Scientists to debate feasibility of national missile defense
Two prominent members of the national security community will debate the feasibility of a national missile defense on Monday, Nov. 10, during the Yale Arms Control Colloquium. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 6:30 p.m. in
Rm. 126 of the Law School, 127 Wall St.
The speakers are Hans Mark, a former Secretary of the Air Force and deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and IBM physicist Richard L. Garwin, former director of the IBM Watson Laboratory and winner of the 1996 Enrico Fermi Award.
Mr. Mark is a professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the University of Texas, where he has also served as chancellor of the University of Texas system. He is currently completing a textbook on celestial mechanics, and has done research on nuclear energy levels, nuclear reactions, X-rays above the atmosphere, spacecraft and experimental aircraft design. Mr. Garwin has worked for the government on antisubmarine warfare, satellite and strategic systems and photoreconnaissance.
For further information, contact law professor Ruth Wedgwood at 432-4946 or via e-mail at Wedgwood@yale.edu.
Toyota president featured in roundtable lecture series
Hiroshi Okuda, president of the Toyota Motor Corporation, will be the featured speaker in an International Business Roundtable Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at the School of Management. "A Conversation with the President of Toyota" will take place 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. in the General Motors Room of Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Ave. It is free and open to the public.
Since joining Toyota in 1955, Mr. Okuda has had hands-on management experience in nearly every major phase of the company's operations, including domestic and international sales, accounting, finance, purchasing, public relations and new business endeavors. He spent the first part of his career in the accounting division and in 1973 was appointed to oversee Toyota's Philippine operations. He returned to Japan to become general manager of the Asia and Oceania division in 1979. Named a director of the company in 1982, he supervised a range of international operations, including preparations for the construction of plants in Taiwan and North America. He was named a managing director in 1987, a senior managing director in 1988 and an executive vice president in 1992. He was named president of the company in 1995.
Mr. Okuda's honors include the Medal with Blue Ribbon, Japan, which he was awarded for his contributions to Japanese society. He also holds a black belt in judo.
Irish poet will read selections of his works
Irish poet Michael O'Siadhail will read selections of his poetry on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 4:30 p.m. in the Common Room of the Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect St. Sponsored by the Institute of Sacred Music and the Divinity School, the reading is free and open to the public.
Mr. O'Siadhail is currently touring the United States and Canada in support of his most recent collection of poetry, titled "A Fragile City." In his nine collections of poetry, he has explored such issues as the delicate structure and frenzied pace of modern life. He also wrote "Learning Irish" and "Modern Irish," which serve as the standard texts on the Irish-Gaelic language. Awarded an Irish American Cultural Institute prize for poetry in 1982, he is a member of Aosdana, an organization of Ireland's top scholars, writers and artists.
For further information, call 432-5180.
Performance to feature traditional Japanese song
Miyako Itchu, a master of traditional Japanese narrative song, known as Itchu joruri, will perform on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 8 p.m. in Rm. 211 of the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St. The public is welcome at the free performance, which is sponsored by the department of East Asian languages and literatures.
Miyako Itchu is credited with broadening interest in traditional Japanese music. He is considered a master on the shamisen, a long-necked lute with three strings that is played with a large triangular plectrum. Born in Tokyo with the given name Seiichirou Toudou, he started learning Japanese traditional performing arts under the instruction of his father. He majored in Nagauta-shamisen in 1971 at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and later studied Icchubushi, one of the oldest forms of traditional Japanese music, with the 11th Miyako Icchu. In 1991, he was named the 12th Miyako Icchu.
In 1993 he formed Tokiza, a group that studies traditional Japanese culture. The following year, he started a concert series to introduce shamisen music to a wider audience. His recordings include "A Tale in the Dawn," released in 1995.
Former State Department official to speak at Law School
Eileen Claussen, the former Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and chief U.S. climate change negotiator, will deliver the Timothy B. Atkeson Fellowship Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 4 p.m. in Rm. 127 of the Law School, 127 Wall St. Her talk, titled "Nine Reasons Why We May Not Have a Climate Change Treaty This Year," is free and open to the public.
Ms. Claussen is currently a partner in the law firm Alcalde and Fay. While serving as Assistant Secretary of State, she was responsible for developing and implementing policy on behalf of the U.S. on major international issues, including climate change, ozone depletion, chemicals, natural resource issues, wildlife conservation and sustainable development efforts of the multilateral development banks and the United Nations.
Prior to joining the Department of State, she served for three years as a special assistant to the president and senior director for global environmental affairs at the Na-tional Security Council. From 1987 to 1993, she was director of atmospheric programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where she directed international and domestic activities related to the depletion of the ozone level and developed the acid rain program under Title IV of the Clean Air Act. Her honors include the Department of State's Career Achievement Award, the Meritorious Executive Award for Sustained Superior Accomplishment, and the Fitzhugh Green Award for Outstanding Contributions to International Environmental Protection.
Farm union president to speak about strawberry workers
United Farm Workers (UFW) president Arturo Rodriguez will give two talks on campus on Thursday, Nov. 13. At 5 p.m., he will be the guest at a tea in the Saybrook College master's house, 90 High St. Later, at 7 p.m., he will discuss the UFW's campaign to unionize approximately 20,000 strawberry workers in California as part of the two-day event "Solidarity and Struggle: A Teach-in of the Labor Movement" (see related story, page 9). This talk, titled "The Strawberry Workers' Struggle: Latinos, Labor, and the Fight for Justice," will be held in the auditorium of the Law School, 127 Wall St. Both events are free and open to the public.
Mr. Rodriguez succeeded his late father-in-law, Cesar Chavez, as president of the UFW in 1993. Born in Texas, he first became involved with the UFW while a college student and continued his activism during his graduate student years in Michigan. After working during the summer of 1971 with a publicly funded anti-poverty program, he became convinced that the conditions of farm workers could only be improved through collective bargaining. In 1981, he joined the UFW National Executive Labor Board. He has organized and directed national boycotts in support of workers throughout the United States, and has coordinated support for UFW activities, including the grape boycott in New York and southern states from 1992 to 1993.
Mr. Rodriguez' visit is sponsored by the Yale Support Group of the UFW, which was founded in 1994. For further information, contact Terra Lawson-Remer at 436-3367 or Connor Martin at 436-1177.
Cello virtuoso to present lecture/recital
World renowned cellist Janos Starker will present a lecture/recital on Thursday, Nov. 13, to benefit the School of Music's Cello Scholarship Fund. The event will begin at
8 p.m. in Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall, 470 College St. During the recital part of the program, Mr. Starker will perform Bach's Cello Suites 1, 2 & 3. Tickets are $20, $16 and $12; $6 for students.
A native of Budapest, Hungary, Mr. Starker began studying the cello at the age of six and was teaching his first pupil by the time he was eight years old. After studying at Budapest's Franz Liszt Academy of Mu-sic, he became first cellist with the Budapest Opera and the city's Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1948, he immigrated to the United States, where he has held, in turn, posts as principal cellist with the Dallas Symphony, the Metropolitan Opera and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He joined the faculty of the School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1958, the same year he resumed his international solo career. He was the first recipient of Indiana University's Tracy M. Sonneborn Award, an honor given to a faculty member who has achieved distinction both as a teacher and as an artist. He now holds the title of Distinguished Professor at the school. He has recorded more than 165 works on various international record labels, including a 1993 Grammy Award-nominated recording of his interpretations of sonatas for cello and piano by Brahms, Debussy and Martinu.
For tickets or further information, call 432-4158.
Expert on family violence to speak at Bush Center
"Controlling Child Abuse in America: An Effort Still Doomed to Failure?" is the title of a talk to be given on Friday, Nov. 14, by Richard J. Gelles, professor of sociology and psychology and director of the Family Violence Research Program at the University of Rhode Island. His talk, sponsored by the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, will begin at noon at Rose Alumni House, 232 York St. It is free and open to the public.
Mr. Gelles' 1987 book, "The Violent Home," was the first systematic empirical investigation of family violence. His latest books are "The Book of David: How Preserving Families Can Cost Children's Lives" and "Intimate Violence in Families, Third Edition." He is a member of the National Academy of Science's panel on assessing family violence interventions.
Mr. Gelles edited the journal Teaching Sociology 1973-81 and received the Outstanding Contributions to Teaching Award in 1979 from the American Sociological Association. Frequently invited to speak to policy-making groups, he also has appeared on "The Today Show," "CBS Morning News," "Good Morning America," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Dateline NBC" and National Public Radio's "All Things Considered."
For further information, call 432-9935.
Renowned recorder virtuoso to make New Haven debut
Internationally known recorder virtuoso Marion Verbruggen will make her New Haven debut in a program of 17th- and 18th-century solo works for the recorder on Sunday, Nov. 16, at the Collection of Musi-