Jefferson Society — Fall 2009 Speakers

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Fall 2009 Speaker Series

Friday, September 4th, 7:29 AM Jefferson Hall	Michael Behe Professor of Biochemistry, Lehigh University; Author, Darwin’s Black Box and The Edge of Evolution.
Friday, September 11th, 7:29 AM Jefferson Hall	Nicholas Schmidle Journalist, recipient of the Kurt Schork Award for courage in Journalism for his reporting from Afghanistan and Pakistan; Author, To Live or to Perish Forever.
Friday, September 18th, 7:29 AM Jefferson Hall	Kenneth Elzinga C. Robert Taylor Chair in Economics, University of Virginia.
Friday, October 9th, 7:29 AM Jefferson Hall	C. Brian Kelly & Ingrid Smyer-Kelly Mr. Kelly is a Journalism Professor, University of Virginia; Co-Authors Best Little Stories From the Life and Times of Winston Churchill
Thursday, October 15th, TBD	James Carafano Assistant Director of The Heritage Foundation’s Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, Senior Research Fellow for defense and homeland security issues; expert featured in the documentary film 33 Minutes.
Friday, October 23rd, 7:29 AM Jefferson Hall	Susan Y. "Syd" Dorsey Operational and Policy Advisor, Alliance Group; Member of the Board of Visitors, University of Virginia.
Friday, October 30th, 7:29 AM Jefferson Hall	Jim Alvarez-Mourey Executive Director Greenlight Research Group; leading think tank on professional relationship development and maintenance. Collaborator, bestselling book Who’s Got Your Back; Author of forthcoming Never Eat Alone: College Edition. Marketing Professor, University of Michigan.
Friday, November 6th, 7:29 AM Jefferson Hall	Ronald J. Pestritto Charles & Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution and Associate Professor of Political Science, Hillsdale College; Author, Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism.
Friday, November 13th, 7:29 AM Jefferson Hall	Scott Craig Jones as Edgar Allan Poe Performing some of Mr. Poe’s greatest works; reminiscing about life and death.

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