Amy Khedouri shares exciting and amusing stories, in Dr. Lovejoy’s own words, of her early years in a remote lumber town, and how a girl with little formal education became one of the first women doctors in the state of Oregon. Ms. Khedouri is a second generation Humanist and a frequent visitor to our group. She worked for Dr. Lovejoy as a child and as a young woman. She has recently published an ebook about Dr. Lovejoy’s pioneer childhood.
Michael Meo tells the story of the rise and the fall of Russian astronomy during the nineteenth century. Here was the first astronomer to observe stellar parallax, the predicted direct evidence of the earth’s orbit around the sun, sought for since the days of Galileo. Michael Meo earned a B.S. in astronomy from Cal Tech in 1969, took an M.A. in the history of science from U.C. Berkeley in 1970, and then served as museum technician at the Smithsonian Institution in 1975 to 1977.
The vast majority of the perpetrators violence are male, yet rarely is this unifying demographic identified in discussions on reducing violence. Chris Huffine looks at what it is about masculinity that contributes to the male propensity for violence and what can be done to change it. Dr. Huffine is a licensed psychologist and Executive Director of Allies in Change in Portland. He has worked with thousands of abusive men and dozens of female and male victims of abuse.
Peter Frajola, Associate Concert Master of the Oregon Symphony, discusses the duties and joys of his job. He will also play a few short pieces for unaccompanied violin. Mr. Frajola earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. After working with the San Francisco Opera, Louisville Orchestra, and the Knoxville Symphony, he won an audition to play in the Oregon Symphony where he will soon be starting his 36th season.