Jake McCandless '51 PVC Speaker Series
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Chris Thomforde '69The Princeton Varsity Club proudly welcomed Dr. Chris Thomforde '69 back to Old Nassau as part of the Jake McCandless '51 PVC speaker Series, on November 9th, 2010. He delivered his address, "Education for a Balanced Life," at 7:30 PM at Dodds Auditorium, located inside Robertson Hall. More info...
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Craig Masback '77The Princeton Varsity Club was pleased to welcome Craig Masback '77 back to campus as part of the Jake McCandless '51 PVC Speaker Series. Masback presented his lecture, "The Enduring Values of Sports - Facing Up to the Challenges of the 21st Century" on Thursday April 17th in Dodds Auditorium. More info...
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Drew Hyland '61The Princeton Varsity Club was pleased to welcome Drew Hyland '61, Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College, back to campus as part of the Jake McCandless '51 PVC Speaker Series. Professor Hyland gave his lecture, "The Sweatiest of the Liberal Arts: Athletics and Education" on Thursday, November 30th in McCosh 10 at 7:30pm. More info...
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Erik WeihenmayerErik Weihenmayer, who overcame the loss of his sight early in life to become one of the foremost mountain climbers in the world, spoke on the Princeton University campus Wednesday, Nov. 16, as part of the Princeton Varsity Club Jake McCandless '51 Speaker Series. Weihenmayer's talk was held in Richardson Auditorium. More info...
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Frank Deford '61The Princeton Varsity Club was pleased to welcome Frank Deford '61 back to campus on Tuesday, April 24th as part of the Jake McCandless '51 PVC Speaker Series. Deford presented his lecture, "Sports: The Hype and the Hoopla" at Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University. More info...
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Jack Bogle '51The Princeton Varsity Club welcomed Jack Bogle '51 back to campus as the keynote speaker for the Spring 2009 edition of the PVC Jake McCandless '51 Speaker Series. Mr. Bogle delivered his address entitled "Aspiring to Build a Better Financial World" on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 7:30pm in McCosh Hall 10 to a diverse audience. More info...
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John CarlosJohn Carlos, an Olympic and Pan-American Games medal winner and NCAA Champion, made waves across the world when he and fellow American Tommie Smith raised their black-gloved fists on the medal stand at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. More info...
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John Doar '44John Doar '44 placed himself squarely at the center of the civil rights movement from 1960-1967 as an attorney with the United States Justice Department and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. More info...
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Karen Smyers '83
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Karen Smyers '83Until 1997, Karen Smyers led a charmed career in the sport of triathlon. Her achievements included World Championships titles in 1990, 1995, and 1996, the Professional National Champion title for six consecutive years, a gold medal at the 1995 Pan Am Games, the Triathlon Pro Tour in 1993 and 1994, the World Cup Series in 1991, and a dramatic come-from-behind victory over 7-time champion Paula Newby-Fraser in the Hawaiian Ironman World Championships in 1995. More info...
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Kathy DeBoerKathy DeBoer, a former University of Kentucky Senior Associate Athletic Director and longtime collegiate women's volleyball coach, presented a lecture entitled “Gender and Competition: How Men and Women Approach Work and Play Differently” on Wednesday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. on the Princeton University campus. More info...
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Larry Lucchino '67 and Wyc Grousbeck '83The Princeton Varsity Club welcomed Larry Lucchino '67 and Wyc Grousbeck '83 back to campus as part of the Jake McCandless '51 PVC Speaker Series on Thursday, November 13th. Larry Lucchino is the current President and CEO of the Boston Red Sox, and a member of John W. Henry's ownership group. Wyc Grousbeck assumed the role of Managing Partner, Governor and Chief Executive Officer of the Boston Celtics on December 31, 2002, after leading a local investment group that purchased the team More info...
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Myles Brand, NCAA PresidentMyles Brand, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), presented a public lecture entitled "Achieving Fiscal Responsibility in Athletics" on Monday, November 1, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. on the Princeton University campus. The lecture was made possible through a partnership between the Princeton University Department of Athletics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. More info...
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Stuart Taylor '70The Princeton Varsity Club was pleased to welcome Stuart Taylor '70 back to campus as part of the Jake McCandless '51 PVC Speaker Series. Taylor presented his lecture, "Until Proven Innocent: An Examination of the Duke Lacrosse Case" at McCosh 50 on the campus of Princeton University on Thursday, October 18, 2007. More info...
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Valerie Purdie VaughnsValerie Purdie-Vaughns, an assistant professor in the psychology department at Yale University, visited campus in the Spring of 2006 as part of the Jake McCandless '51 PVC Speaker Series. Professor Purdie-Vaughns delivered a lecture titled "Identity and Stereotype Threat: Powerful Influences for Student Development, Achievement, and Performance." Purdie-Vaughns presented research surrounding the contributing factors to Stereotype Threat and how all groups are stereotyped in some manner, including student-athletes. She further examined how Stereotype Threat alters performance in the classroom and on the playing field. More info...
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