George Dennis O'Brien's Curriculum Vitae

Personal

Born in Chicago, Illinois, February 21, 1931. Married on June 21, 1958, to Judith Alyce Johnson, a native of California and a 1951 graduate of UCLA. Goes by middle name: Dennis.

Mrs. O'Brien completed two years of postgraduate work in English and Education at the University of Chicago and holds a Master's in Social Work from Marywood College (Spring 1983). Three children: Elizabeth Belle (May 24, 1959), Juliana Helen (January 19, 1962), and Victoria Alyce (November 1, 1971). Elizabeth a prize winning documentary filmmaker; Juliana is currently exploring life as a vowed religious; Victoria is a professional violinist playing with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1961 (Philosophy)
Dissertation: Meaning and Fact: A Study in the Philosophy of Wittgenstein
A.B., cum laude, Yale University, 1952 (English)
Catholic grammar & HS in Chicago: (St. Philip Neri, Leo High School)

Honorary Degrees: Siena College, L.H.D., 1990
St. John Fisher, L.H.D., 1987
Hobart and William Smith, L.H.D., 1987
Middlebury College, L.H.D., 1985
Wilkes College, L.H.D., 1983
Academic Honors: Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies, 1971-72
Carnegie Research Fellowship in University Teaching, 1957
Phi Beta Kappa, Yale, 1951

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

University of Rochester
Assumed office as eighth President on July 1, 1984. Retired June 30, 1994.
Professor of Philosophy, 1984-1994

Bucknell University
Assumed office as twelfth President on July 1, 1976.
Professor of Philosophy, 1976-1984

Middlebury College
Dean of the Faculty, January 1975-June 1976
Acting Dean of the Faculty, 1973-1974
Dean of the College, 1967-1974
Dean of Men, 1965-1967
Professor of Philosophy, 1971-1976
Associate Professor of Philosophy, 1965-1971

Princeton University
Assistant Dean of the College, 1961-1965
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 1961-1965
Instructor of Philosophy, 1958-1961

Other Teaching Appointments
La Salle College: Honors Seminar, 1963, 1964, 1965
Rutgers University: History of Modern Philosophy, 1959
University of Chicago: Humanities III, 1956-1957

Research Leaves
London, England: September 1971-July 1972
Athens, Greece: July 1963-June 1964

Courses Taught
Space,Time, and the Cosmos, Sartre, Existentialism, Plato's Republic, Philosophy of Sexuality (University of Rochester);
History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Plato, Cosmology: Aristotle, Newton to Einstein (Bucknell);
Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of History, Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Art, Aristotle, Hegel, History of Philosophy;
Special term courses: College Law, A Catholic Sense, Sartre at Seventy, and Sex, Love and Logic (Middlebury);
Plato, Metaphysics, Modern Metaphysical Systems, Philosophy of History, Ethics (Princeton).

Research Interests
Hegel, Philosophy of History, Theology, Philosophy of Art, History of Higher Education, Modern Art and Philosophy (See Publications).

Special Philosophic Seminars
Dialectic and Humanistic Sciences, Dubrovnick, Yugoslavia, September 1979; delivered paper on Hegel and Freud on the Philosophy of History
Wittgenstein, Stanford University, Summer 1977 (attended)

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ORGANIZATIONS & BOARDS
Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, 1993-
Institute of European Studies, Board, 1990-1994
Business-Higher Education Forum, 1987-1994
Consortium on Financing Higher Education, Board, 1987-1994
International Museum of Photography (George Eastman House), 1986-1994
Council on Law and Society, NYS Bar Association, 1986-1994
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), Board, 1986-1989
Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (cIcu), Board, 1985-; Chairman, 1990-1992
Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, Board, 1985-1987
National Collegiate Athletic Association Presidents' Commission, 1985-1987
New York Statue of Liberty Centennial Commission, 1985-1986
Rochester Telephone Corporation, Board, 1985-1994
Union Theological Seminary, Board, 1985-1990
Chase Lincoln First Bank, N.A., Board, 1984-1994
Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce, 1984-1994
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Board, 1984-1994
United Way of Rochester, Board, 1984-1994
Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs, member, 1983-
The Acting Company, New York City, 1983-1984
La Salle College Board of Trustees, Philadelphia, 1965-

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EVALUATION EXPERIENCE

Middle States Association
Catholic University of America [ Spring 2000 ]
Cooper Union ( in 1997-98)
United States Merchant Marine Academy, Chairman 1996
Johns Hopkins: Chairman, 1993
University of Pittsburgh: Chairman, 1991
Bryn Mawr: Chairman, 1988
American University in Cairo: Chairman, 1987
United States Naval Academy: Chairman, 1985
Alfred University: Chairman, 1985
Southampton College: 1976
Syracuse University: 1976

New England Association
Tufts University: Chairman, 1981
Yale University: Chairman, 1979
Amherst College: Chairman, 1978
Merrimack College: Chairman, 1972
Framingham State College: Chairman, 1971
Lyndon State College: 1970

Other
ACE Commission on Leadership Development, 1988-1990
NEH Summer Seminar Selection Committee, 1985, 1986
ACLS Grants Selection Committee, 1975-1979
Educational Leadership Program: Seminar for Board Members March:1996
Seminar for Provosts & Academic VP's: August 1996, August 1997
Salzburg Seminar: Moderated "Higher Education in the 21st Century" May 1-7, 1995
participant: Higher Education reform in S. Africa May 2-8, 1996
participant: Universities Project Plenary January 1997
National Phi Beta Kappa Lecturer: 1996-97. (Lecturer and visits: Gettysburg, Stetson, Drew, Lafayette, Middlebury, Boston University, Washington State, University N. Dakota , University of Maine)

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PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS:

University of Rochester Publications

Rochester Review-ed. 1993.

Notes at the Margin. 1992.

Sundry Sermons for Sabbaths & Sundays. 1988.
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All the Essential Half Truths about Higher Education (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1997)

What to Expect from College. New York: St. Martin's Press (Fall 1991).

God and the New Haven Railway. Boston: Beacon Press, (Fall 1986).

Hegel on Reason in History: A Contemporary Interpretation. University of Chicago, 1975. Paperback 1976

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ARTICLES:

Forthcoming
"Of One Mind in the Truth: Diversity in Education," (Richard McKeon on Education) 1991. (publication pending, Vanderbilt U. Press)
"Living on the Loopholes" America
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"What if the Wife of Bath Had Read Harold Bloom?", The CEA Critic, Vol. 52, 1990.
"The Difference of Diversity," America, April 7, 1990.
"The Importance of Higher Education to Teacher Effectiveness,"
Strengthening Teacher Education, The Challenges to College and
University Leaders, C. Peter Magrath, Robert L. Egbert and Associates, 1987.
"The University as a Place of Learning," Association of American Colleges, Liberal Education, 1986.
"The Business of the University Re-examined: Love of Inquiry and Love of Truth." Liberal Education (Spring 1983).
"Psyche and Geist in History" in Substance and Form in History, ed. L. Pompa,
W. Dray. (Volume of essays on Philosophy of History honoring Professor
W. H. Walsh.) Edinburgh University Press, 1981, pp. 58-76.
"Does Hegel Have a Philosophy of History?" History and Theory 10 (1971): pp. 295-317.
"Prophets, Politicians, Professors and Priests." Four Quarters, Spring 1968.
"John Dewey on Religion and the Public Order." In Religion and the Public Order.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968. pp. 100-127.
"Unity of Wittgenstein's Thought." International Philosophical Quarterly (1966): pp. 45-70.
--Reprinted in Ludwig Wittgenstein - The Man and His Philosophy.
Edited by K. T. Fan. New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1967.
--Reprinted in Philosophy Today, No. 1. Edited by J. H. Gill. New York: Macmillan,1968.
"Philosophy in the Twentieth Century" and "New Trends in Religion." An Intellectual and Cultural History of the Western World, 3rd rev. ed., vol. 3. Edited by Harry E. Barnes, New York: Dover Publications, 1965, pp.1193-1218.
"Superhuman Art." Thought 40 (1965): pp. 225-241.
"Meditations on Time." Four Quarters, Fall 1965, pp. 23-31.
"Prolegomena to a Dissolution to the Problem of Suffering." Harvard Theological Review 57 (1964): pp. 301-323.
"State, Academy, Church." Journal of Religion 42 (1962): pp. 75-86.

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SHORTER ARTICLES AND REVIEWS:

"Academic Disunity and Church Unity", CCICA Proceedings article, Spring 1992
"What's at Stake", Letter to the Editor, New York Times, (as cIcu President) Spring 1992
Blacks in the White Establishment: A Study of Race and Class in America, Richard L. Zweigenhaft & G. William Domhoff, Book Review for America, Fall 1991
"Winning the Research Battle," cIcu Newsletter. March 1991.
God, Country, Notre Dame, by Theodore M. Hesburgh, Book review for America, Fall 1990.
"Work and Pleasure SHOULD Mix," Democrat & Chronicle, Op-Ed page, Winter 1990.
"Racial Slurs and Academic Freedom." Christian Science Monitor, September 29, 1989.
"Work and Pleasure SHOULD Mix." Democrat & Chronicle, January 14, 1990.
William F. Buckley Patron Saint of Conservatives by John B. Judis, Book review, America, May 27,1989.
"Drugs for the Elite" Christian Science Monitor, April 5, 1989.
"Intellectuals Silent About College Drugs" Democrat & Chronicle, March 29, 1989.
At the Storm Center of a Changing Catholic Church. Book review, America, November 5, 1988.
"Why Trade Schools Take Loan-Default Honors" Wall Street Journal, January 16, 1988.
"The Infallible Church and the Fallible University Should Respect Each Other's Ideological Territory," Chronicle of Higher Education, April 22, 1987.
"Sartre: A Conventional Theologian," Chronicle of Higher Education, April 8, 1987.
"One, Holy, Catholic and Somewhat Infallible," America, April 4, 1987.
"The Christian Assault on Capitalism," Fortune magazine, December 8, 1986.
"Adlai Stevenson: Politician." The Christian Century, Vol. 82, No. 33.August 18, 1965, pp. 1009-1011.
"D______ the Dean." Journal of Higher Education, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1, January, 1966, pp. 33- 37.
"Existence and Freedom" by Calvin Schrag, rev. Theology Today, Vol. XIX, No. 3, October 1962, pp. 447- 450.
An Examination of Plato's Doctrines by I. M. Crombie, rev. Thought 1962,
Vol. 1, pp. 620-624
Vol. 2, pp. 150-152
Hegel's Philosophy of History by B. T. Wilkins, rev. The Owl of Minerva,
Vol. 9, No. 4.
"The Abortion Myths." The CICCA Annual (Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs), 1985: pp. 61-68.

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Mr. O'Brien is a frequent contributor of Commonweal, a review of public affairs, literature and the arts. The listing below includes book reviews and articles on public affairs.

"How Big is the Table? Choice and Sexuality", January 1994
Moral Imagination, Mark Johnson; Moral Sense, James Q. Wilson, book reviews, October 1993
The Education of an American Catholic, Paul Q. Beeching, September 1993
Anatomy of Love, Helen E. Fisher, Book Review, Winter 1993
The Idea of the University--A Re-Examination, Jaroslav Pelikan, Book Review, Spring 1992
"Out of Slight, Out of Mind", Consciousness Explained, Daniel D. Dennett, Book Review, Spring 1992
"Quindlen & Tradition", Letter to the Editor, Spring 1992
"Against Gay Marriage--I, What Heterosexuality Means", Fall 1991
We Must Take Charge -- Our Schools and Our Future, by Chester Finn, Book Review, Fall 1991
"Homosexual Marriage?", Article, Fall 1991.
"Theology of Sound Bites", Book review, Under God, by Garry Wills, Winter 1991.
"The Sin of Malign Forgetfulness" Book review, Nuclear Catholics & Other Essays by J.M.Cameron, Spring 1990
Book Review: Unseasonable Truths, Harry Ashmore (biography of Robert Maynard Hutchins),Fall, 1989.
Review of Shooting War: Photography and the American Experience in Combat, June 16, 1989.
"Golden Oldies Are Not Enough" book review, Our Children and Our Country by William J. Bennett, March 24, 1989.
The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom, rev. May 19, 1987.
"Three Presidents on Higher Education," April 19, 1985.
Words and Values by Peggy Rosenthal, rev. March 8, 1985.
"An Age-Long Wrestling with God." April 23, 1982, pp. 249-251.
"A Hankering for Pre-Plato." January 15, 1982, pp. 25-26.
"Sartre: The Man Who Said No." July 4, 1980, pp. 402-404.
"The Church Between the Wars." June 6, 1980, pp. 339-342.
"Still Catholic." October 12, 1979, pp. 568-570.
"National Labor Relations Board vs. Yeshiva University." February 2, 1979, pp. 50-52.
"Logic and Lollipops." March 21, 1978, pp. 207-210.
"Looking at America." August 3, 1977, pp. 502-504.
"The Buckley Amendment." October 8, 1976, pp. 658-660.
"The Theology of Pleasuring." June 4, 1976, pp. 375-378.
"The University, Past and Present." October 10, 1975, pp. 472-477.
"Bless Me, Father ..." January 17, 1975, pp. 333-335.
"The Modern University." October 4, 1974, pp. 18-22.
"Nude Descending the Philadelphia Museum." April 5, 1974, pp. 110-112.
"Chesterton and the Truth of '74." March 22, 1974, pp. 64-66.
"Licensing the Gadflies." October 5, 1973, pp. 7-10.
"The Camera as Eye of God." September 7, 1973, pp. 480-482.

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To the University of Rochester's Rochester Review and the Library Bulletin, Mr. O'Brien contributed the following articles and essays:

"Of Learned Ignorance", Spring/Summer 1994
"The Idea of a University", Winter 1993-94
"The Warner School", Fall 1993
"A National Treasure", Summer 1993
"The Future University", Fall 1992
"Exacting Tolerance", Fall 1992
"Let's Be Serious", Winter 1992
"A Category Mistake", Fall 1991.
"Dead Writing Skills," Spring 1991.
"Cracks in the Wall," Spring 1991.
"The Difference of Diversity," Winter 1990.
"The University as a Place of Learning," Fall 1990
"Seepage and Self-consciousness," Summer 1990
"The Gotham Fallacy," Winter 1990
"An Academic Map," Summer 1989.
"Drugs on Campus," Spring 1989.
"Listing Toward Stardom," Winter 1989.
"Green Thoughts," September 1988.
"Meaning and Mish Mash," Summer 1988.
"Down with Academics", Spring 1988.
"How Things Do Not Happen," Winter 1987-88.
"Football and Footnotes," Fall 1987.
"The Tuition Controversy," Spring 1987.
"Divestiture: Irony and Dilemma," Winter 1986-87.
"In Praise of Foxes," Fall 1986.
"Religion and the University," Summer 1986.
"The Spirit of CUG," (Committee on University Goals), Spring 1986.
"The University and Apartheid," Winter 1985-86.
"Just Another Loophole," Fall 1985.
"Facts and Fancy," Summer 1985.
"Meliora," Spring 1985.
"The Phenomenology of Books," Bulletin, December 1984.

To Bucknell University's alumni publication, Bucknell World, Mr. O'Brien contributed several columns each academic year. Among topics addressed were the following:

"Vocation and Profession," January 1983.
"Great Books," November 1982.
"Research, Recitation and Life Performance," August 1982.

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ADDRESSES, LECTURES, SERMONS AND TALKS

Major Addresses
"The Infallible Family", Cornell University Baccalaureate, May 1994
"The Paradigm Drift", Middle States Regional Meeting, May 1994
"Fetched Up Catholic", Nazareth School, April 1994
Inaugural Address, St. Bernard's Institute, December 1993
"Whose University", University of Rochester Convocation, September 1993
"Both Ends Against the Middle", Cornell Administrative Management Institute, July 1993
"Ten Things I Didn't Learn in High School", Dwight-Englewood School Commencement Address, New Jersey, Spring 1992
Young Presidents Organization Speech, Fall 1991
"The Mother of All Challenges", Convocation, University of Rochester, Fall 1991
"All Worked Up," Spirituality Faire, St. Louis Church, Pittsford, March 1991.
"Hold it, Please!", IMP Photography Conference, Fall 1990.
"Rock 'n Roll & Religion," Bernstein Lecture, Fall 1990.
"Authority," Presidential Forum Series, Providence College, Fall 1990
"Keeping the Future with Faith," Fordham Sesquicentennial Celebration, Fall 1990.
"The University," Fall Convocation, University of Rochester, Fall 1990.
"Father Church/Mother God," St. Michael's College, Toronto, October 1989.
"Value and the Curriculum," Address to Eastern Association of College Deans, Philadelphia,
November 1989.
"Academic Study in a Deconstructive Age, or What if the Wife of Bath Had Read Harold Bloom,"
College English Associations Annual Meeting, Northeast Region, April 1990.
"St. Frances & the Japanese," Siena College Commencement, May 1990.
"The Rochester Experiment," Bangor Education Foundation Public Forum, February 1989.
"Rock of Ages," National Association of Schools of Music, November 1988.
"Go Forth, Be Strong," St. John Fisher College Commencement Address, May 1987.
"General Education - Who Needs It!", Framingham State College, General Education Day,
Framingham, MA, February 1987.
"Getting a Job, Having a Career, Living a Life," Keynote Address, Eastern College Personnel
Officers conference, June 1986.
Commencement Address, McQuaid High School, Rochester, NY, June 1986.
"Myth, Morality, and Medicine," Department of Dental Research Anniversary, University of Rochester, May 1986.
"Name of the Game," Convocation, April 1986
"A Culture of Healing," Association of Indians in America annual meeting, Rochester, June 1985.
"Can Human Beings Think," Allendale-Columbia School Commencement, Rochester, June 1985.
"Unpopular Teaching," Western Maryland College, R. Chambers' Inauguration, November 1984.
University of Rochester, D. O'Brien's Inaugural Address, October 1984.
Susquenita High School, Duncannon, PA, Commencement, June 1983.
Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Commencement, 1983.
"Can Human Beings Think," Marywood College, Scranton, PA, Commencement, May 1983.
"Celebration, Cerebration and Civic Virtue," Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina, Convocation, March 1983.
Saint Xavier College, Chicago, Presidential Inauguration, December 1982.
"The Godfather," Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Fiftieth Anniversary Convocation, September 1982.
"Education Against the Wall," Gettysburg College, Fall Convocation, November 1980.
Mercy Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, Commencement, June 1979.
Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, PA, Commencement, June 1978.
Peddie School, Installation of Headmaster, F. Edward Potter, Jr., February 1978.
Marywood College, Commencement, June 1971.

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Lectures

"Hearing God on Campus", Beaven Lecture, April 1994
"From Leisure to Retirement", LLE Lecture Series, March 1994
"Martin B. Anderson & Eastman Johnson: Finishing off the President," MAG Tuesday Lecture Series, October 1988.
"Medicine as a Liberal Art," Genesee Hospital Bonnar Lecture, May 1985.
"Why Philosophers are 729 Times Happier," Monroe Community College McMurray Lecture in Philosophy, April 1985.
"Religion and the University," John Henry Newman Lecture, Interfaith Chapel, February 1985.
"Aristotle: Levity in Ancient Cosmology," Wednesday Evening Lecture, University of Rochester,
February 1985.
"Crime in Center City: or Who is Killing the Liberal Arts?", Wilkes College, October 1982.
"The Death of God," La Salle College, January 1980.

Sermons

Newman Community Service, June 1994
"What Is a Holy Word", Passover at B'rith Kodesh, March 1994
"My Hour has not yet Come," Sage Chapel, Ithaca, November 1988.
"Road to Emmaus," Asbury Methodist Church, Rochester, NY
"Road to Emmaus," St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo, NY
"Being Catholic in a Reformed World," Incarnate Word Church, Rochester, NY
"Religion and Politics," Jewish Sabbath Sermon, University of Rochester Interfaith Chapel
Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY
Unitarian Church, Rochester, NY
Asbury Methodist Adult Morning Class
First Universalist Church of Rochester
St. Anne's Church, Rochester, NY
Lake Avenue Baptist Church, Rochester, NY
B'Rith Kodesh Synagogue, Rochester, NY
University of Rochester Interfaith Chapel
Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, NY
First Baptist Church, Rochester, NY
First Baptist Church, Beverly, Massachusetts
First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA
First Baptist Church, Lewisburg, PA
First Presbyterian Church, Eagles Mere, PA
Rooke Chapel, Bucknell University

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Talks

"The Paradigm Drift", ACLS Anniversary, Philadelphia, April 1994
"Finishing Off the President -- First to Last", Valley Manor, April 1994
"The Invention of Youth", Alpha Delt Annual Lunch, March 1994
"Metaphysical Foundations of the Pundit Club", Pundit, March 1994
"Say Something in Algebra Dear", Literacy Volunteers Meeting, February 1994
"The Best After-Dinner Speech of All Time", Fortnightly, January 1994
"Consolations for Philosophy", Dept. of Philosophy Diploma Ceremony, Rochester, Spring 1992
New Covenant School, Spring 1992
"What to Expect From This Book", Private School Issues Conference, Spring 1992
Scholar's Night, Financial Executives Assoc. of Rochester, Spring 1992
"Dunne's Dooley Duly Done", Pundit, Winter 1992
"ABC in Black and White", Fortnightly, Winter 1991
Association of International Educators, Fall 1991
Certified Life Underwriters annual meeting, Fall 1991
"Unpopular Teaching," Graduate School of Education and Human Development, University of Rochester, Spring 1991.
"Sharks, Boojums, and Liberal Arts," International Counselors Issues Conference, Spring 1991.
"The President's Seat," Torch Club, Batavia, NY, Spring 1991.
"Ten Things I Didn't Learn in High School," Shrine Lunch, Rochester, Spring 1991.
"Talented Youth," Conference, Rochester, Spring 1991.
"Transfer Issues," Conference, Rochester, Spring 1991.
cIcu Executive Committee, Board meetings, Albany, Spring 1991.
"Evidence of Intelligent Life," University Convocation, University of Rochester, September 1989
"Liberal Arts and the Workplace," Rochester Works Symposium, October 1989
"ET, Call home!", Pundit, October 1989
"How to Succeed in School Without Hardly Thinking," Cum Laude Dinner, Packer School, Brooklyn, April 1990
"Coming of Age in the Cornbelt," Chatterbox Club program talk, April 1990
"How to Succeed in School ..." Erie-Niagara Scholastic Achievement dinner, May 1990
Phi Beta Kappa Award Ceremony, May 1990
"The Difference of Diversity," Journal Club (Physicians), University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, June 1990
Indian Center Library Dedication, Rochester, June 1989
Allendale-Columbia Senior Banquet, June 1989
Newman Anniversary Celebration, April 1989
"Image of Education," National School Public Relations Association, September 1988
"The University Business," Rotary, September 1988
"Absolute at Home," Convocation, September 1988
"Can Human Beings Think," Brockport High School Scholarship Banquet, June 1988
"Productivity," College & University Personnel Officers, Buffalo, NY, May 1988
"As the Sun Sinks Slowly in the West," New York State Bankers Association, Rochester, NY, May 1988
"Brotherhood: Below and Above," Economics-Clergy Seminar, Dallas, TX, March 1988
"Guide to the Befuddled," National Association of Independent Schools Conference, New York ,February 1988
"Improving the Quality of Education -- Past, Present, and Future," Wilson Task Force Report Conference, January 1988
"Is College Choice Rational?" Private College Issues Conference, October 1987
"Presliad," Pundit Club, Rochester, NY, October 1987
"Teaching and Teachings," St. Michael's College Building Dedication, Winooski, VT, October 1987
"The Absolute at Home," Convocation, Rochester, NY, September 1987
"Values in Education," Conference on Civic Values, Gates-Chili School District, Rochester, NY 1987
"The Successor Generation and Civic Values," Genesee Ecumenical Ministries Annual Meeting, Rochester, NY, April 1987
"The Origins of the University of Rochester," Nineteenth Ward - Palm Sunday, Rochester, NY, April 1987
"Ethics & Funding Raising: Money and Morals," Annual Giving Regional Conference, Rochester, NY, February 1987
American Catholic Colleges and Universities Luncheon, Rochester, NY, February 1987
Founders Day Talk, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY, October 1986
"In Praise of Foxes," Convocation, Rochester, NY September 1986
"Busy Bees and Benevolent Benefactors," Rochester Chamber Associates, Vector International Convention, June 1986
"Oh Fudge!" Cambridge Forum Unitarian Talk, June 1986
"Business Plan for Non-Business," Country Club of Rochester Board, May 1986
Rochester International Friendship Council, May 1986
"My Medical Career," St. Mary's Hospital Wing Dedication, Rochester, NY, April 1986
Ralph Bunche Scholarship Luncheon talk, April 1986
"My Life at School," 21st Legislative District Democratic party dinner, March 1986
"Student Hero: The College Novel in America," Pundit Club, Rochester, NY, October 1985
"Yale in Fiction and Fact," Yale Club picnic, Rochester, June 1985
"Sex and History in 1984," Friends of the Rochester Public Library, November 1984
"The Most Unusual Invention of the Twentieth Century," Automobile Club of Rochester, October 1984
"How to Talk About Abortion," Middlebury College, April 1980
"Philosophy of Education According to the Pink Floyd," Lycoming College, March 1980
"Higher Education in the 1980s," Conference of Student Affairs Professionals, Valley Forge, PA,
February 1980
Susquehanna University, Salute to Retiring Chairman of the Board of Trustees, May 1979
"Options for the Educated Woman in a Small Community," American Association of University Women, October 1977
"The Role of the Small College," Lock Haven State College, October 1977
"Arts and Sciences: Who Needs It?" Shippensburg State College, April 1977

Numerous talks or brief addresses to campus groups and local civic and service clubs.

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