form It is essential to arrive before 11:00 AM. It's imperative that everyone make it to the office by this time since the vans taking us to our drop-off location will leave shortly afterwards, and we will not be able to wait for any late-comers. Lunch will be served at approximately 2:30 PM. However, we encourage you to bring something to drink during your trip, and snacks may also be brought if desired (following the guidelines in the FAQ). Please make your reservations by Monday, July 9 – earlier would help our event planning ;-) |
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Date: Saturday, July 14, 2012
Time: 10:45 AM Arrive at Northbrook Canoe Location: Northbrook Canoe Company Cost: MIT Club Members and their Guests - $35 |
Reservations: via MIT Infinite Connection (by Monday July 9; earlier to help us plan!):
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=68461&groupID=158
Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line:
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/PayDues.dyn?groupID=158
For Questions: Ernest Cuni, e-mail: eacuni@alum.mit.edu
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July 28, 2012
The Brandywiners at Longwood Gardens: Hello Dolly!
Date: Saturday, July 28, 2012 Time: 6:00 PM Dinner Location: Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Rd., Cost: $28 per theater ticket for dues-paying Club Members Reservations: via the MIT Infinite Connection – by Friday Morning, July 20 Club Membership -- Join or Renew on-line: For Questions: John Wilkens, 610-444-3242, e-mail J.A.Wilkens@alum.mit.edu
Terrace Barbeque Buffet Menu: * Tri Color Potato Salad, * Corn on the Cob, Herb Butter * Grilled Hamburgers, Black Bean Burgers & All Beef Hot Dogs * Build Your Own: Ice Cream Station * Assorted Non Alcoholic Beverages Rain Information: Brandywiners' Policy on Performance Cancellations and Ticket Refunds: The Brandywiners, Ltd. cancels performances based only on conditions at Longwood Gardens and, unless extraordinary conditions prevail, not before the 8:30 p.m. curtain time. Summer showers are not extraordinary conditions. Please listen to WDEL, WILM, WJBR, or WPEN, or call 302-478-3355 for cancellation information. |
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