Winter/Spring 1988

January 5 Mr. Lawrence D. Dabms,
Executive Director, 1988 Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Gridlock! Remember When ‘Getting There’ was Half the Fun?

January 19 Ms. Irene Kampen,
Author and Humorist

It’s a Funny World.

February 2 W. Mark Fruin,
Professor of Business and Economic History, California State University, Hayward

Inside Toshiba: Industrial Work in Modern Japan.

February 16 The Honorable Jean Moorhead Duffy,
former Assembly woman, California State Legislature

Laws and Sausage–Making Them Isn’t a Pretty Sight.

March 1 William Paterson,
veteran actor with the American Conservatory Theatre

My 40 Years in Regional Theatre.

March 15 Mervyn F. Silverman, M.D.,
President, American Foundation for AIDS Research

AIDS: Causes, Cure, Prevention.

April 5 Harold Gilliam,
author and environmental and futurist columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle

Carmel–An Environmental Pioneer.

April 19 Marianne Alireza,
author and former wife of Saudi Arabian diplomat

At the Drop of a Veil.

May 3 Marva Collins,
educator and founder o Chicago’s Westside Preparatory School

Relighting the Candle of Excellence.

May 17 Elie Abel,
Stanford University Professor of Journalism and former network news broadcaster

Who is Managing the News?

June 7 Scott Rice,
Professor of English at California State University, San Jose

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night… How Bad Writing Can Bring Out the Best.