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September 2016

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Clubhouse Updates

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It is nearly time to throw open the clubhouse doors again after a quiet, and productive August. You may not realize it by looking, but quite a lot of work and maintenance has been done in our old building during the dog days of summer, nearly all of it infrastructural. The major project has been a long-needed facelift and weatherization of the front of the house and its many windows. Additional, essential ventilation projects have been undertaken in our kitchen area, and (fiat lux!) new lighting fixtures installed in our basement bathrooms. Come one, come all, to see the improvements.

 

     Also, a start-of-autumn reminder that the spouse or partner of any member of the 14 West Hamilton Street Club enjoys full privileges at the clubhouse, regardless of whether the member is in attendance. Spouses and partners are welcome to come to meals and programs independently of the member, and to host their own guests. Just RSVP or cancel reservations where required (as is always indicated in the monthly clubNewsletter), and to complete a chit upon arrival at the parlor bar, indicating all drinks and meals purchased. All relevant charges will simply appear in the member’s regular monthly bill.

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Scheduled Talks/Events

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Mark your calendars! Please send RSVPs for yourself and your guest(s) at least two days in advance of each Hamilton Street Club event. Cancelled evening reservations must arrive to Club Steward Lisa Hillring 24 hours in advance, via telephone or e-mail, to avoid an automatic charge to your club account. Lunch drinks begin at 12:30, luncheon at 1:00, invited speakers and members’ guests talk informally at table. Evening drinks start at 6, dinner at 7, talks at 8. There will be no lunches scheduled on Wednesday September 14 and Friday September 30 so that club staff can prepare the house for the large evening events planned for those dates.  

 

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Scheduled Talks/Events

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Mark your calendars! Please send RSVPs for yourself and your guest(s) at least two days in advance of each Hamilton Street Club event. Cancelled evening reservations must arrive to Club Steward Lisa Hillring 24 hours in advance, via telephone or e-mail, to avoid an automatic charge to your club account. Lunch drinks begin at 12:30, luncheon at 1:00, invited speakers and members’ guests talk informally at table. Evening drinks start at 6, dinner at 7, talks at 8. There will be no lunches scheduled onWednesday September 14 and Friday September 30 so that club staff can prepare the house for the large evening events planned for those dates.  

 

SEPTEMBER 2016

 

Wednesday, 9/7/15, 12:30 pm: Clubhouse reopens for normal weekday lunch schedule following the August break.

 

Wednesday, 9/14/16, 6 pm: Diana Morris, Director of the Open Society Foundation’s Open Society Institute in Baltimore, and Open Places Initiative, addressing current social and economic issues that impede opportunity and justice in Baltimore and other large cities (Stan Mazaroff host).

 

Saturday, 9/17/16, 11:30 am: Lynley Herbert, Robert and Nancy Hall Assistant Curator of Rare Books & Manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum, will lead a Curator’s tour of the current exhibition “Waste Not: The Art of Medieval Recycling.” Meet at Walters Art Museum, Centre Street Entrance, tour followed by luncheon at the clubhouse. NOTE THE EARLY 11:30 AM STARTING TIME.

Friday, 9/30/16, 6 pm: New Member’s Party. Come one, come all to share in this annual welcome event held in honor of new members who have joined our club over the past year.

 

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2015 - 2016 Season

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August 2016

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Scheduled Talks/Events

 

The clubhouse is closed from Tuesday, August 2 through Tuesday, September 6. The club reopens for its normal weekday lunch schedule on Wednesday, September 7. 

 

Please note that there may be ad hoc, off-site August lunches scheduled on Fridays at either the Maryland Club (Downtown Baltimore, 1 East Eager Street) or the Ambassador Restaurant (North Baltimore, 3811 Canterbury Road). Information about these lunch events will be sent out several days in advance to the membership, advance RSVPs will be required and can only be received via e-mail during the August clubhouse closure as indicated.

 

Clubhouse News

 

Keep your eyes peeled when our clubhouse reopens in September, after its modest facelift during the annual August closure. Front door and window trims, shutters, sills, and sashes will be scraped, cleaned, sanded, caulked, waterproofed, primed, and repainted.

 

Membership Matters

 

David Meadows

Luke Marbury nominates and Mark Stichel seconds David Meadows for membership in the club. David and his wife, Erica, recently moved to Baltimore from Kosovo. David has worked for the United Nations for the last 28 years, primarily for its Department of Peacekeeping. His main tasks were to be part of advance teams setting up UN Peacekeeping and Election Missions. In one capacity or another he has worked for the UN in dozens of foreign countries from Haiti to East Timor. 

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Peter Dunn

Tony Carey nominates and Henry Johnson and Cary Woodward second Peter

Dunn for membership in the club. Peter is a graduate of Tufts University, and is

currently the Director of Community Relations with the Samaritan Community, a

non-profit organization located in Bolton Hill that provides crisis intervention and

counseling services for persons in need. Previously he was the development officer for several non-profit organizations, including Episcopal Community Services of Maryland and Community Action Marin. He has also done freelance work redesigning gardens for the TKF Foundation and has taught horticultural therapy to young adults for The League for People with Disabilities. In his free time Peter maintains a 200-year-old farm in the Worthington Valley in Baltimore County. 

 

Phillip Shivers

Jack Lapides nominates and Jim Ulmer seconds Phillip Shivers for membership in the club. Phil is a Bolton Hill native and son of long-time member Frank Shivers. A

graduate of the University of Maryland and the London Business School, Phil was in the securities business in London for two decades before recently returning to

Baltimore. He and his wife Selby Hall, also a Bolton Hill native, live in Roland Park.

 

Ron Kreitner

Henry Johnson nominates and Jim Ulmer seconds Ron Kreitner for membership inthe club. Ron is a retired Baltimore lawyer and businessman, and his wife “Flip” Kreitner recently retired after a career as a legislative aide. They live in Roland Park.

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July 2016

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Scheduled Talks/Events

 

Summer is usually a time for quiet contemplation, vacation travel, and the hot dog days. While we are on our own quieter summer schedule, the club has, however, been hopping. From a record Mint Julep party turnout to an all-time record response to our first-time July Garden Party (RSVPs were due in mid-June), summer has delivered a bumper crop of fellowship and bonhomie.

 

As ever, please remember to book yourself and your guest(s) at least two days in advance of any regular evening Hamilton Street Club event. Lunch begins with drinks at 12:30, luncheon at 1, invited speakers and members’ guests talk informally at table.Evening drinks start at 6, dinner at 7, talks at 8 [cancelled evening reservations must arrive to Club Steward Lisa Hillring 24 hours in advance, via telephone or e-mail, to avoid charge]. Please also note that there will be no lunches scheduled on 7/13/16 and 7/27/16, so that club staff can prepare the house for out typically large evening programs. Please also recall that our annual clubhouse August closing is nearly upon us. In the meantime, recall that guests are always welcome at any lunch (officially announced or not) and scheduled evening program. 

 

July 2016

 

Tuesday, 7/5/16, 12:30 pm: No lunch will be served on this Tuesday in observance of the 4 th of July holiday on Monday. Lunch service will resume beginning Wednesday, July 6.

 

Saturday, 7/9/16, 5-7 pm: Special Pre-Ticketed Event. A record-breaking 80+members and guests have purchased tickets to the club’s inaugural “Summer Art and Garden Party,” to be convened at Timber Ridge Farm in Upperco Maryland, hosted by member Stanley Mazaroff and Nancy Dorman. Come join your fellow club members for this very special early evening of country air and contemporary artwork on a picturesque 85-acre farm in northern Baltimore County, a 40-minute drive down from Baltimore City on Falls Road, through pleasant and rolling hills. All proceeds from the party will directly benefit the capital fund of the 14WHSC. Contact Lisa Hillring to inquire about any remaining tickets that may still be available (Tel: 410-727-2518; E-mail:14Hamilton@gmail.com).

 

Wednesday, 7/13/16, 6 pm: Judge Lynne Battaglia, on her recent volume of essays, Finding Justice (2015), on the contributions of women to the legal profession in Maryland since 1642. This is a rescheduled presentation, canceled due to a blizzard back in January 2016. (Jim Archibald host).

 

Wednesday, 7/27/15, 6 pm: An Open Forum, “Reflections on the Brexit,” in our ongoing Members Speak series. After dinner members and their guests will convene in the parlor for some brief comments and informal Q&A with our forum panelists, representing the fields of legal and constitutional history, journalism, and medicine:Peter Quint, Dan Berger, and Stephen Oppenheimer (Stephen is also British, though a long-time resident of Baltimore without a vote in the Brexit referendum!). Let’s close out our Spring/Summer 2016 season with one last engaging conversation. (Earle Havens host).

 

A full schedule of September programs will be sent out to the club membership in mid-August.

 

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Club Challenge!

 

A small announcement and challenge to the membership comes this month from fellow member, Philip Slavney: If any Club member is going to visit Sacramento, CA anytime in the near future, there will be an opportunity to add to the Club’s archives, for in the California State Library are the collected papers of Edwin Castagna, quondam director of the Pratt Library and 14 West Hamilton Street Club member. To be more specific, in archival box 1894 are materials from “14 West Hamilton Street” (as well as some from the “Baltimore Bibliophiles”). According to Karen Paige, Librarian in the California History Room (914-654- 7328), the materials can be seen only if one visits the physical premises, though photographs are allowed to be taken. Who knows what secrets wait to be revealed?

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June 2016

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Scheduled Talks/Events

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Summer is upon us! And, so, it is a good time to remember to mark your calendars and put in RSVPs for yourself and your guests at least two days in advance of each Hamilton Street Club event. Lunch drinks at 12:30, luncheon at 1, invited speakers and members’ guests talk informally at table. Evening drinks at 6, dinner at 7, talks at 8 [cancelled evening reservations must arrive to Club Steward Lisa Hillring 24 hours in advance, via telephone or e-mail, to avoid charge]. 

 

There will be no lunches scheduled on June 8th, June 17th and June 22nd, so that club staff can prepare the house for our typically large evening events on those dates.  

 

Please also note that during June and July (before our annual clubhouse closing in August), we revert to our customary two Wednesdays-only program schedule. There will be no scheduled Saturday luncheons, though normal weekday lunches will served regularly throughout June and July between Tuesdays and Fridays and, as always, guests (officially announced or not) are always welcome. 

 

June 2016

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Wednesday, 6/8/16, 6 pm: Dr. Homayra Ziad of the Institute for Islamic, Christian,

and Jewish Studies (ICJS) of Maryland, on the subject of drawing on Islamic traditions to engage people in questions of religious pluralism and justice. (Sam Hopkins host)

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Friday, 6/17/16, 6 pm: Annual Mint Julep Party. Join the rest of your club members in a great Ham Street tradition evocative of Maryland’s long south-of-Mason-Dixon-Line traditions. The mint julep—a spirituous libation mixing bourbon, sugar, and mint (customarily spearmint in the South, particularly in Kentucky)—seems to derive from the Spanish (“julepe”) for rosewater. Apparently prescribed in the late 18th c. for medicinal purposes, it first appeared in print (London, 1803) as “a dram of spirituous liquor that has mint steeped in it, taken by Virginians of a morning.” We Marylanders tend to prefer our juleps at the early evening cocktail hour, and hope to see you then and there, with plenty of occasional dishes for fine dining in equal abundance. Please see the invitation attached below.

 

Wednesday, 6/22/16, 6 pm: Steven Stanley, Member’s Speak Series, will speak to the club about his scholarly research on how a global climactic change—the onset of the modern Ice Age—caused a developmental shift that produced the large human brain.” Professor Stanley is a Research Professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Department of Geology and Geophysics. In 2013, he was also the recipient of the 2013 Geological Society of America’s Penrose Medal, the society’s highest honor awarded for eminent research in pure geology. (Earle Havens host)

 

 

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Clubhouse Updates

1. This is a reminder that the spouse or partner of any member of the 14 West Hamilton Street Club enjoys full reciprocal privileges at the clubhouse, regardless of whether the member is in attendance. Spouses and partners are welcome to come to meals and programs independently of the member, and to host their own guests. Spouses and partners are simply asked to RSVP or cancel reservations where required (as is always indicated in the monthly club Newsletter), and to complete a chit upon arrival at the parlor bar, indicating all drinks and meals purchased. All relevant charges will simply appear in the member’s regular monthly bill.

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2. Each year several members of the club exercise the privilege of membership that entitles them to arrange clubhouse rentals at reduced and extremely reasonable rates for on private events on weekdays and weekends, during daytime and evening hours.

Please simply contact club Steward, Lisa Hillring (Tel: 410-727- 2518; E-mail: 14Hamilton@gmail.com), in order to secure advanced booking for a private lunch, dinner, business meeting, reception, or party event.

 

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Membership Matters

 

The Club is delighted to welcome two new members this month 

 

Todd Canter – Todd has been in the real estate investment and securities business his entire career, and was based in Hong Kong for a number of years before returning to Baltimore two years ago. He and his daughter Chloe live in Homeland. Todd serves as Treasurer of Grace Methodist Church, and is active in Friends School and the Girl Scouts. A native of Ohio, he is a graduate of Ohio Northern University and has an MBA from Cleveland State University. Todd was proposed by Jim Ulmer and seconded by George Duke. 

 

 

Jeffrey Grigg, Ph.D -- Jeff is joining the faculty of the JHU School of Education as an Assistant Professor. His current research focuses on education in Baltimore. Jeff and his wife Lael, a health policy analyst, both have undergraduate degrees from Yale University and graduate degrees from the Univ. of Wisconsin. They and their two young children live in Roland Park, where they are renovating a Georgian Colonial home.  Jeff was proposed by Frank Yockey and seconded by Henry Johnson and Earle Havens. 

 

The club’s Steering Committee is committed to making the club a center for civil and lively conversation, and welcomes new members. Please be in touch with Jim Ulmer for information regarding membership and assistance in the admissions process.

 

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May 2016

 

 

Scheduled Talks/Events

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As we anticipate the arrival of “the darling buds of May,” it is a good time to remember to mark your calendars and put in RSVPs for yourself and your guests at least two days in advance of each Hamilton Street Club event. Lunch drinks at 12:30, luncheon at 1, invited speakers and members’ guests talk informally at table. Evening drinks at 6, dinner at 7, talks at 8 [cancelled evening reservations must arrive to Club Steward Lisa Hillring 24 hours in advance, via telephone or e-mail, to avoid charge]. Please also note that there will be no lunches scheduled on 5/11/16 and 5/25/16, so that club staff can prepare the house for our typically large evening events on those dates.  

   

 May 2016

CANCELLATION NOTICE: Friday, 5/6/16, 6 pm: Spring Party. Since this anticipated event now coincides with the annual Flower Mart festival, in addition to the extensive closure of streets and restricted parking due to emergency road work in the area near our clubhouse, so this event has been canceled.

 

Tuesday, 5/10/16, 12:30 pm: Bill Reynolds (Professor, University of Maryland Law School), will address the club in our “Members Speak” series on the concept of Constitutional “Originalism” in light of the death in February 2016 of its most outspoken proponent, Antonin Scalia, and the ensuing struggle to appoint his replacement to the Supreme Court bench. Follow the links to read more about Constitutional Originalism, and about President Obama’s pending nomination of Merrick B. Garland to replace Scalia on the bench. (Jim Ulmer host)

 

Wednesday, 5/11/16, 6 pm: Shane Butler (Professor of Classics, Johns Hopkins University),will speak on the Victorian polymath, John Addington Symonds, who was, at turns, a poet, literary critic, biographer, and also a pioneer for gay rights as a public intellectual. He was equally famous as a biographer (of Dante, Michelangelo, Philip Sidney, Ben Jonson, and Percy Bysshe Shelley), and translator of the famous 1887 bestseller, The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini. (Earle Havens host)

 

Saturday, 5/14/16, 12 pm: Jo Briggs (Assistant Curator of 18th and 19th Century Art, Walters Art Museum), in our “Members Speak” series, presents a curatorial tour of her recent prints exhibition, “Madame de Pompadour, Patron and Printmaker,” which highlights the lesser-known artistic side of the King’s mistress, both as a collector and maker of art. Meet at Centre Street entrance of the Walters at 12 noon sharp for a one-hour curator’s tour, followed by lunch at the clubhouse. (Rob Mintz host)

 

Wednesday, 5/25/16, 6 pm: Kalman “Buzzy” Hettleman is a nationally acclaimed expert on American public education will speak to us this evening about the current state and near-term future of the Baltimore Public School system in light of larger trends. He has served twice on the Baltimore Public Schools board, in addition to serving as Deputy Mayor of Baltimore. His extensive publications on the subject include newspaper articles, public reports, and his last book, It’s the Classroom, Stupid: A Plan to Save America’s Schoolchildren (2010). His most recent focus has been on education reform for students with disabilities.  (Diana Edwards-Murnaghan host)

 

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Clubhouse Updates

In order to enhance the security of our clubhouse during busy events, please be aware that the front door may remained locked after members and guests have arrived for luncheon and evening meals and programs, until the conclusion of an event. Ring the doorbell and a member of the clubhouse staff will promptly admit any latecomers, have no fear. Also, as we are now in the closing months of our Spring/Summer 2016 season, please know that guests are always welcome, and that the table at the 14 West Hamilton Street Club is always ready to meet new people, and to engage in our customary lively and engaging conversation. It is not too late in the year to bring friends, colleagues, and acquaintances that you think might enjoy or take an interest in our club.

 

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Membership Matters

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The following candidate is proposed for admission to the Club:

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Todd Canter – Investor; formerly Global Head of Product Development and Strategy and CEO Asia-Pacific at LaSalle Investment Management (Securities). Todd has been in the real estate investment and securities business his entire career, and was based in Hong Kong for a number of years before returning to Baltimore two years ago. He and his daughter Chloe live in Homeland. Todd serves as Treasurer of Grace Methodist Church, and is active in Friends School and the Girl Scouts. A native of Ohio, he is a graduate of Ohio Northern University and has an MBA from Cleveland State University. Todd is proposed by Jim Ulmer and seconded by George Duke. 

 

The club welcomes the following new members elected in April:

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Carl Eastwick (Julie) – Estate and Trust attorney at Semmes Bowen and Semmes. A Princeton and University of Virginia law graduate, Carl served in the Marine Corps and was formerly Assistant Attorney General and Chief Legislative Officer to Governor Harry Hughes. He was board President of the Cathedral School and is Chairman of the Board of the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion Endowment Fund and incoming Program Chairman at the Wednesday Club. He is nominated by Jim Ulmer and seconded by Henry Johnson, John Murphy, and Luke Marbury.

 

Charles Rowins (Susanne) – Pastor at St. Christopher Church at Gibson Island. Chuck is an ordained Episcopal priest and served as a private school chaplain before joining the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. Chuck is planning to move to Austin in the next year-or-so, and is being proposed as a non-resident member. He is nominated by Sam Hopkins and seconded by Luke Marbury.

 

Martin Knott (Allison) – President of Knott Mechanical, a large Baltimore HVAC and plumbing contractor. Martin graduated from Xavier University with a degree in entrepreneurial studies and serves on its President’s Advisory Committee. He is Vice Chairman of the Maryland Economic Development Corporation, President of the Signal 13 Foundation, and recently served as national finance chairman for Governor Martin O'Malley in his presidential campaign. He is nominated by Larry Haslip and seconded by Jim Case and Earle Havens.

The Steering Committee is committed to making the club a center for civil and lively conversation, and welcomes new members. Please be in touch with Jim Ulmer for information regarding membership and assistance in the admissions process.

 

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MARCH 2016

 

 

Scheduled Talks/Events

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We have a mighty lineup of club speakers and lunchtime conversations, so please mark your calendars and make RSVPs for yourself and your guests at least two days in advance of each event. Evening drinks at 6, dinner at 7, talks at 8 [cancelled evening reservations must arrive to Club Steward Lisa Hillring 24 hours in advance, via telephone or e-mail, to avoid charge]. Please also note that there will be no lunches scheduled on 3/9/16 and 3/23/16, so that the house can prepare for the large evening events on those dates. 

 

MARCH 2016

 

Wednesday, 3/2/16, 12:30 pm: Weekday lunch conversation withKathleen Lane, Executive Director of the American Institute of Architects Baltimore; and Meg Fairfax Fielding, President of theBaltimore Architecture Foundation (David Gleason host).

 

Saturday, 3/5/16, 12:30 pm: Lunch conversation with John Emond, “Members Speak” series, on Commercial space research and exploration. John was a contract specialist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center between 1984-87. He then moved on to NASA headquarters holding various positions as a senior policy analyst and collaboration program manager in commercial space development and technology transfer before retiring in September 2011. This is a rescheduled presentation due to an inclement weather cancellation in January 2016 (Jim Ulmer host).

 

Wednesday, 3/9/16, 6 pm: Speaker Emily Emerich, Director, Ladew Gardens, will discuss the history and upcoming season at Maryland’s greatest topiary and flower gardens (Charlie Keenan host). Nota bene: no luncheon meeting today.

 

Tuesday, 3/15/16, 12:30 pm: Lunch conversation with Bruce Barnett, Professor of Physics, Johns Hopkins University in our “Member’s Speak” Series, will lead a special discussion of the recent “Eureka!” discovery by scientists of the existence of gravitational waves, first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916 in the context of his theory of general relativity (Sam Hopkins host).

 

Saturday, 3/19/16,11:30 pm [NB: EARLIER-THAN-USUAL START]: Weekend tour and lunch conversation with Joneath Spicer in our “Members Speak” series, James A. Murnaghan Curator of Renaissance and Baroque Art, Walters Art Museum. Curator’s choice from the current exhibition, “A Renaissance Original: Carlo Crivelli.” Meet at Centre Street entrance of Walters at 11:30 sharp for a one hour curator’s tour, then to the clubhouse for a meal and further conversation (Rob Mintz host).

 

Wednesday 3/23/16, 6 pm: Annual Maryland Day Party. Nota bene: no lunch meeting today.

 

Friday, 3/25/16, 12:30 pm: Lunch guest Greg Britton, Editorial Director, Johns Hopkins University Press, will answer questions about the world of print and digital publishing today.

 

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Clubhouse Updates

The 14 West Hamilton Street Club has not revised its meal and drinks pricing in over eight years. The Steering Committee has voted on a new schedule to reflect price inflation:

 

Weekday & Saturday lunches: $20 per person, wine now complimentary at all lunches.

Evening dinners and parties: $42 per person, wine remains complimentary at dinner.

Bar: Sodas/Sparkling Waters, $2; Wine/beer $6; Cocktails $7.50.

 

Please note that members’ annual dues remain unchanged.

 

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FEBRUARY 2016

 

Veni, vidi, vivi (I came, I saw, I survived)!  Thus do we say farewell to “Blizzard of 2016.” Happily the 14 West Hamilton Street Club survived as well, despite a couple of cancelled talks that, happily, have been rescheduled, and lots, and lots of snow: (see attached photos) As per custom, our social calendar at the Club is as lively as ever, and we hope to see you all healthy and hale at the clubhouse in the winter weeks and months to come.

 

Scheduled Talks/Events

 

We have a strong cadre of club speakers, so please mark your calendars and make RSVPs for yourself and your guests at least two days in advance of each event. Evening drinks at 6, dinner at 7, talks at 8 [cancelled evening reservations must arrive to Club Steward Lisa Hillring 24 hours in advance to avoid charge]. Please also note that there will be no lunches scheduled on 2/10/16 and 2/24/16, so that the house can prepare for the large evening events on those dates.

 

 

Saturday, 2/6/16, 12:30 pm: Family and Friends Luncheon with no scheduled speaker. Members are especially encouraged to invite guests for our customary informal conversation and fellowship.

 

Wednesday, 2/10/16, 6 pm: Elizabeth Archibald (Humanities Program, Peabody Institute), will talk about her new book (which grew out of a runaway bestselling blog) Ask the Past: Pertinent and Impertinent Advice from Yesteryear (2015). See http://askthepast.blogspot.com/, for examples of how Dr. Archibald finds historical advice on matters relevant to modern day issues. (Earle Havens host)

 

Saturday, 2/20/16, 12:30 pm: George Liebmann, “Members Speak” series, on his recent book, The Fall of the House of Speyer, The Story of a Banking Dynasty (2015) (Jim Ulmer host) 

 

Wednesday, 2/24/16, 6 pm: Judge Andre Davis, “Members Speak” series. Topic TBA. (Laurie Zabin and Diana Edwards Murnaghan hosts)

 

New Introductions from the Club Staff

 

Our Club Steward, Lisa Hillring and Chef, Idalee DiGregorio, would also like to ask the membership to join them in welcoming Brittany Wilson to the clubhouse staff. Please stop by the bar, say “hello,” and introduce yourself to her the next time you are at the 14 WHSC. While you're there please be sure to sign in to help Brittany get to know you as well. 

 

Announced Guests:

 

Announcing guests to the membership is a great way to introduce new people to the Club.  However, it is very important to coordinate these plans with the staff to ensure that they will not overlap with already scheduled events.  Below you will find the preferred dates for February for announced guests. You can also find this information on the on-line calendar of events http://www.14whsc.com/#!calendar-of-events/ctvi  with available dates marked as Open for Announced Guests. This month's dates are:

 

Tuesday, February 16th

Tuesday, February 23rd

 

Members are always welcome to bring unannounced guests. Please be sure to let the staff know in advance if you or your guests have any dietary restrictions or requirements so that they may accommodate your needs. 

JANUARY 2016

 

 

A fine time was had by all in December, with a record turnout at the Christmas Party to enjoy Lisa and Idalee’s festive holiday menu, plentiful libations, and conversation befitting the season. It was great to see old friends and meet new ones, including recent members George and Lucy Duke, Charles and Marcia Moyland, and Jill Jonnes and Christopher Ross.

 

Many thanks to all the members who made generous contributions to the Employee 

Christmas Fund. This is an important way to thank our current staff and honor the 

Estelle’s quarter-century of service. 

 

A new year is upon us at the 14 West, let it be an annus mirabilis of friends old and 

new, fellowship, and bonhomie. Mark your calendars, there is much fun and monkey 

business to look forward to (2016, Chinese Year of the Monkey)!

 

We have an exciting array of club speakers, so please mark your calendars and make 

those RSVPs at least two days in advance of each event. Evening drinks at 6, dinner at 

7, talks at 8 [cancelled evening reservations must arrive to Lisa 24 hours in advance to avoid 

charge]. Please note that the clubhouse will reopen after its annual holiday closure for 

Tuesday lunch on January 5. Please also note that there will be no lunches scheduled on 

either 1/14/16 or 1/27/16, so that the house can prepare for the large evening events 

on those dates.

 

Announced Guests

 

As you know, members can and are encouraged to bring guests to lunch (or any other 

event). The club is happy to announce a guest, which may bring other members to 

join in discussions of mutual interest, say hello to old friends, or make new ones. 

 

 

Kicking off the January season, 

Scheduled Talks/Events

 

JANUARY 2016

 

Tuesday, 1/5/16, 12:30 pm: Club reopens for regular weekday lunches.

 

Saturday, 1/9/16 12:30 pm: Traditional Club “One Conversation” Lunch.

 

Thursday, 1/14/16, 6 pm: (NOTE CHANGE OF DATE – Thursday NOT 

Wednesday this month as we will be at the Walters first): Amy Landau, Curator of 

Islamic Art, Walters Art Museum, will lead an exhibition walk through of the 

wonderful Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts (on view 

through 1/31/16). Meet Amy at the Centre Street entrance at 6pm sharp, followed by 

dinner at clubhouse. (Rob Mintz and Joneath Spicer hosts)

 

Saturday, 1/23/16 CLUB CLOSED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

This event has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 5th 12:30 pm: John Emond, “Members Speak” series, on 

Commercial space research and exploration. John was a contract specialist at NASA 

Goddard Space Flight Center in the mid-1989s and then moved on to NASA 

headquarters holding various positions as a senior policy analyst and collaboration 

program manager in commercial space development and technology transfer until 

retiring in 2011. (Jim Ulmer host)

 

Wednesday, 1/27/16, 6 pm: Judge Lynne Battaglia, on her new edition of essays by 

various authors, Finding Justice (2015), the first comprehensive overview of the 

contributions women have made to the legal profession in Maryland from 1642 

onwards. (Jim Archibald host)

 

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Membership Matters

 

Please give a warm welcome to our new members and thanks to their proposers and 

seconders: 

 

 Jo Briggs (nominated by Stan Mazaroff and seconded by Joneath Spicer and 

Rob Mintz). Jo is the Associate Curator of 18th and 19th-century art at the 

Walters Art Museum. She received her Master’s degree at Oxford and her PhD 

in art history at Yale. Before joining the Walters, she was a research associate at 

the Yale Center for British Art. She recently curated the highly praised exhibit 

about Henry Walters, "From Rye to Raphael." 

 

 Prof. Peter Danchin (nominated by Sam Hopkins and seconded by Bill 

Reynolds). Peter is Professor of Law and Co-Director of the International and 

Comparative Law Program at the Univ. of Maryland School of Law. Trained at 

the Univ. of Melbourne and Columbia Law School, Peter was law clerk to the 

Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and an associate in 

firms in New York and Australia. He teaches public international law, 

international human rights, South African constitutional law, and comparative 

public policy and law reform.  Previously Peter was a Senior Research Fellow at 

the Center for Theological Inquiry at Princeton.  

 

New members are the lifeblood of the club. Please think of candidates who might 

be interested to join and bring them to any of our weekday lunches. Jim or Earle can 

help with the mechanics and answer any questions. And, of course, all guests are 

welcome and encouraged…sometimes lunch is “just lunch.”

 

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Future Events/Save These Dates

 

Please also save dates in your calendars for any of these scheduled upcoming speakers 

and annual events at the club in February and March: 

 

Saturday, 2/6/16, 12:30 pm: Family and Friends Luncheon, all are welcome.

 

Wednesday, 2/10/16, 6 pm: Elizabeth Archibald (Humanities Program, Peabody Institute), will talk about her new 

book (which grew out of her massively popular blog) Ask the Past: Pertinent and Impertinent Advice from Yesteryear (2015), 

which seeks historical advice on modern day problems. (Earle Havens host)

 

Saturday, 2/20/16, 12:30 pm: George Liebmann, “Members Speak” series, on his recent book, The Fall of the House of 

Speyer, The Story of a Banking Dynasty (2015) (Jim Ulmer and Earle Havens hosts) 

 

Wednesday, 2/24/16, 6 pm: Judge Andre Davis, “Members Speak” series. Topic to be determined (Laurie Zabin and 

Diana Edwards Murnaghan hosts)

 

Saturday, 3/5/16, 12:30 pm: Traditional Club “One Conversation” Luncheon, all are welcome.

 

Wednesday, 3/9/16, 6 pm: Emily Emerich, Director, and Tyler Diehl, Head Gardener, Ladew Gardens (Charles 

Keenan host)

 

Saturday, 3/19/16, 12:30 pm: Joneath Spicer, “Members Speak” series, The James A. Murnaghan Curator of 

Renaissance and Baroque Art, Walters Art Museum, Curator’s Tour of Exhibition, “A Renaissance Original: Carlo 

Crivelli.” Meet at Centre Street entrance of Walters at 12:30 sharp for a one hour curator’s tour, followed by lunch at the 

clubhouse. (Earle Havens host)

 

Wednesday 3/23/16, 6 pm: Annual Maryland Day Party! Celebrate the landing of the Ark and the Dove upon these 

virgin shores!

 

 

DECEMBER 2015

 

The Holiday Season is in full swing, and so is the 14 West Hamilton Street club!

 

Scheduled Talks/Events

 

We have an exciting array of club speakers, so please mark your calendars and make those RSVPs at least two days in advance of each event. Evening drinks at 6, dinner at 7, talks at 8 [cancelled evening reservations must arrive to Lisa 24 hours in advance to avoid charge]. Please not that the clubhouse will close for the holidays after our annual Holiday Party on Saturday, December 19th, and will reopen Tuesday, January 5. Please also note that there will be no lunch scheduled on Wednesday, December 2nd so that the house can prepare for the evening event.

 

Wednesday, 12/2/15, 6 pm: Kurt Schmoke, President of University of Baltimore, on the present and future of the University. (Jeffrey Sawyer host) This event was fully booked. Thanks to all for making this such a popular evening. 

 

Saturday, 12/5/15, 12:30 pm: New Event! Spouses’ and Partners’ Luncheon, ALL are welcome. Please invite your spouse or partner to meet and join others at the clubhouse, a new opportunity and 14WHSC tradition: meet members of the larger Hamilton Street Club family. Please also recall that spouses and partners of club members are also welcome to attend any of our regular meals and scheduled events, please just be sure to RSVP for evening and Saturday events at least two days in advance. However, this “first Saturday” is set aside to celebrate our better halves.

 

Tuesday, 12/8/15, 12:30: Member John Murphy will have as his guests Fern Shenand Mark Reutter to lunch. Fern and Mark are the editors of the Baltimore Brew https://baltimorebrew.com, a leading on-line source of news in the Baltimore metropolitan area that is free and financed by grants from various Baltimore foundations, including the Abell Foundation. The Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Brew, Fern’s prior career in journalism included work at the Washington Post and Evening Sun, and Mark, who previously worked for the Baltimore Sun, is the senior writer and editor.

 

Saturday, 12/12/15, 12:30 pm: Richard Striner, Professor at Washington College, in our “Members Speak” series, on his new book How America Can Spend Its Way Back to Greatness (2015).

 

Saturday, 12/19/15, 6 pm: Holiday Party!!! Fellowship, food, and the wassail bowl. This will be an extremely popular event, so please make your reservations 

 

Membership Matters

 

Please give a warm welcome to our new member George Duke and his wifeLucy. 

 

 Jim Ulmer nominates and Barrett Freedlander seconds Michael Yaggy for membership in the club. A lifelong Baltimorean, Michael served in the Marines in Vietnam and spent the bulk of his legal career at DLA Piper. He has a long-standing interest in military history and has recently completed research and lectures on the World War II battles of Pearl Harbor and D-Day. Michael is married to Nora Yaggy, who has been active in social services for many years.

 

 Stan Mazaroff nominates and Toni Keane seconds Ginny Adams for membership in the club. Ginny was one of the first women partners at DLA Piper. After she retired, she earned a PhD in Art History at the University of Maryland and teaches and lectures on issues of modern and contemporary art. She is a Trustee and former Board Chair of the Enoch Pratt Free Library and a Trustee of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Her husband, Neal Friedlander, chairs the Department of Medicine at GBMC. 

 

 Earle Havens nominates and Jim Ulmer seconds Paul Espinosa as one of our first nominees under the status of “Junior Membership,” in an effort to encourage younger members under the age of 40 to consider joining the club at a reduced dues rate. Paul Espinosa is the Curator of the George Peabody Library, part of the Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins University, and has been a frequent guest to the club over the past several years. In addition to his expertise as an historian of the book, he holds Master’s degrees from the University of Maryland in Classics, as well as Library and Information Science. He is responsible for the day-to-day activities of the library, helping to build the collection by gift and acquisition, and frequently speaks about the library’s history and collections to members of the greater Baltimore area. In Fall 2017, Paul will co-curate with member Earle Havens the first major exhibition and allied publication to explore the full history and collections of the Peabody from the library’s extensive historical archives: “A Cathedral of Books: The History and Collections of the George Peabody Library, 1857-2017.”

 

New members are the lifeblood of the club. Please think of candidates who might be interested to join and bring them to any of our weekday lunches. Jim or Earle can help with the mechanics and answer any questions. And, of course, all guests are welcome and encouraged…sometimes lunch is “just lunch.”

 

 

 

NOVEMBER 2015

 

 

The leaves are changing spectacularly, the specter of Halloween is around the corner, and November is nearly upon us. We have much to look forward to at our clubhouse.

 

Scheduled Talks/Events:

 

November presents us with a really super array of club speakers, so please mark your calendars and make those RSVPs at least two days in advance of each event. Evening drinks at 6, dinner at 7, talks at 8 (cancelled evening reservations must arrive to Lisa 24 hours in advance to avoid charge)

 

Wednesday 11/4/15, 12:30 pm: Earle Havens will bring a special guest to lunch, David Norbrook, Merton Professor Emeritus of Renaissance English Literature at Oxford University, and Fellow of Merton College. Professor Norbrook recently moved to Baltimore, where his wife, Sharon Achinstein, is the Sir William Osler Professor of Literature at Johns Hopkins University. He is an expert on the endlessly fascinating female Renaissance polymath, Lucy Hutchinson.

 

Saturday, 11/7/15, 12:30 pm: Traditional Club Saturday Lunch, no announced 

 

Wednesday, 11/11/15, 6 pm: Dr. Gabrielle Dean, Curator of Modern Rare Books & Manuscripts at Johns Hopkins will lead a Curator’s tour of her latest exhibition at the George Peabody Library, “Lost and Found in the Funhouse: The John Barth Collection.” Meet at the George Peabody Library at 6pm sharp. Then walk to clubhouse for drinks and dinner with the Curator at 7 pm. Read more here about this exciting exhibition of the papers and literary archive of one of Maryland’s most celebrated regional authors.NOTE that the clubhouse will NOT be open for lunch on 11/11, please observe the 24-hour cancellation requirement for the evening program.

 

Saturday, 11/21/15, 12:30 pm: Dr. Leopoldine Prosperetti, (Towson, History of Art) will talk about her current book project on the color green and the place of trees in Old Master landscapes: “Sylvan Moments: Trees and the Natural World in Renaissance and Baroque Art.”

 

Saturday, 11/28/15, 12:30 pm: Annual Saturday-After-Thanksgiving Family 

Lunch (we promise NOT to serve turkey!), and members are especially encouraged to bring friends, family, and out-of-town visitors for this always agreeable respite from the seasonal chaos at hearth and home.

 

Membership Matters:

 

Please give a warm welcome to two new members this month. Nominators and 

seconders, please accept our sincere thanks for bringing them into the fellowship of 

 

 Jill Jonnes (Christopher Ross), a Wilson Scholar, non-fiction author, and 

founder of the Baltimore Tree Trust [Tony Carey and Sarah Lord]

 

 Charles Moylan (Marcia), for two decades a judge on the Maryland Court of 

Special Appeals with ties to City College, Johns Hopkins University, and the 

University of Maryland Law School [Jack Lapides, David Zoll, Barrett 

Freedlander, Stan Mazaroff]

 

New Member Nomination – George Duke

 

Jim Ulmer nominates, and Charlie Mitchell and George Wills second George Duke for membership in the club. George is a Managing Director at LaSalle Investment 

Management and has been a friend and colleague of Jim’s for upwards of twenty 

years. He holds a BBA from William and Mary, an MBA from the University of 

Virginia, an M.Ed in Higher Education Administration from Vanderbilt University, 

and an MLA in Philosophy and Literature from Johns Hopkins University. While his career has focused on the real estate industry, his interests run to the intersection of history and philosophy, first editions, and good wine. George and his wife, Lucy, live in Lutherville. Their oldest daughter is a doctor in Boston, and other two attend 

 

New members are the lifeblood of the club. Please think of candidates who might be interested to join and bring them to any of our weekday lunches. Jim or Earle can help with the mechanics and answer any questions. And, of course, guests are always welcome and encouraged…sometimes lunch is also “just lunch.”

 

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It may not be widely understood among the membership, but spouses and domestic partners of current members of the 14 West Hamilton Street Club are always welcome to take up the hospitality of the clubhouse on their own, and with guests of their own (the member in the family need not accompany you). The Steering Committee just asks that spouses and partners be certain to call in advance their reservations for dinner programs with speakers, any scheduled parties, or any scheduled Saturday lunches at least two days in advance, and to cancel any reservations within 24 hours of any of those events. Upon arrival, spouses and partners of members are simply obliged to sign a chit at the second floor bar, mentioning the member’s name, listing how many are in your party, and tallying the number of drinks and/or meals your party will be having that day.

 

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Future Events/Save these Dates

 

Please also save dates in your calendars for any of these scheduled upcoming speakers and annual events at the club in December and January: 

 

Wednesday, 12/2/15, 6 pm: Kurt Schmoke, President of University of Baltimore, on the present state and future of UB, hosted by fellow club member Jeffrey Sawyer. 

 

Saturday, 12/12/15, 12:30 pm: Club member Professor Richard Striner, Washington College, contributes to our “Members Speak” lecture series, discussing his new book How America Can Spend Its Way Back to Greatness (2015), hosted 

 

Saturday, 12/19/15, 6 pm: Annual Holiday Party.

 

Wednesday, 1/13/16, 6 pm: Amy Landau, Curator of Islamic Art, Walters Art Museum, Walters Exhibition curator’s tour, Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts (11/8/15-1/31/16), hosted by members Joneath Spicer and Rob Mintz. Meet at the Walters’ Centre Street entrance at 6pm sharp, followed by dinner at clubhouse.

 

Saturday, 1/23/16, 12:30 pm: John Emond, in our “Members Speak” series, on Commercial space research and exploration. John was a contract specialist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center between 1984 and 1987. He then moved on to NASA headquarters holding various positions as a senior policy analyst and collaboration program manager in commercial space development and technology transfer before retiring in September 2011. 

 

Wednesday, 1/27/16, 6 pm: Judge Lynne Battaglia, on her new book Finding Justice: A History of Women Lawyers in Maryland since 1642 (2015), hosted by member Jim Archibald.

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 2015

 

The autumnal equinox has come and gone, and Fall is officially upon us. As we prepare for the leaves to change and the breezes to cool, we have much to look forward to at our clubhouse this October.

Scheduled Talks/Events 
This month we have a really super array of club speakers, so please mark your calendars and make those RSVPs. Evening drinks at 6, dinner at 7, talks at 8, cancelled reservations must arrive 24 hours in advance: 
  
This Saturday, 10/3/15, 12:30 pm: Traditional club Saturday lunch, no announced speakers.

Wednesday, 10/7/15, 6 pm: Baltimore’s own Scott Shane, national security reporter for the New York Times, will give us a presentation on his brand new book just released in September 2015, Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone. Member Johnathan Hill will introduce his friend and neighbor. Perhaps you have heard one of the recent advertisements for his book on National Public Radio just this week? If you want to do your homework, see the recent Sunday New York Times book review if Objective Troy here. 

Saturday, 10/17/15, 12:30 pm : James Dilts, President of the Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture, will address the club about the initiative to revive Baltimore’s original Peale Museum. You can read more about it in advance here. 

  
Wednesday, 10/21/15, 6 pm: Butch Darrell, will inform the club about the history, achievements, and plans for Habitat for Humanity in Baltimore and Maryland. Member Greg Cukor will introduce his friend to the club. 
  
Please note that the clubhouse will NOT be open for lunch on Wednesday, October 7 or Wednesday, October 21, due to necessary preparations for club events planned for those evenings. If you need to cancel an evening reservation, please contact the club the day before the event or your account will be charged.

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Membership Matters 
Please give one more warm welcome to our new members who have joined the club over the past year, who were duly welcomed many to the club at a blockbuster New Members Party on Friday, September 25. Nominators and seconders, please accept our sincere thanks for bringing them into the fellowship of the club (supporters’ names in parentheses):

Rob Brennan (Gleason and Benn) 
George W. Liebmann (Gleason, Stichel, and Quint) 
Sarah Lord (Carey and Mazaroff) 
Qayum Karzai (Murnaghan and Heuisler) 
Richard Striner (Brugger, Ulmer, and Murphy) 
John W. “Jack” Eddinger (Hasler and Jenkins) 
Judge Andre M. Davis (Zabin and Murnaghan) 
Barrett Freedlander (Ulmer and Mazaroff) 
Peter Stockman (Ulmer and Cukor)

New members are the lifeblood of the club. Please think of candidates who might be interested to join and bring them to any of our weekday lunches. Jim or Earle can help with the mechanics and answer any questions. And, of course, guests are always welcome and encouraged…sometimes lunch is “just lunch.”

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2015

 

 

The lazy, dog days of summer are nearly past us, and we have much to look forward to in the coming autumn season, beginning with the clubhouse’s reopening for lunch on Tuesday, September 8. As you enter this September, take a moment to absorb the freshly restored first floor front hall and stairway. Water damage and peeling plaster have been mended, the inner bowels of the building’s façade treated against future water damage, and even the front door and hallways have been painted in fine new colors appropriate to the building, selected by historical color expert, Mattew Mosca, who spoke to the club last July. 

Our fellow members Henry Johnson and Frank Yockey have been doing yeoman’s work, Frank’s team stripping and refinishing the badly stained first-floor hallway floorboards, and returning the front door radiator to its former glory. Henry worked with the house subcommittee to repaint and reappoint the first floor and stairwell to the parlor, and rehang much of the club’s artwork, in addition to directing the plasterwork downstairs, adding a goodly number of historic and early prints, and other furnishings, recently donated to the club by members. None of this would have been possible without generous donations from the club’s membership. If you have not already contributed to the cost of this work, please feel free to send a voluntary gift to support it by contacting: earle.havens@jhu.edu.

 

This September we have several exciting events to announce:

Wednesday, 9/9/15, 6 pm: Baltimorean Susan Fisher Sallum will give an illustrated lecture about her personal discovery in 2013 of a trove of hundreds of top secret and classified files belonging to her late father, Joel Fisher, a member of General Eisenhower’s staff tasked to locate and secure billions of dollars’ worth of gold, silver, and currency plundered by the Nazis. Her discovery was first published in June 2014 in the Washington Post Magazine, and more recently in August 2015 on WYPR’s Midday with Dan Rodricks. Seewww.wwiirecoveredtreasure.com. For 27 years, Susan served as director of communications for US Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland. Cocktails and conversation at 6:00, dinner at 7:00, talks at 8:00. Please RSVP before 9/7/15.

Friday, 9/11/15: 12:30 pm: Special weekday luncheon guest, Anthony Grafton(Princeton). Professor Grafton is the most influential scholar of Renaissance history of his generation, and the author of well over a dozen books and hundreds of scholarly articles and reviews. He is in Baltimore collaborating with member Earle Havens on two rare book projects, one on Renaissance forgery, the other an international digital humanities initiative called The Archaeology of Reading. Seewww.bookwheel.org. Space will be limited for this luncheon, so please RSVP early.

Saturday, 9/19/15, 12:30 pm: Jim Williams has spent 50 years in international advertising executive work, and is a past recipient of two awards for public health campaigns from US Presidents (and a Medal of Honor from the Egyptian Ministry of Health). He is now retired from his last vocation as Associate Director of the Center for Communication Programs at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Hopkins, and now pursues his true avocation for books and history, in part as President of the Friends of the Sheridan Libraries at Hopkins. He will share an illustrated talk from his most recent antiquarian castle and palace itineraries in the UK, following in the footsteps of King Henry VIII and his wives. These will include Lambeth Palace, where Jim recently held in his very hands a draft copy of Henry's marriage license to Catherine of Aragon; Thornbury Castle, where Henry slept with the doomed Anne Boleyn; and Windsor Castle, where Henry is buried next to his later wife, Jane Seymour. Please RSVP before 9/17.

Friday, 9/25/15, 6 pm: Season Opening and New Member’s Party. Please join us in this annual celebration of the autumn season at the club, and to greet our newest members from the past year, and their guests. This popular club party presents a great opportunity to formally welcome our freshest additions to the fellowship of the club, and for existing members to invite guests of their own who might make excellent members in the near future. Please RSVP before 9/23.

Please note that the clubhouse will NOT be open for lunch on Wednesday, September 9, or on Friday, September 25, due to necessary preparations for club events planned for those evenings.

 

On membership matters, Peter Stockman (nominated by Jim Ulmer and seconded by Greg Cukor) has been elected to non-resident membership in the club; and Barrett Freedlander (nominated by Jim Ulmer, seconded by Stan Mazaroff) has been elected to resident membership. We look forward to seeing Peter and Barrett much more often in the near future at the clubhouse, along with their respective wives, Dyson and Laura.