SOM Leaders Forum to feature Hearst Magazines executive
The School of Management Leaders Forum will present a talk by George J. Green, president and chief executive officer of Hearst Magazines International, on Tuesday, Feb. 12.
Green’s talk will take place 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in the General Motors Room, Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Ave. The talk is free and open to the public.
A Yale College graduate, Green is the executive vice president of Hearst Magazines and vice president of the Hearst Corporation. As president of Hearst Magazines International, he is responsible for approximately 115 licensed or joint-ventured editions of Hearst Magazines in 47 countries.
Formerly president and chief operating officer (COO) of The New Yorker Magazine Inc., Green joined Hearst Magazines in 1984 as executive vice president/group publishing director with responsibility for seven titles.
His 22-year career at The New Yorker encompassed nearly every phase of the magazine’s operations. He joined the magazine in 1962 as a member of the advertising sales staff and was elected to the board of directors in 1973. He was named a vice president in 1974 before being elected president and COO in June 1975.
Green served as president of FIPP, the International Federation of the Periodical Press, from 1991 to 1993. He has been a member of the board of directors of the Magazine Publishers of America since 1976, serving as its chair from 1981 to 1983.
Education and diversity expert to be guest at master’s tea
Deborah Bial, president and founder of the Posse Foundation Inc., will be the guest at a master’s tea on Wednesday, Feb. 13.
Bial will speak at 4:30 p.m. in the Calhoun College’s master’s house, 434 College St. The tea is free and open to the public.
Bial is considered to be an expert in the field of education and leadership development, especially regarding issues of diversity and the admissions process. In 1989 she founded the Posse Foundation Inc., a youth leadership development and college access organization that identifies groups of students (posses) from diverse backgrounds and sends them to selective colleges and universities. Since its development, the organization has grown to be one of the most comprehensive college access and scholarship programs in the United States.
In addition, Bial developed a college admissions tool known as an “Adaptability Index,” which is used to help evaluate and identify leadership potential in addition to traditional college admissions measures. She has also received numerous awards for her achievements.
Hume Lecture will explore paradise and the afterlife
The 48th annual Edward H. Hume Memorial Lecture will be given by Stephen F. Teiser, the D.T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies and professor in the Department of Religion at Princeton University, on Thursday, Feb. 14.
Titled “The Construction of Paradise in Chinese Buddhist Liturgies,” Teiser’s talk will take place at 4 p.m. in the auditorium, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave. A reception will follow in the second floor common room. Sponsored by the Council on East Asian Studies, the talk is open to the public and free of charge.
In his talk, Teiser will explore the way paradise and the afterlife was conceived and enacted in liturgies for funerals, memorial services, healing ceremonies, and other rites in eighth-tenth century Dunhuang (northwest China). The lecture proposes a performative analysis of several hundred manuscript prayers written by local Buddhist priests.
The Edward H. Hume Memorial Lecture, made possible by the generosity of the colleagues, friends and family of Edward H. Hume, brings to Yale eminent scholars of East Asian studies. Dr. Edward H. Hume devoted much of his long and vigorous life to working in China on health care and medical training, served as President of the Colleges of Yale-in-China from 1923 to 1927, and founded the Hsiang-ya Medical School and Hospital in Changsha under the auspices of Yale-in-China.
Zigler Center lecture to focus on persistent poverty
Douglas Hall, associate research director at Connecticut Voices for Children in New Haven, will speak in the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy lecture series on Friday, Feb. 15.
Hall will discuss “Understanding Persistent Poverty in the Midst of Great Wealth” 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Rm. 116, William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St. The talk is free and open to the public. For further information, email sandra.bishop@yale.edu or call (203) 432-9935.
Hall, who joined Connecticut Voices for Children in 2001, contributes to Voices’ tax and budget and family economic security work. He was the lead author of “The State of Working Connecticut,” an annual report that highlights the challenges faced by working families in an increasingly tumultuous economy, and is currently working on the third biennial Connecticut Family Asset Scorecard.
Prior to joining Connecticut Voices for Children, Hall worked at Kentucky Youth Advocates. He has also spent time working in the public sector, for the Government of Ontario, and in academia, teaching at Ontario’s McMaster University and Nipissing University, and at Kentucky’s Eastern Kentucky University.
Energy scientist is next Zucker Environmental Fellow
Steven Koonin, head scientist for the global energy company BP, will speak at Yale Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 18 and 19, as the Benjamin and Barbara Zucker Environmental Fellow.
Koonin will be guest speaker at a master’s tea on Monday at 4 p.m. in the Berkeley College Master’s House, 125 High St. On Tuesday, he will give a public lecture titled “Energy: Facts, Challenges & Responses” at 4 p.m. in Davies Auditorium, Becton Center, 15 Prospect St.
In 2004, Koonin left academia to serve as head scientist for BP, one of the largest oil companies in the world. As chief scientist, he is responsible for implementing BP’s annual $500 million research budget. He played an active role in the creation of the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI), a partnership involving BP, the University of California (Berkeley), the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Illinois. EBI focuses on energy biosciences and brings together chemists, engineers, plant geneticists and other researchers to find ways to expand knowledge and production of biofuels.
The Zucker Fellowship was established in 1990 by a gift from Yale College alumni from the Class of 1962 to bring a major scientist, public policy figure or author in the field of environmental studies to campus each year to encourage students to embark on careers in environmental fields.
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