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February
5,
2012
HARVEY JOANNING:
"Military Families: Stresses of Deployment and Returning Home"
Harvey Joanning, Ph.D. is an Emeritus Professor
at Iowa State University, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Iowa and
an Instructor at the University of South Alabama. He has worked with active
military personnel and veterans during his career.His
talk will focus on the difficulties faced by members of the military and their
families before, during, and following deployment. The stresses can be so
great that many military marriages end in divorce, Children of these families
show both positive and negative developmental differences compared to non-military
youth. Dr. Joanning's talk will raise awareness of and sensitivity to the
sacrifices of military families.
February
12,
2012
LEW TOULMIN:
"Crimes Against History and Genealogy”
Dr. Lew Toulmin will cover items such as the destruction of
the Great Library at Alexandria, Egypt, the burning of southern courthouses
by General Sherman, the US Army and the Confederate Army, the destruction
of the genealogy of Ireland, the theft of the Baldwin County Courthouse, and
the greatest genealogical criminal of all time.Lew
Toulmin is a member of the FUF, and lives in Maryland and Fairhope. He is
the head of the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies of America, a
lineage organization, is an officer in several other genealogical societies,
and is a member of over 40 societies. He is the direct descendant of Judge
Harry Toulmin (1766-1823), a Unitarian minister who fled England in 1793 due
to persecution of him and other Unitarians, and became one of the founders
of Alabama.
February
19,
2012
FRANK LARAWAY:
"A Defense of Thomas Jefferson"
Frank will share more than you ever imagined about Jefferson’s
talents, achievements and rich life. He may clear up some misinformation you
may have heard about Jefferson. Frank
graduated from the Organic School in Fairhope, and went on to receive degrees
in philosophy and science. He was a member of the Taliesin Fellowship, apprenticing
under Frank Lloyd Wright, then went on to get a degree in architecture at
the University of Michigan. He is an avid thinker about religion, Friends
(Quakers) and Unitarians, politics, science, economics, and environmentalism.
February
26,
2012
GAYE LINDSEY:
"Polar Opposites: the Arctic and Antarctica"
Gaye
Lindsey was raised in Bay Minette. After college and graduate school she worked
as a high school math teacher in the Washington, DC area and at an International
School in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She took a job at the World Bank where she
managed the financial aspects of the Bank's loans to Southeast Asia countries.
After retirement, she moved to Fairhope and currently enjoys volunteering,
birding, and working with clay."Polar
Opposites" is a travelogue about her trips to the Arctic and Antarctica.
It explores the similarities and differences between the two poles, in terms
of geography as well as wildlife. The history of exploration of both areas
will be discussed and the stark beauty of both places will be shown in slides.
