Academy Regional Centers
The Western Center - Irvine, California
Convened by Jack W. Peltason, Cochair of the
Western Center and Vice President of the Academy, the 1836th Stated
Meeting took place last July in Los Angeles. Gordon Davidson, producer/director
of the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County, made arrangements for
Academy members and guests to attend a matinee performance of Robert Glaudini's The
Poison Tree at the Mark Taper Forum.
Following the performance, members went to the Salvatori Room of
the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for dinner and the Stated Meeting, at which
Gordon Davidson talked about his own experiences in the dramatic arts. He
invited his colleagues Robert Egan, producing director of the Mark Taper Forum,
and playwright Robert Glaudini to participate in an informal dialogue with the
Fellows about the play and the many aspects of theater production.
For further information about Western
Center activities, call Paul Silverman, Executive Associate, at (949)
824-4553 or email psilverm@uci.edu.
The Midwest Center - Chicago, Illinois
The Academy's 1838th Stated Meeting featured Fellow Martha Nussbaum
delivering a talk on the topic "Toward Global Justice." Nussbaum is the Ernst
Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of
Chicago where she holds joint appointments in the Law School, the Divinity
School, and the Department of Philosophy. Her most recent book is Women and
Human Development: The Capabilities Approach, published last April.
The event was held on October 28, 2000 at the Chicago Cultural
Center, a landmark building that is home to the world's largest Tiffany dome.
Participants were given a private viewing of the Museum of Broadcast
Communications at the Cultural Center. The meeting, presided over by Roger
Myerson, Chair of the Academy's Midwest Center, included a regional induction
ceremony for newly elected members from the Midwest.
For further information about Midwest Center
activities, call Anne Moffat, Executive Associate, at (773) 753-8162 or
email amacad@uchicago.edu.
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