Radcliffe scholar to present reading of recent work
Florence Ladd, director of the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College and author of the novel "Sarah's Psalm," will read from her work and discuss racial issues within the African Diaspora on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Afro-American Cultural Center
AACC, 211 Park St. The event is free and open to the public. It is cosponsored by the AACC, the Black Student Alliance at Yale, the African Student Association at Yale and the Black Women's Caucus.
Ms. Ladd has been director of the Bunting Institute, a multidisciplinary center of advanced studies for women, for seven years. A social psychologist, she previously served as dean of students at Wellesley College and educational director of Oxfam America. "Sarah's Psalm," her first novel, tells of the journey of Sarah Stewart, an American woman who becomes involved in the civil rights movement and later moves to Africa, as she seeks to establish her own identity. Ms. Ladd is now working on a second novel, about an African student who comes to Yale.
International business is topic of U.S. Information Agency director
Joseph D. Duffey, director of the U.S. Information Agency, will speak on the topic "International Business and Culture: Have We Seen the End of the American Century?" on Thursday, Feb. 13, as part of the School of Management's International Business Roundtable series. His talk, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 11:45 a.m. in the General Motors Room of Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Ave. Light refreshments will be served.
President Bill Clinton appointed Mr. Duffey as director of the U.S. Information Agency in 1993. He previously was president of The American University AU in Washington, D.C., where he also was a professor of sociology. Prior to joining AU, he spent nine years at the University of Massachusetts, where he served as chancellor of the Amherst campus and then chancellor and president of the University of Massachusetts system. He was assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs and chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. He has been a member of the Council of Foreign Relations since 1979.
Mr. Duffey earned a Master of Sacred Theology degree from Yale in 1963. He has published widely on themes relating to higher education and social and economic issues. Named Commander of the Order of the Crown by the King of Belgium in 1980, he also holds numerous honorary degrees.
Environmental lobbyist to speak on politics and corporate strategy
Dale Didion, the senior managing director of Hill & Knowlton, a leading public relations and lobbying firm, will present the third talk in the Yale Industrial Environmental Management IEM Program's spring lecture series on business and the environment. His talk, titled "Washington Politics and Corporate Environmental Strategy," will be on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 4:15 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium in Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St. A reception will follow the lecture, which is free and open to the public.
Mr. Didion heads Hill & Knowlton's environmental practice in Washington, D.C. He represents environmental clients specializing in forest and paper products, energy, efficiency mining and the development of advanced environmental processing technologies and products.
This year's IEM lecture series, titled "Corporate Environmental Strategy: Changing Business in Changing Times," examines the impact that the changes in policy, regulation and markets are having on corporate environmental management and strategy. The series is supported by the Joel O. Kurihara Fund. Joel Kurihara, a member of the class of 1992 at SOM, was committed to improving business and environmental relations and fostering dialogue on those topics. For more information on the series, call 432-6197.
Israeli ambassador to be guest at master's tea
Daniel Megiddo, Israel's ambassador to Singapore, will be the guest at a tea on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 4:30 p.m. in the Calhoun College master's house enter through college gate at 189 Elm St. His talk, titled "Representing Israel," is free and open to the public. However, because space is limited, those interested in attending should call 432-0740 to reserve a space.
As the ambassador of Israel in Singapore, Mr. Megiddo is in charge of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. He has held the post since 1992. He previously was director of the East European Division One the Russia desk and was a member of the Israeli Diplomatic Team at the Netherlands Embassy in Moscow. During 1990-92, he periodically replaced the Israeli ambassador in Moscow.
Born in Haifa, Israel, Mr. Megiddo began his government service as an assistant in the Director-General's Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Israel. Among the posts he has held are first secretary in Bonn, counselor in Washington, D.C., assistant director of the European Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and charge d'affaires in the Hague.
Mr. Megiddo's daughter, Imbal Megiddo, is a Yale College junior.
Award-winning filmmaker to attend screening of her work
Frances Reid, an award-winning filmmaker, will take part in a discussion following the campus screening of her film "Skin Deep" on Thursday, Feb. 13. The screening will begin at 7 p.m. in Sudler Hall of William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St. The event, sponsored by the Yale College Dean's Office and other campus offices, is free and open to the public.
"Skin Deep" is a documentary about race relations in the United States. It explores what happens when a group of diverse college students get together to examine their own attitudes about race.
Ms. Reid, an independent filmmaker for over 20 years, has focused on documenting social change. She also produced the documentary "Straight From The Heart," for which she received an Academy Award, and was the cinematographer for "Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter,"which won Pea-body and Emmy awards and was nominated for an Academy Award.
Advocate for teens to present Bush Center talk
Alumna Lori Nordstrom, founder of New Haven's Legal Advocacy Organization for Teens, will give a talk titled "Providing Legal Services to Adolescents at Risk" on Friday, Feb. 14, 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. Nordstrom is a graduate of Yale College 1989 and the Yale Law School 1994 . Her agency, which she founded just after graduation from law school, provides free legal representation to teens who are abused, neglected and or from low-income homes. It also educates adolescents about their legal rights and responsibilities and facilitates a teen political action group.
Before attending law school, Ms. Nordstrom worked with children and youth in New Haven's Juvenile Detention Center. While in law school, she worked with teen mothers, community groups and the New Haven Public Schools to create a school-based child care center at Wilbur Cross High School. She is president of Student Parenting and Family Services and a board member of the Citywide Youth Coalition and the Yale Law School Initiative for Public Interest Law. For further information, call 432-9935.
Historian will explore the feminine subtext in Vedic myth
Stephanie W. Jamison, a professor at Harvard University, will deliver the annual Raja Ram Mohon Roy Memorial Lecture on Friday, Feb. 14, at 1:30 p.m. in Rm. 263 of Street Hall, 59 High St. Professor Jamison's talk, titled "Reading between the lines: The feminine subtext in ancient India," is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the history department.
Ms. Jamison has written extensively on Vedic myth and ritual in ancient India. Her latest book is "Sacrificed Wife Sacrificer's Wife."
The Roy Memorial Lecture is named in honor of the 19th- century Indian leader who was founder of the Brahmo Samaj, a Hindu reform movement that pioneered English education and denounced the caste system and other forms of social inequality in India.
Former Warner Music CEO will discuss his work at tea
Robert J. Morgado, who served for more than a decade as chair and chief executive officer of Warner Music Group, will be the guest at a tea on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 4:30 p.m. in the Calhoun College master's house enter through college gate at 189 Elm St. . His talk is free and open to the public; however, as space is limited those interested in attending should make reservations by calling 432- 0740.
Mr. Morgado is currently president of Maroley Communications, a privately held entertainment, media and communications company he founded in 1995. The company focuses on the emerging markets of Asia, particularly China, India, Thailand and the Philippines and Latin America. During Mr. Morgado's tenure at Warner Music Group, the company grew from an under- performing asset of Warner Communications that was primarily an American music enterprise to become the most successful in global entertainment.
Before joining Warner Music Group, Mr. Morgado served in various posts during the administration of former New York governor Hugh L. Carey. In 1975 he became a member of the team assembled by the governor to save the city and state of New York from bankruptcy, and one year later he was appointed director of state operations. He was secretary chief of staff to the governor for five years.
Mr. Morgado is the father of Yale College junior Matthew Morgado and Gregory Morgado '96.