Novelist to read from her work
Novelist Ann Beattie will read from her work on Monday, Nov. 4, at 8:30 p.m. in Byers Hall (the common room) in Silliman College, 505 College St. Her reading, one in a series featuring authors from The Yale Review, is free and open to the public.
Ms. Beattie's story "Coydog" appeared in the February 1995 issue of The Yale Review. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, and she is the author of many books, including "Chilly Scenes of Winter," "Falling in Place," "The Burning House," "Love Always," "Where You'll Find Me," "Picturing Will," and the forthcoming novel, "My Life, Starring Dara Falcon." She lives in Maine with her husband, Lincoln Perry, a painter.
"Ann Beattie is a sly, elegant stylist whose novels and stories have captured the strange ways Americans live with each other in a culture of eccentric obsessions," says J.D. McClatchy, editor of The Yale Review. "We're delighted that she will be making one of her rare appearances here at Yale."
For further information, call 432-0499.
Responsible decision-making is topic of alumnus' talk
Mike Rion, the founder and principal of Resources for Ethical Management, will be the first speaker in a series on ethics sponsored by students at the Divinity School on Tuesday, Nov. 5. His talk will be at 1 p.m. in Edwards Dining Room of the Divinity School, 409 Prospect St. The public is invited to attend, free of charge.
Resources for Ethics and Management helps organizations improve performance and strengthen responsible decision-making through the practical application of ethical principles and the encouragement of values-driven behavior. Mr. Rion, who earned both a M.Div. and a Ph.D. degree from Yale, has led hundreds of workshops for managers and employees at all levels on responsible decision- making. He has also consulted on ethics and management with corporations, government and community groups. Prior to forming his consulting firm in 1989, he served for six years as president of Hartford Seminary, an interdenominational center. He formerly was director of corporate responsibility at Cummins Engine Company, where he worked directly with line managers on issues of responsible management. He is the author of the 1990 book "The Responsible Manager."
Students from the Divinity School who are sponsoring Mr. Rion's visit invite University alumni who are involved in the field of ethics to participate in their speaker series. Interested individuals are asked to contact Professor Gene Outka, 58 Beecher, Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511.
Corporation law to be topic of Raben Fellow lecture
The Honorable William T. Allen, chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, will speak on the topic "Conflicting Paradigms in Corporation Law" on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 4:30 p.m. in the faculty lounge of the Law School, 127 Wall St. Mr. Allen comes to Yale as the 1996 Raben Fellow. His talk is free and open to the public.
The Delaware Court of Chancery is a non-jury trial court, established in 1792, that is the nation's only specialized court of corporation law. The court also exercises jurisdiction over trusts, real property, guardianships, civil rights and a wide variety of commercial litigation. Mr. Allen assumed the duties of chief judge of the Court of Chancery in 1985. During his tenure, he has written more than 500 judicial opinions on a broad range of legal questions. Many of these opinions have focused on the fiduciary obligations of corporate directors. Before assuming his current office, Chancellor Allen practiced litigation and business law in Wilmington, Delaware. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and twice served as the Herman Phelger Visiting Professor of Law at Stanford University. In 1993 he was the Distinguished Lecturer in International Business and Trade on the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law. A member of the American and Delaware Bar Associations, the American Law Institute and the American Economics Association, Mr. Allen has also served as a member of the Board of Pardons of the State of Delaware.
Director of ethnohistory project to present museum lecture
Kevin McBride, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Connecticut and director of the Mashantucket Pequot Ethnohistory Project, will give an update on the proposed new Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center on Wednesday, Nov. 6. His talk, which is free with museum admission, will begin at 3 p.m. at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave.
The Mashantucket Pequot tribe will open its museum and research center on June 1, 1998. The center, which is devoted to American Indian histories and cultures, represents the Mashantucket Pequots' continuing commitment to spread understanding of American Indian cultures. The design and construction of the exhibits and research facility are the result of a long-term collaborative effort between the tribe, historians and anthropologists to reconstruct the history and culture of the tribe.
Admission to the Peabody Museum is $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 3-15. For the museum's InfoTape, call 432-5050.
Writer of 'Apollo 13' to talk at master's tea
Bill Broyles, whose career has been divided between magazine writing and editing and writing television shows and motion pictures, will be the guest at a tea on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 4 p.m. in the Jonathan Edwards College master's house, 70 High St. The event is free and open to the public.
After serving in Vietnam, Mr. Broyles founded and became editor of the magazine Texas Monthly, which won the National Magazine Award during his tenure. After serving briefly as editor- in-chief of New West/California magazine, he became editor-in-chief of Newsweek, a post he held 1982-84. He then co-created the four- time Emmy Award-winning television series "China Beach" and served as an executive consultant for the series. He was an executive producer of the television series "Undercover" 1990-91 and was writer-producer for ABC Productions the following year. Since coauthoring "Apollo 13," for which he and co-author Al Reinert were nominated for an Academy Award, Mr. Broyles has been writing three full-length features for 20th Century Fox.
Mr. Allen is author of the book "Brothers in Arms: A Journey From War to Peace," and has written dozens of articles, reviews and stories for such magazines as The Atlantic, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, The New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times and Reader's Digest, among others. A number of his stories appear in anthologies. He also wrote the introduction to William Brammer's "The Gay Place" and the best-selling "Dear America," an edition of letters from Vietnam soldiers. His honors include a distinguished achievement award from the Vietnam Veterans of America and a Bronze Star.
Theater producer/entrepreneur to be guest at master's tea
Theater producer and entrepreneur Roger Horchow '50 will be the featured guest at a tea on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 4 p.m. in the Calhoun College master's house, 434 College St. The event is free and open to the public; however, as space is limited, those interested in attending should call 432-0742.
Mr. Horchow produced the Broadway show "Crazy for You" in 1991 and is the author of two books, "Elephants in Your Mailbox" and "Living in Style." For many years he owned and operated his own Dallas-based mail-order business, the Horchow Collection, which he sold to Neiman Marcus eight years ago. He has long been active in alumni activities at the University, where he has served as a delegate of the Association of Yale Alumni, an associate fellow of Calhoun College and a member of the Yale Development Board. In 1988, he donated $5 million to the University for the renovation of Calhoun College; his earlier gifts include the endowment of a scholarship and renovation funds and a gift for the complete remodeling of a building, named in honor of his father, Reuben Horchow '16, which houses offices and classrooms for the School of Management.
Economist to speak on welfare reform
Heidi Hartmann, an economist specializing in women and economics, will give a talk titled "Improving Economic Security for Mothers: Responses to Welfare Reform" on Friday, Nov. 8, at noon in Rm. 410 of Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, corner of Grove and Prospect streets. The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy.
Ms. Hartmann, who earned her doctorate at Yale in 1974, is the founder, director and president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, a scientific research organization established nine years ago in Washington, D.C. focusing on policy issues of importance to women. At the institute, Ms. Hartmann has coauthored reports on family and medical leave, the implications of low-wage work for family well-being and women's access to health insurance. She and her colleagues have also proposed their own welfare reform plan, reported in "Combining Work and Welfare: An Alternative Anti- Poverty Strategy." A frequent lecturer on public policy, feminist theory and the political economy of gender, Ms. Hartmann has delivered testimony to Congress on such issues as comparable worth, family and medical leave, child care, welfare reform and health care.
Before founding the Institute for Women's Policy Research, Ms. Hartmann conducted research on women's poverty at the Census Bureau on a fellowship from the American Statistical Association. Prior to that, she was a staff member of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences, where she contributed to many reports on women's employment issues, including "Women, Work and Wages: Equal Pay for Jobs of Equal Value," "Women's Work Men's Work: Sex Segregation on the Job," "Computer Chips and Paper Clips: Technology and Women's Employment" and "Pay Equity: Empirical Inquiries." She also spent one semester in 1988 as director of the women's studies program at Rutgers University. Her awards include a MacArthur Fellowship, which Ms. Hartmann won two years ago for her work in the field of women and economics.