2004 Dooley Lecture Series
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Thursday, March 25, 2004 Robin Gerber "Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way" Robin Gerber is the author of several books, including Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage (Penguin/Portfolio, 2002) Gerber's books are used in leadership development courses and corporate programs across the United States. She is also a lawyer and senior faculty for the Gallup Organization, as well as a senior fellow in Executive Education at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park. |
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Sunday, June 13, 2004 Daniel Pinkwater Daniel Pinkwater is the author of 50 children's books, including Lizard Music, The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, Blue Moose, and The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death. Pinkwater's books are designed to be understood by children aged six to 14, but are read by people of all ages. Since 1987 he has worked as a commentator for National Public Radio's All Things Considered. |
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Thursday, August 5, 2004 Da Chen "Colors of the Mountain" Da Chen is the author of Colors of the Mountain, a New York Times bestseller; Sounds of the River: A Young Man's University Days in Beijing; Brother; and two books for children, Wandering Warrior and China's Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution. He grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and now lives in New York. |
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Friday, September 10, 2004 Vanessa Summers "Wealth and Success" Vanessa Summers is CEO of Vanessa Summers Companies Inc., a company dedicated to empowering women business owners to be wealthy and successful. She is author of The Girl's Guide to Money & Investing, Buying Solo – The Single Woman's Guide to Buying a Home. |
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Monday, October 18, 2004 William Westney "The Perfect Note: Pathways to Mastery" William Westney is the author of The Perfect Wrong Note. He received a performance doctorate from the Yale School of Music and has studied in Italy under a Fulbright grant. Performing credentials include top piano prizes at both the Geneva International Competition and Radiotelevisione Italiana auditions. His CRI recording, the first ever of music by futurist Leo Ornstein, was cited by Newsweek magazine as one of the "Ten Best American-Music Recordings" of the year. |
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Monday, November 8, 2004 Laura Shapiro "Men, Women and Julia" Laura Shapiro is a journalist and historian whose work has appeared in many publications, including Newsweek, The New York Times, and Gourmet. She is the author of the books: Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century; Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America; and Julia Child: A Life. |
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Friday, November 19, 2004 Juliette Rossant Juliette Rossant's work as a journalist has taken her to Istanbul, Paris, Moscow, and Jeddah. She wrote the Celebrity Chefs column for the Forbes annual "Celebrity 100" issue. Her chef articles have been cited by numerous major publications. |
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