Our Thursday Meeting Speaker Series invites guest speakers to present to our members on a variety of interest points and issues – from “What ‘Indigenous’ Means in Current Times” to “Local Watershed Challenges” to “Has The Digital Age Changed The Way the Holocaust Affects Us: Telling My Father’s Auschwitz Story”.
Upcoming Speakers Series and Events!
Unless otherwise specified,
Location: The Inn at Swarthmore
Time: Lunch - 12:10, Speaker - 1:00 to 1:30
July 4 - No Meeting. Happy Independence Day
2023-2024 Lori Markusfeld, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 27-June-24 | Installation of new Club President, Jane Billings and Club Officers | Meeting Closed. Attendance by invitation only. |
| 20-June-24 | Heather Saunders, Tyler Arboreteum | The Environmental Cost of Globalization: A Case Study from Tyler Arboretum |
| 13-June-24 | Breakfast Meeting | Meeting begins at 7:30 am, the Inn at Swarthmore |
| 6-June-24 | Mohammed Fahkry, Rotary Peace Fellow, 2024, Intl. Comm. Red Cross | The Forgotten War in Yemen: Humanitarian Crisis, Public Health, Prisoners of War |
| 30-May-24 | Mel Payne, Board President, Greater Philadelphia Chapter Tuskegee Airmen | Tuskegee Airmen: Accepting the Challenge |
| 16-May-24 | Richard Shimko, Swarthmore Rotary Club | Presentation of Rotary Club’s Scholarship Awardees |
| 9-May-24 | Samuel Sidiqi, CEO, Chairman and Co-Founder of Silk Road Mining | Training for Mt. Everest in the Crum Creek College Woods |
| 2-May-24 | Mark Hopkins, Director, Moody’s Analytics | Boom or Bust: What is the Bigger Economic Risk Now? |
| 25-Apr-24 | Kathryn Jones, Past Club President | CTEP Presentation |
| 18-Apr-24 | Dr. Laurie Marker | Executive Dir., Cheetah Conservation Fund |
| 11-Apr-24 | Allison Muller, Toxicologist, Acri Muller Consulting | Demystifying Scientific Evidence Through Expert Testimony |
| 4-Apr-24 | Reverend Ali Deleo, Swarthmore Methodist Church | The PAC Center Discussion Series: Blue Zones |
| 28-Mar-24 | Jordan Landes, Curator, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College | Swarthmore Historical Society Collections |
| 21-Mar-24 | Shannon Elliot, owner/founder Harvey Oak Mercantile, Swarthmore | Merchant Talk with Shannon Elliott of Harvey Oak Mercantile |
| 14-Mar-24 | Terry Crossan, owner Heart and Soul’d | Our Hearts are Full |
| 7-Mar-24 | Katie McKinstry, Tesla (2012-2015), Rivian (currently) | Let’s Talk about Electric Cars |
| 29-Feb-24 | Danielle Gletow, Founder and Executive Director, One Simple Wish | One Simple Wish: Because Joy Matters |
| 22-Feb-24 | Dr. Lisa O’Mahony, Pediatrician | Classification Talk |
| 15-Feb-24 | Vincent James, Joann Pierdomenico, founder Keep Music Alive | The Many Magical Benefits of Music |
| 8-Feb-24 | Lessa Dixon, publisher, Swarthmorean | The Swarthmorean: The Legacy of Local Journalism |
| 1-Feb-24 | William Webb, Borough Manager | Town Matters |
| 25-Jan-24 | Ryan Martin | Classification Talk |
| 18-Jan-24 | James P. Allen, Director of Election Operations, Delco | Election Security |
| 11-Jan-24 | David Barton Smith, author, Research Professor in the Department of Health Man | Malicious Intent: Murder and the Perpetuation of Jim Crow Healthcare |
| 4-Jan-24 | Frances Sheehan | Classification Talk |
| 28-Dec-23 | No Meeting – Happy Holidays | |
| 21-Dec-23 | Silvertones | Holiday Concert at CADES |
| 14-Dec-23 | Stu Ockman, author, Will and Me, local crossword expert | Will Shortz and Me: Confessions of a New York Times Crossword Junkie |
| 7-Dec-23 | Steve Platt, Swarthmore resident, owner, Alterion, Inc. | Bright Lights, Small Town: The Swarthmore Rotary Club’s Light Show |
| 23-Nov-23 | Thanksgiving Day – No Meeting | |
| 16-Nov-23 | Earl Varney | Member Classification Talk |
| 9-Nov-23 | Mark Fischer, Publisher, Plain Wrapper Press Redux | A Half-century of Fine Press Publishing Renewed |
| 2-Nov-23 | John Hearn, owner, Village Vine, and Jill Gaieski, director VV’s wine program | What’s New and Delicious at the Village Vine |
| 26-Oct-23 | Theresa Agostinelli, author and psychotherapist` | Self Care During Grief: The Guide To Getting Through |
| 19-Oct-23 | Dr. Kristy Shuda McGurie, Dean, Biomedical Studies, Wistar Institute, Phila. | The Wistar Institute: Innovation in Research, Education and Training |
| 12-Oct-23 | Sarah Pita, Director of Communications, Hudson Ferris, NYC | Using AI for Good Causes |
| 5-Oct-23 | U.S. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) | Swarthmore Rotary Discussion with Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) |
| 28-Sep-23 | Minglefest | Ship Bottom Brewery, Swarthmore |
| 21-Sep-23 | Fran Stier, Chester Community Coalition | Combatting violence in Delaware County |
| 14-Sep-23 | Ray Didinger | |
| 7-Sep-23 | Joanne Phillips, Controller, Delaware County | What The Controller’s Office Does for the County |
| 31-Aug-23 | Mike Skuja, Tyler Arboretum Executive Director | Leading Tyler Arboretum Into The future |
| 24-Aug-23 | Monika Collins, Vice President for Advancement, Foundation for Delaware County | Charitable Giving for Today and Tomorrow |
| 17-Aug-23 | Dr. Andrew Hoffman, Dean of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania | A Conversation with Penn Vet Dean Andrew Hoffman |
| 10-Aug-23 | Kim Bernaus, Founder-owner, Unruly Nature | Who Knew Granola Could Be Wild and Unruly? |
| 3-Aug-23 | Breakfast Meeting – Club Members Only | |
| 27-Jul-23 | Ellen & Christopher Chapman | Swarthmoreans in Oz: Impressions from a do-it-yourself gap year |
| 20-Jul-23 | >Rev. Catherine Brownlee, Pastor, Wesley AME Church< | Wesley AME Church, Swarthmore: Over 100 Years of Resilience |
| 13-Jul-23 | Marty Spiegel, Mayor, Swarthmore | Mayor’s Address |
| 6-Jul-23 | Officer Installation |
2022-2023 Heather Saunders, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 29-Jun-23 | Pat Francher, Manager of the Swarthmore Farmers Market | What’s New With the Farmers Market |
| 22-Jun-23 | Service Project | Club activity on behalf of CARING FOR FRIENDS, a nonprofit organization |
| 15-Jun-23 | Viktoriia Zakharova, student, Swarthmore College | Unplugging e-waste from Swarthmore |
| 8-Jun-23 | WSSD Scholorship recipients | |
| 1-Jun-23 | Betsy Bolton, Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor of English Literature | Poems based in the Crum woods and the surrounding region |
| 25-May-23 | CTEP – Progress Report | Linder, Kozachyn, Zissimos, Young and Jones |
| 18-May-23 | Bill Cumby, Jr and Donald Delson | Changes since our last presentation and what’s next for 110 Park |
| 11-May-23 | Andrew Bunting | The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: Transforming Lives Through Horticulture |
| 4-May-23 | Andrew Feick, Assoc VP, Swarthmore College | Campus Tour |
| 27-Apr-23 | Frank Catania, Esquire, Catania and Parker, Chester Water Authority | Save Chester Water Authority |
| 20-Apr-23 | Shaun Eyring and Clair Oaks, Swarthmore Human Relations Commission | The Swarthmore HRC Community Conversations on Race, LGBTQIA+ and Allyship. |
| 13-Apr-23 | Dr. David Ehrenkrantz, Gretha Fievre, Dr. Marie Charles | Heal Pignon (Haiti): Phase 2) |
| 6-Apr-23 | Perri Evanson | State of the Local Housing Market |
| 30-Mar-23 | Club Assembly | |
| 23-Mar-23 | Dr. Marseille, WSSD Superintendent | District Update – Ten Year Strategic Planning WSSD 2023-2033 |
| 16-Mar-23 | Professor Roberta Iversen, Social Policy and Practice, Univ. of Pennsylvania | What Workers Say about Their Work |
| 9-Mar-23 | Dan Cuellar, retired 6ABC Action News reporter | The state of journalism in America. |
| 2-Mar-23 | Irene Nunn, Portrait Artist | Portraits, Places and Things – Looking Back and Slightly Forward |
| 23-Feb-23 | Owen Powell, Pa State Overdose Task Force | Trends in Substance Use and Addiction |
| 16-Feb-23 | Dr. Joyce Shin, Pastor, Swarthmore Presbyterian Church | What I Have Learned about the Church in Community |
| 9-Feb-23 | Dr. Mark Hopkins, Director, Moody’s Analytics | The Post Pandemic Economy |
| 2-Feb-23 | Classification Talks | Dorothy Gelb, Jim Snively and Andrew Bunting |
| 26-Jan-23 | Vijay Kapoor, chief of staff to the Receiver for the City of Chester | Chester, PA and Receivership |
| 19-Jan-23 | Rachel Pasten and Beth Murray | Housing Affordability in Swarthmore |
| 12-Jan-23 | E. Carr Everbach, Professor, Engineering, Swarthmore College | The history of technology and how civilizations grew in relationship to water. |
| 5-Jan-23 | Sibelan Forrester, Professor, Swarthmore College, Russian and other Languages | Russian Culture from Today’s Perspective |
| 29-Dec-22 | Happy Holidays | No Meeting |
| 22-Dec-22 | Happy Holidays | No Meeting |
| 15-Dec-22 | SHHS Silvertones | A Holiday Celebration |
| 8-Dec-22 | State Representative Jennifer O’Mara | A Joint Meeting with the Media Rotary Club |
| 1-Dec-22 | Rick Lee | Head of Swarthmore Volunteer Fire Department |
| 24-Nov-22 | Thanksgiving – No Meeting | |
| 17-Nov-22 | Club Assembly | |
| 10-Nov-22 | Marsha Benovengo | Casting for Recovery |
| 3-Nov-22 | Judy Wicks, White Dog Cafe | Regional Economies: Uniting Rural and Urban Communities to Confront Climate Change |
| 27-Oct-22 | David Houtz | Imagine Rotary |
| 20-Oct-22 | Vudi Xhymshiti, photojournalist currently in Ukraine | Ukraine and Kosovo, Shattering Russian Propaganda (re-do) |
| 13-Oct-22 | Ernestine Louise, Oslo Norway | Influence of Place – A Poetry Collection |
| 6-Oct-22 | District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer | The Chester Partnership for Safe Neighborhoods: A Progress Report |
| 29-Sept-22 | Abigail Cengel, Director, Swarthmore Public Library | Swarthmore Public Library: Looking to the Future |
| 22-Sept-22 | Michael Carey | What is Bitcoin |
| 15-Sept-22 | How Elections Are Secured: Tests, Verifications, Chains of Custody & Auditable Paper Trails | How to Be a Bee City |
| 8-Sept-22 | James P. Allen, Director of Election Operations, DELCO | How Elections Are Secured: Tests, Verifications, Chains of Custody & Auditable Paper Trails |
| 1-Sept-22 | Vudi Xhymshiti, photojournalist currently in Ukraine | Ukraine and Kosovo, Shattering Russian Propaganda |
| 25-Aug-22 | Past Rotary Club President, William Hale | Planetary Management and the Haliens |
| 18-Aug-22 | Melissa Murdoff, Chief, Environmental Crimes Unit, DelCo | Environmental Crimes |
| 11-Aug-22 | Charles Hurst, DELCORA’s Director of Engineering |
The Delco Sewer Tunnel |
| 4-Aug-22 | Sen. Tim Kearney, 26th District | Joint meeting with Media’s Rotary Club – Fellini’s Cafe, Media |
| 28-Jul-22 | Landry Kosmalski, Swarthmore College Head Coach, Men’s Basketball | Swarthmore Men’s Basketball Team Culture |
| 21-Jul-22 | Pat Francher, Swarthmore Farmer’s Market | 2022 Swarthmore Farmer’s Market Overview |
| 14-Jul-22 | Anthony J. Jones, Professor of Contrabass Studies, Immaculata University | Contrabass Lecture |
| 7-Jul-22 | Noah Boujikian, New York, Electronic Music, DJ and Graphic Designer | Connecting With Sound: A World of Waves |
2021-2022 Kathryn Jones, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
30 -June-22 | Service Project | Preparing kits for families at Nick’s House in Swarthmore |
| 23-June-22 | Induction Ceremony – No Meeting | |
| 16-June-22 | Melissa Lyons, Director, Public Health Director, Del. County Health Department |
The New Delaware County Health Department |
| 9-June-22 | Karen Chan, Assistant Professor, Biology, Swarthmore College | Marine Biology In The Era of Climate Change |
| 2-June-22 | Helen Everbach, Dir, SFSU, Education and Referral Organization for Sexuality | “Theys and gays and their ways- oh my!” |
| 26-May-22 | Recipients of Rotary Club’s Scholarship, SRS 5th Grade teacher Renee Strehle and two students |
Address by Scholarship Recipients, SRS World of Work |
| 19-May-22 | Club Assembly | |
| 12-May-22 | Susie O’Donnell, SEAC, and Jennifer Pennington, Horticultural Society President | Home Eco-Audits: Restoring Wildlife habitat one backyard at a time |
| 5-May-22 | Adrienne Benally, assistant professor, Environmental Studies, Swarthmore College | Indigenous Perspectives on Environmentalism |
| 28-Apr-22 | Melissa Lyons, Director, Public Health Director, Del. County Health Department | The New Delaware County Health Department |
| 21-Apr-22 | Rob Zarbo, owner Ship Bottom Brewery | The New Business in Town |
| 14-Apr-22 | Natania Schaumberg, Farm Manager, Ruth Bennett Community Farm | Ruth Bennett Community Farm Addresses Food Insecurity In Chester |
| 7-Apr-22 | Vibhat Nair, CEO, and Alba Martinez, Mangolia Impact Solutions | Financial Health in America: What Gets Measured Gets Done |
| 31-Mar-22 | Phil Coleman, Technical Advisor to the US Dept. of Energy | A Few Steps towards a De-carbonized Swarthmore |
| 24-Mar-22 | The Swarthmorean’s Editorial Team | The Newspaper’s News |
| 17-Mar-22 | Bill Webb, Swarthmore’s new Town Manager | Meet the new Town Manager |
| 10-Mar-22 | Mary Ann Santagelo, Community Volunteer Leader, American Red Cross | Introducing the new American Red Cross Delaware Valley Chapter |
| 3-Mar-22 | Lee A. Smithey, Ph.D., Swarthmore College, Peace and Conflict Studies | The Delaware County Homicide Database: A Campus/Government Partnership |
| 24-Feb-22 | Christine Reuther, Delaware County Council Member | Council Topics |
| 17-Feb-22 | Club Assembly | |
| 10-Feb-22 | Julie Zantopoulos, author, A Curse in Ash | From Ides to Publication: Writing a Fantasy Novel |
| 3-Feb-22 | Nicole Pollard, Curator of Lived Culture, Philadelphia Contemporary |
Say Hi to Philadelphia Contemporary |
| 27-Jan-22 | Senator Tim Kearney, 26th District | Report from Harrisburg |
| 20-Jan-22 | Mel Laytner, Author, What They Didn’t Burn | Has The Digital Age Changed The Way the Holocaust Affects Us: Telling My Father’s Auschwitz Story |
| 13-Jan-22 | Rosemary Halt, Chair, Delaware County Board of Health | COVID and Other Updates from the County Health Department |
| 6-Jan-22 | Ann Lee Hussey | Rotary Council on Legislation |
| 30-Dec-21 | No Meeting | |
| 23-Dec-21 | No Meeting | |
| 16-Dec-21 | Silvertones | |
| 09-Dec-21 | Linton Stables and Rosemary Fox, President and Vice President, SCC Board | A New Center for the Community |
| 02-Dec-21 | Don Delson and Bill Cumby | Commercial Projects in Town Center |
| 11-Nov-28 | Thanksgiving – No Meeting | |
| 11-Nov-21 | Classification Talks | |
| 4-Nov-21 | District Governor Roger Taylor | Charting Your Course |
| 28-Oct-21 | James V. Fenelon, Lang Visiting Professor for Social Change, Swarthmore College | What ‘Indigenous’ Means in Current Times |
| 21-Oct-21 | Elizabeth Drake, Interim Sustainability Director of Swarthmore College | Roadmap to Zero Carbon |
| 14-Oct-21 | Alex Danovitch | How realistic is Zero Waste? |
| 7-Oct-21 | Sue MacQueen and Mandie Banks, Scott Arboretum | How to Attract Young People to Gardening |
| 30-Sep-21 | Hogie Hansen and Carr Everbach | Member Classification Talks |
| 23-Sep-21 | Club Assembly | |
| 16-Sep-21 | Dean Karen Kozachyn | Delaware County Community College |
| 9-Sep-21 | Rachel Pastan, Novelist, Swarthmore | My New Novel |
| 2-Sep-21 | Professor Dominic Tierney, Chair, Political Science, Swarthmore College | Recent US Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya |
| 26-Aug-21 | Professor Nathalie F. Anderson, SC, | Cummins Professor of English Literature |
| 19-Aug-21 | Lori Knauer and Jill Gaiek | Village Vine |
| 12-Aug-21 | Meghan Lockman, Executive Director, CRC Watershed Association | Local Watershed Challenges |
| 5-Aug-21 | Congresswoman, Mary Gay Scanlon | A Conversation |
| 29-Jul-21 |
Peter Friedrichs, Pastor and author (And the Stars Kept Watch) |
Navigating the Landscape of Loss |
| 22-Jul-21 | Ray Didinger, author and Sports Talk Show Host | Finished Business, reflections from Philadelphia’s Sports Journalism Leader |
| 15-Jul-21 | Martha Perkins, Owner, Gallery on Park | A Live Tour of the Gallery on Park |
| 8-Jul-21 | Dr. Kathryn Jones, Club President | The Chester Trades Education Project |
| 1-Jul-21 | Ben Yagoda, Guggenheim Fellow | A Twist at the End—The Surprising Life and Works of O. Henry |
2020-2021 Bill Hale, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 24-Jun-21 | Installation Luncheon | |
| 17-Jun-21 | Karen Mazzarella-Russo | Gundaker Foundation Scholarships |
| 10-Jun-21 | Pat Francher, Swarthmore Farmer’s Market Manager, and Jon Gly, Farm to City | This Year’s Farmer’s Market |
| 3-Jun-21 | Congresswoman, Mary Gay Scanlon | Update from Washington |
| 27-May-21 | Richard Shimko, Club Scholarship Committee Chair | Club Addresses from Scholarship Recipients |
| 20-May-21 | Dr. Mark Hopkins, Director, Moody’s Analytics | Building Back Better: Will Biden’s Plan Lead us to Fiscal Collapse, or Save Us From It? |
| 13-May-21 | MacDara King, Executive Producer of Great Decisions on PBS | Making ‘Great Decisions’ on PBS |
| 6-May-21 | Frances Sheehan, founding President of the Foundation for Delaware County | Foundation for Delaware County |
| 29-Apr-21 | Robert D. Putnam, Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy,Harvard University | The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do it Again |
| 22-Apr-21 | Edwin Kline, Citizens Corp of Delaware County | Covid-19 Vaccination Implementation in Delco |
| 15-Apr-21 | Reggie Shuford, Executive Director ACLU of PA | Priorities for 2021 |
| 8-Apr-21 | Kim Edwards, Executive Director of Japan-America Society | Promoting Arts, Business, Public Education and Cultural Exchange between Japan and Philadelphia. |
| 1-Apr-21 | Brian Corson, Founder/Executive Director, MVP Recovery | Addiction, Incarceration, Recidivism and Reforms at George Hill Correctional Facility |
| 25-Mar-21 | Danette Reid, Founder of Reid Cares Foundation | Addressing the Hunger Crisis on Local College Campuses |
| 18-Mar-21 | Jeannine Osayande & Dunya Performing Arts Company | Making A Homeplace – Part II: Stories From The Historically Black Neighborhood of Swarthmore |
| 11-Mar-21 | Mike Litka, General Manager, Swarthmore Co-op | COVID and the Co-op: 1 year later… |
| 4-Mar-21 | Robert Boone, President, CEO South Central Workforce Development Board, Kentucky | Workforce development Through Remote Access Learning: Kentucky’s Solution for Virtual Statewide Career Services |
| 25-Feb-21 | Collin Darrell, Business Consultant to Hawaiian farms and restaurants | Hawaiian Agriculture & Hospitality – Past / Present / Future |
| 18-Feb-21 | Prof. Dan Hopkins, UPENN, Political Science, The Increasingly United States | Looking Back on the 2020 Election |
| 11-Feb-21 | Stephen McWilliams and Matt Marencik, Profs, Villanova University | Documentary Film Making for the Social Good |
| 4-Feb-21 | Scott Richardson, owner, Occasionally Yours | At Occasionally Yours: Thirty One Years And Still Having Fun |
| 28-Jan-21 | Seth Rosenberg, founder, Syncretic | Computer Network Security: The Threat Landscape |
| 21-Jan-21 | Jeannine Osayande & Dunya Performing Arts Company | Making A Homeplace: Stories From The Historically Black Neighborhood of Swarthmore |
| 14-Jan-21 | Marty Spiegel, Mayor, Swarthmore | Town Topics |
| 7-Jan-21 | Viktoriia Zakharova, student Swarthmore College | Rotary Grant Report |
| 31-Dec-20 | No Meeting | |
| 24-Dec-20 | No Meeting | |
| 17-Dec-20 | The Silvertones and The CADES’ “Golden Tongues” | Holiday Singing |
| 10-Dec-20 | Cory Long, Founder, Making A Change | Tackling Gun Violence in Chester |
| 3-Dec-20 | Professor Geoffrey Woglom, Emeritus Amherst College | Coronavirus Economics: What’s Next for The Economy |
| 26-Nov-20 | No Meeting | |
| 19-Nov-20 | John Caskey, Professor, Economics, Swarthmore College | Why is Chester, PA so Poor – New Publication and Research |
| 12-Nov-20 | Deborah Bronk, PhD, President and CEO, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | Climate Change Research in Antarctica |
| 5-Nov-20 | Liv Elicker, Adult Group Tours Coordinator | Brandywine River Museum of Art: What We’re Doing Virtually |
| 29-Oct-20 | Joy Huertas, Vision Zero Communications Manager | Philadelphia Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability for Philadelphia |
| 22-Oct-20 | Roberta Winters, President of the Radnor LWV | Actionable Environmental Challenges in DELCO |
| 15-Oct-20 | Nat Fenton, Lawyer and Historian | The Life and Impact of Alice Paul on the Civil Rights Movement |
| 8-Oct-20 | Greg Brown, VP Swarthmore College | Higher Education and Adapting to COVID-19 |
| 1-Oct-20 | Kerry Saunter, Constitution Learning Center and Chair Voter Service, LWVPA | Elections and Get Out The Vote |
| 24-Sep-20 | District Governor Kevin Katarynick | Official Club Visit |
| 17-Sep-20 | Joy Kieffer, Family & Women’s Ministry, Foundry Church | LifeWerks Food Pantry, District Grant Recipient |
| 10-Sep-20 | Robert Trudnak | Serious Barbequing |
| 3-Sep-20 | Police Chief Stufflet, Swarthmore Police Department | Meet and Greet Police Chief Stufflet |
| 27-Aug-20 | Brian Craig, Rotarian, Police Chief, Retired | The Magic Of The Photograph |
| 20-Aug-20 | Victoria Clement, PhD, Analyst, Marine Corps University, Quantico | Language Politics in Central Asia: Why Now and What It Means for the US |
| 13-Aug-20 | Dr. Todd C. Jenkins, Senior Diversity & Innovation Lead, J. B. Hunt, Transport | “Moving from Diversity to Inclusion” |
| 6-Aug-20 | Jared Reed, Producing Artistic Director, Hedgerow Theater Company | Backstage at Hedgerow: The Most Fun You’ll Ever Have on a Zoom Call |
| 30-Jul-20 | Julie Kornfeld, Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School | Let Them In: Representing Refugees in the Age of the Invisible Wall |
| 23-Jul-20 | Umar Mycka, Owner, I Don’t Want Poison Ivy | Gardening at Home and in the Greater Philadelphia Area |
| 16-Jul-20 | Steve Platt, Engineer | Public Art in or near Swarthmore’s Central Park |
| 9-Jul-20 | Martha Perkins | Swarthmore Town Center |
| 2-Jul-20 | Dan Snyder, Swarthmore Senior Citizen’s Association | Swarthmore Walks and Trails Project |
2019-2020 Maria Zissimos, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 25-Jun-20 | Induction of New Officers, Rosemarie Halt, Public Health Consultant, Delaware County | |
| 18-Jun-20 | CogNotes not published | |
| 11-Jun-20 | Connor O’Brien | Peace Corps Experience in the Ukraine |
| 4-Jun-20 | John Zissimos, VP Creative, Brand, Media & Global Customer Programs, Google | |
| 28-May-20 | CogNotes not published | |
| 21-May-20 | CogNotes not published | |
| 14-May-20 | CogNotes not published | |
| 7-May-20 | CogNotes not published | |
| 30-Apr-20 | CogNotes not published | |
| 23-Apr-20 | CogNotes not published | |
| 16-Apr-20 | CogNotes not published | |
| 9-Apr-20 | Meeting Cancelled | |
| 2-Apr-20 | Meeting Cancelled | |
| 26-Mar-20 | Meeting Cancelled | |
| 19-Mar-20 | Meeting Cancelled | |
| 12-Mar-20 | Mark Hopkins, Director at Moody’s Analytics | The Next Recession |
| 5-Mar-20 | Jill Bennett Gaieski and Lori Kettering Knauer, Owners, Village Vine, Swarthmore | Mission Grape: Opening Swarthmore’s First Wine Bar |
| 27-Feb-20 | Evening Reception | |
| 20-Feb-20 | Bridget Scott, Swarthmore College alum, Fulbright Teaching Assistant | The New Africa Education Foundation Project |
| 13-Feb-20 | Carole Adrienne Murphy, CEO JAMCO films | The Making of the Civil War Medicine Documentary Series |
| 6-Feb-20 | Peter Williamson, Vice President Conservation Services, Natural Lands | Natural Lands: Conserving and protecting green space in Delaware County and the more densely populated areas of the region |
| 30-Jan-20 | Evening Social | |
| 23-Jan-20 | Eric W. Stein, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Penn State CEO e3garden | Indoor Farming: The Future is Here |
| 16-Jan-20 | Mark Thomas, Springfield Ford | Before the Thunder: Electric Vehicles and the Auto Industry |
| 9-Jan-20 | Mandy Santiago, MSS, Executive Director, Tyler Arboretum | 2020: The Year of Community Partnerships |
| 2-Jan-20 | No Meeting | |
| 26-Dec-19 | No Meeting | |
| 19-Dec-19 |
Evening Social Reception at the Swarthmore Inn
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| 12-Dec-19 | The Silvertones | Annual Concert at CADES |
| 5-Dec-19 | Mark Wallace, Ph.D. Professor of Religion, Swarthmore College | Creating opportunities for understanding of American people, culture and institutions with international undergraduate students and scholars |
| 28-Nov-19 | Thanksgiving | |
| 21-Nov-19 | Beth Koniers Brown, Director Delaware River Watershed Program, Audubon PA | Protecting the Delaware River Watershed for Birds and People |
| 14-Nov-19 | David McKeighan, MSW, Executive Director Delaware County Medical Society | Delaware County Medical Society: Public Health Initiatives in Delco |
| 7-Nov-19 | John Billheimer | Author presentation, Hitchcock and the Censors |
| 31-Oct-19 | Club Assembly | |
| 24-Oct-19 | Lou Klarevas, author Rampage Nation | Rampage Nation: Securing America from Mass Shootings |
| 17-Oct-19 | Peter Mardinly | District Governor – Official Visit |
| 10-Oct-19 | Kevin Skoglund, Chief Technologist | Citizens for Better Elections |
| 3-Oct-19 | Marty Spiegel, Mayor of Swarthmore Borough | State of Affairs of Swarthmore Borough |
| 26-Sep-19 | Joanne D. Craig, MS, Vice President for Programs, The Foundation for Delaware Co | The Foundation for Delaware County, Your Community Foundation |
| 19-Sep-19 | State Senator Timothy Kearney | Report from the State House |
| 12-Sep-19 |
Jim Gallagher, MS
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Strength for Life Workout Studio in Wallingford |
| 5-Sep-19 | Rotary Social | Dinner/Social – hosted by Whitaker-Shimko |
| 29-Aug-19 | Loubna Lemgard , Owner, La Cannelle Restaurant | A Restaurant in Wallingford Via Morocco |
| 22-Aug-19 |
Beth Murray, Sharon Mester, and Greg Brown
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Swarthmore Town Center Revitalization |
| 15-Aug-19 | Dr. Jay Fluellen, Composer | Making the Philadelphia Community Mass |
| 8-Aug-19 | Betsey Fiel, Volunteer Coordinator, WHYY | Volunteering at WHYY |
| 1-Aug-19 | Marjorie Wainfan, Executive Director, The Art Barn Foundation | Painting it Forward. Building Community Through Creativity and Kindness |
| 25-Jul-19 | Gwen Soffer, MSW, Nationalities Service Center | Helping 5,000 immigrants and refugees make life anew in Philadelphia each year |
| 18-Jul-19 | Greg Brown, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Swarthmore College | Construction on Campus – The Maxine Singer ’52 Hall |
| 11-Jul-19 | Erol Veznedaroglu, M.D. and Deborah Love, Regional Director, Crozer-Keystone | Outstanding Neuroscience Services at Crozer-Keystone |
| 4-Jul-19 | Independence Day | No Meeting |
2018-2019 Craig Fava, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 27-Jun-19 | Andy Rosen, Swarthmore Farmer’s Market Coordinator | This Year’s Market |
| 20-Jun-19 | Anthony Stover, Community Relations Manager | Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House, 45 Years of serving families of seriously ill children. |
| 13-Jun-19 | Installation Dinner | |
| 6-Jun-19 | Blue Rocks Game | |
| 30-May-19 | Danette Reid, Founder of Reid Cares Foundation | The New Face of Hunger: College Student Food Insecurity |
| 23-May-19 | Swarthmore Rotary / Women’s Club Scholarship Winners | SHHS Scholarship Winners Abigail MacPherson and Benjamin Wain Fan |
| 16-May-19 | Happy Hour Social | |
| 9-May-19 | Dr. Joy Gates Black, President of Delaware County Community College | The College’s Successful Dual Enrollment Program |
| 2-May-19 | Joseph Lesniak, Fun Fair Chair | Swarthmore Rotary Fun Fair 2019:“Having Fun Helping Others” |
| 25-Apr-19 | Judy Byron Schachner | New York Times Bestselling Author and Illustrator |
| 18-Apr-19 | Jim Hardy, founder and director of the Kensington Soccer Club | Former Rotary Exchange Student |
| 11-Apr-19 | Andrea Bruno of Empowering Directions | Alexander Technique |
| 4-Apr-19 | Linton Stables | Time-Bank |
| 28-Mar-19 | Ryan Martin | District Director, Boy Scouts of America Cradle of Liberty Council |
| 21-Mar-19 | Glenn Chelliah from Great Valley Rotary | Appeal for Project CURE followed by Service Project: Dental Supply Packaging Mini-Service Event |
| 14-Mar-19 | Gundaker Foundation Chair Bill Graham and ADG David Houtz | Gundaker Foundation Repositions for the Future |
| 7-Mar-19 | Psychoanalysist Bill Davis, co-founder of The Third Act Project | Aging in Place in Swarthmore |
| 28-Feb-19 | Rev Peter Friedrichs of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County, Media, and Rabbi Jeremy Gerber of Ohev Shalom, Wallingford | The work of the Interfaith Council of Southern Delaware County |
| 21-Feb-19 | Peter Conn, Vartan Gregorian Professor of English Emeritus, UPENN | American Monuments and American Memory |
| 14-Feb-19 | Gil Rose, Classics Professor Emeritus Swarthmore College | Great Love Affairs of the Ancient World |
| 7-Feb-19 | Political Scientist Jack Nagel, U Penn Emeritus | Instant Runoff Voting, a reform designed to ensure majority rather than plurality rule in single-winner contests as has been adopted by referendum in Maine |
| 31-Jan-19 | Gaia Pomaro | Exchange student from Italy |
| 24-Jan-19 | John Brodsky, MD | Silvan S Tomkins’ theory of psychology based on a newborn’s biological responses to stimulus density |
| 17-Jan-19 | Barbara Whitaker-Shimko and Anne Hansen | The Rotary Foundation Update |
| 10-Jan-19 | Don Garfinkle | |
| 3-Jan-19 | Todd Strine, Chris Reynolds, Rob Bergstrom & Diane Madison | |
| 27-Dec-18 | No Meeting | |
| 20-Dec-18 | Linton Stables and students | Appalachia Service Project |
| 13-Dec-18 | The Silvertones | Annual Concert at CADES |
| 6-Dec-18 | Amber Osbourne | Swarthmore Librarian |
| 29-Nov-18 | Jerry Frost | Professor Emeritus Swarthmore College |
| 22-Nov-18 | Thanksgiving | |
| 15-Nov-18 | Community Service Planning with Rotaract | |
| 8-Nov-18 | Marion Eberly |
Director of Osher Lifelong Learning
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| 1-Nov-18 | Ray Didinger | Marion Eberly |
| 25-Oct-18 | Barbara Amstutz | Classification Talk |
| 18-Oct-18 | Paul Quintavalla | District Governor – Official Visit |
| 11-Oct-18 | Media Theatre | State Street Miracles |
| 4-Oct-18 | Andrea Packer | Celebrating the Quilts of Gee’s Bend |
| 27-Sep-18 |
Ben Yagoda
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Can we do anything about Biases? |
| 20-Sep-18 | Lauren Fine, Esq Co- Director, Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project | The background and work of the YSRP |
| 13-Sep-18 | Professor J Wesley Leckrone, Widener University | Politics in Pennsylvania |
| 6-Sep-18 | Shannon Elliott | HOM |
| 30-Aug-18 | Tim Plummer | Rose Valley Mayor and West Point Grad will talk about his book “Unnecessary Risks: A memoir of Adventure” |
| 23-Aug-18 |
Pearl Kim
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Republican Candidate for US Congress 5th District PA |
| 16-Aug-18 | Nancy Craskey, Director of Development of Cityteam | An Overview of Cityteam Chester |
| 9-Aug-18 | Craig Fava, Club President | Report back from the Rotary International Convention in Toronto |
| 2-Aug-18 | Mary Gay Scanlon | The Year of the Woman in Federal & State Elections |
| 26-Jul-18 | Blue Rocks Game | |
| 19-Jul-18 |
Voice Students who Sing with the Chester Children’s Chorus
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Voice Recital |
| 12-Jul-18 | Installation Dinner | |
| 5-Jul-18 | Tim Kearney | Swarthmore Mayor |
2017-2018 Joy Charlton, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 28-Jun-18 | Club Assembly | |
| 7-Jun-18 | Paula Dale | Manager, Swarthmore Collage Community Bookstore |
| 31-May-18 | Cello students of Amy Sue Barston | |
| 24-May-18 | Rotary Scholarship Recipients | |
| 17-May-18 | Former Swarthmore Mayor Rick Lowe | Does a State Have the Unilateral Right to Secede From the Union? |
| 10-May-18 | World of Work Students | |
| 3-May-18 | David Smith | The upcoming PBS Special “The Power to Heal: Transforming American’s Segregated Hospitals” narrated by Danny Glover (based on David’s research) |
| 26-Apr-18 | ?????David Komarnicki, author of Five Stars in the Window | Will talk about bustling Chester, PA, during WWII when his family displayed five stars in their window representing their five family members who were off serving their country |
| 19-Apr-18 | Cheryl Colleluori, Nick’s Mom and President of the Headstrong Foundation | A “HOME away from HOME” for families fighting cancer |
| 12-Apr-18 | Centenarian Ed Jones | Recollections on the past One Hundred Years |
| 5-Apr-18 | Melissa Tier and Aurora Winslade, Swarthmore College Sustainability Office Program Manager and Director | Zero Waste Leadership and reducing waste |
| 29-Mar-18 | Anita Barrett | Swarthmore Town Center Coordinator |
| 22-Mar-18 | Beth Murray | Swarthmore Centennial Foundation’s Visioning Report |
| 15-Mar-18 | Swarthmore Professor Tyrene White | Disaster: Politics & Policy |
| 8-Mar-18 | Flutist Audrey Emata | |
| 1-Mar-18 | Bronwyn Martin | Rotary Foundation Chair |
| 22-Feb-18 | ???Dr. John Davies, Widner University | How George Washington Accidentally got us into the Fench and Indian War |
| 15-Feb-18 | Jane Billings | Borough Manager |
| 8-Feb-18 | ????Josh Twersky | The New Tax Law and how it will Affect Us |
| 1-Feb-18 | Janice Boros | My Rotoplast to Myanmar to provide needed surgery to correct Cleft Paletes in children |
| 25-Jan-18 | CCSA Fundraiser at Hedgerow Theater | |
| 18-Jan-18 | Rebecca Davis, University of Delaware Associate Professor of History and Women and Gender Studies | The History of Marriage in the 20th Century |
| 11-Jan-18 | Thurm Brendlinger and Anna Harris | The Climate Reality Project and the Direct Impact of Climate Change on the Causes of Rotary International |
| 4-Jan-18 | Janice Boros | Rotoplast in Myanmar |
| 28-Dec-17 | No Meeting | |
| 21-Dec-17 | No Meeting | |
| 14-Dec-17 | The Silvertones | Annual Concert at CADES |
| 7-Dec-17 | Josh Twersky | Pennsylvania EITC |
| 30-Nov-17 | Andy Hartzell Chief Counsel for PA Department of Environmental Protection Southeast Region | |
| 23-Nov-17 | Thanksgiving | No Meeting |
| 16-Nov-17 | Suri Steuber | Solarize Great Media Project |
| 9-Nov-17 | PDG Bonnie Korengel | Rotary Foundation |
| 2-Nov-17 | Beth Murray, Centennial Foundation | Envisioning Swarthmore’s Future |
| 26-Oct-17 | Steve Murray and Linton Stables | Appalachian Service Project 2017 |
| 19-Oct-17 | Ken Wright & Peg Christensen | End Polio Now |
| 12-Oct-17 | David Dye, recently retired creator and host of the World Café | The arc of his career and how growing up in Swarthmore influenced it |
| 5-Oct-17 | Bill Beck, owner of Beck’s Cajun Café at Reading Terminal | |
| 28-Sep-17 | Pam Bartholemew, President of the Swarthmore COOP Board | |
| 21-Sep-17 | Dawn deFuria | District Governor – Official Visit |
| 14-Sep-17 | Heather Saunders | Classification Talk |
| 7-Sep-17 | Eric Chapman, former Accenture executive | Impact investing: Can you do well while doing good? |
| 31-Aug-17 | George Hatzfeld, former Mid- Atlantic Project Mgr., Project C.U.R.E. | The Gift of Health — How Rotary and Project C.U.R.E. Partner to Deliver Health and Hope to the World |
| 24-Aug-17 | Jason Cotton, Regional Dir. of Operations of The Olympia Companies | The Inside Scoop on The Inn at Swarthmore |
| 17-Aug-17 | Anthony Coschignano | Classification Talk |
| 10-Aug-17 | Sean O’Donnell, Drexel University |
What have we wrought: How climate change is affecting our planet
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| 3-Aug-17 | Marilyn Hershey, Ar-Joy Farms | Sustainable Food Production |
| 27-Jul-17 | Sa’ed Atshan, Assistant Director of Peace and Conflict Studies, Swarthmore | The Current US Administration’s Policy on the Middle East |
| 20-Jul-17 | Garrick Schultz | The Borgen Project |
| 13-Jul-17 |
Blue Rocks Game
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| 6-Jul-17 | Chester Children’s Chorus private voice students | Music Salon |
2016-2017 Lisa Lee, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 29-Jun-17 | Sean O’Donnell, Drexel U. Professor, Dept. of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science | Climate Change |
| 22-Jun-17 |
Installation Dinner, Tyler Arboretum
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| 15-Jun-17 | Syom Bhanot, Swarthmore Professor | His work with the City of Philadelphia |
| 8-Jun-17 | Gudmund Iversen | Tahiti Slide Presentation |
| 1-Jun-17 | Andy Rosen | The new Season of the Swarthmore Farmer’s Market |
| 25-May-17 |
Blue Rocks Game
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| 18-May-17 | Dan Urevick-Ackselsberg, Public Interest Law Center staff attorney | Education Funding in PA: Inadequate, Inequitable & Unconstitutional |
| 11-May-17 | Zane Memeger, Former U.S. Attorney | Reflections of a U.S. Attorney on dealing with public corruption and violent crime in Philadelphia |
| 4-May-17 | Gautier Joste |
Swarthmore Rotary’s Inbound Exchange Student from France
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| 27-Apr-17 | Robyn S Young, Historian and Author | Marking the Trail of Women’s History |
| 20-Apr-17 | ||
| 13-Apr-17 | Dr Nicole Otto Surkis, Sports Medicine Specialist | Working with patients with concussions |
| 6-Apr-17 | Gail Hale | Her recent Expedition to Antarctica |
| 30-Mar-17 | Club Assembly | |
| 23-Mar-17 | Debra Ciamacca, Fair Districts PA | Gerrymandering and the legislative process under way to take redistricting out of the hands of political Party Leadership and into the hands of an independent, non-partisan citizens commission. |
| 16-Mar-17 | Greg Brown, Vice President for Finance and Administration at Swarthmore College | Classification Talk |
| 9-Mar-17 | Jonathan Corle, Director of Corle Enterprises, LLC a succession and exit planning firm | “LANDING THE PLANE: Business and Career Transitions” |
| 2-Mar-17 | Dr. Julie Wollman | President of Widener University will talk about her vision for the University |
| 23-Feb-17 | Janice Biros | Update on Rotary’s Rotoplast Initiative |
| 16-Feb-17 | Rev. Zuline Wilkinson | Executive Director, Chester Eastside, Inc. |
| 9-Feb-17 | Fair Districts PA Speaker Debra Ciamacca with Fair Districts PA | Gerrymandering and Legislative Process |
| 2-Feb-17 | Jeff Cole | Investigative Reporter for Fox 29 |
| 26-Jan-17 | Ellen Monsees, Certified Grief Recovery Specialist & Transformational Life Coach | Time Heals All Wounds and Other Myths: How to Complete the Grieving Process and Move Beyond Loss |
| 19-Jan-17 | Ryan Berley | Curator of the new Rose Valley Museum |
| 12-Jan-17 | Mike McCann | Mover and Shaker in the Philadelphia Real Estate world participating in the city’s growth and improvement. |
| 5-Jan-17 | Akosua Watts, Head, Chester Charter School of the Arts | Building Bright Futures |
| 22-Dec-16 | The Silvertones | Annual Concert at CADES |
| 15-Dec-16 | Rotarian Brian Casey | The State of American Banking |
| 8-Dec-16 | No Meeting | |
| 1-Dec-16 | DG Dave Haradon | |
| 24-Nov-16 | Thanksgiving | No Meeting |
| 17-Nov-16 | Dr. Balu Athreya, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine and teaching consultant at A I DuPont Hospital for Children | Meditation – Some Facts and Myths |
| 10-Nov-16 | Akousa Watts, new Head Mistress at the Chester Community School of the Arts | Building Bright Futures |
| 3-Nov-16 | Ken Hemphill, Communications Director at Save Marple Greenspace | Saving Green Space in Delaware County |
| 27-Oct-16 | Paul Tarr and Reds Barr, graduate of Swarthmore High School | The school’s powerhouse football team that went 28 games undefeated in the late ‘40s |
| 20-Oct-16 | Dr. Kevin Browngoehl, of Drexel Hill Pediatric Associates and President of the Board of Directors of Haiti Clinic | Haiti Clinic’s Dental Program |
| 13-Oct-16 | Daniel Hopkins, Professor of Political Science at the Univ. of Penn | The evolution of increasingly nationalized politics and political identification in the United States and the ramifications of those trends for the 2016 Presidential Election and both major political parties |
| 6-Oct-16 | Harry J Augensen, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Widener University | The Widener University Observatory: an Educational Resource for Chester and the Surrounding Region |
| 29-Sep-16 | Jim Hazard, Genealogical Researcher | Family History and the Swarthmore Friends Historical Library |
| 22-Sep-16 | Historian Tom Childers | His book “Soldier From the War Returning: The Greatest Generation’s Troubled Homecoming from World War II” |
| 15-Sep-16 | Club Assembly | |
| 8-Sep-16 | David Bloom, Managing Director of Wilmington Trust | The Economic Outlook and Market Update combined with insights into the two presidential candidates’ tax policies |
| 1-Sep-16 | Joseph Callahan, CEO of Ciright One | Philadelphia and the Rebirth of Technology Leadership in “Liberty Valley” |
| 25-Aug-16 | Dr Lisa Palmer | New Superintendent of the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District |
| 18-Aug-16 | Violinist Sylvia Durian | Recipient of the SHHS Class of 2017 George H. Slick Fellowship for the Arts |
| 11-Aug-16 | Rotarian Bill Hale, PhD in Energy Management and Policy | The Greater Tragedy of Commons Dilemma Games with Regenerative and Exhaustible Re- sources |
| 4-Aug-16 | Rich Cairncross, Professor of Engineering at Drexel University | Sustainability of Trash to Energy |
| 28-Jul-16 | Bob Inman, Professor of Economics at Wharton | Passage of Philadelphia’s Soda Tax: A Good Idea? |
| 21-Jul-16 | Patti Rodgers Morrisette | Republican Candidate for State Representative in the 161st District |
| 14-Jul-16 | Lora Pietrangelo, Owner of Harvey Oak Mercantile | New Swarthmore Town Center Coordinator |
| 7-Jul-16 | Jack Nagel, Professor Emeritus of Political Science University of Pennsylvania | The Electoral College and the National Popular Vote |
2015-2016 Joe Lesniak, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 30-Jun-16 | Annual Installation Dinner | |
| 23-Jun-16 | Club Assembly | |
| 16-Jun-16 | Stuart Hain, Vice President, Facilities and Capital Projects, Swarthmore College | Upcoming Building Projects at the College |
| 9-Jun-16 | Meltem Gonella | Changes in the World of Journalism in the Past 30 Years |
| 2-Jun-16 | Seth Rosenberg, President of Syncretic | Cybersecurity and Ransomware: Protect Yourself |
| 26-May-16 | Keith Reeves, Chair of Political Science Dept, Swarthmore College | Mass Incarceration in America |
| 19-May-16 | Blue Rocks Game | |
| 12-May-16 | President Judge Chad Kenney | Delaware County Court of Common Pleas |
| 5-May-16 | Steve Golub | Are Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Right that International Trade is Bad for America? |
| 28-Apr-16 | Sebastian Kenny | His experiences in Japan apprenticing in a traditional Japanese sword forge and his connection to local Rotarians there |
| 21-Apr-16 | Club Assembly | |
| 14-Apr-16 | Rotarian Ken Wright | His recent trip to India to participate in RI’s effort to eradicate Polio |
| 7-Apr-16 | RI Exchange Student Sabine Lynge | Her home country and her experiences in the US |
| 31-Mar-16 | Rotarian Theresa Hartzell, Esq. | Classification Talk |
| 24-Mar-16 | Linton Stables | Swarthmore Aging in Place Task Force Findings and Recommendations |
| 17-Mar-16 | Ed Kline | Emergency Preparedness, a Personal Responsibility |
| 10-Mar-16 | St. Patrick’s Day | Pre-St. Patrick’s Day Cocktail Party at Sligo’s |
| 3-Mar-16 | Kelly Cook Andress | Founder and President of Plush Mill Senior Living Community: “My Love Affair with the Silent Generation?” |
| 25-Feb-16 | Andy Huemmler | |
| 18-Feb-16 | Leanne Kruger-Braneky | State Representative |
| 11-Feb-16 | Swarthmore Tree Committee | |
| 4-Feb-16 | Jim Rosen | Philly Pop, Rock, Rhythm & Blues |
| 28-Jan-16 | Club Assembly | Old Mill in Rose Valley |
| 21-Jan-16 | Dr. Valerie Smith | President of Swarthmore College |
| 14-Jan-16 | Dr. Kathy Hornberger | Associate Professor of Science, Director of Environmental Community Outreach Widener University will talk about the Delaware County Institute of Science, located in Media |
| 7-Jan-16 | Peggy Dolan | Executive Director, Kelly Anne Dolan Foundation |
| 31-Dec-15 | New Year’s Eve | No Meeting |
| 24-Dec-15 | Christmas | No Meeting |
| 17-Dec-15 | CADES | Silvertones |
| 10-Dec-15 | Hedgerow Theatre | A Christmas Carol at Hedgerow Theatre (6:30) |
| 3-Dec-15 | Media Armory Museum | Lunch and Tour of the Museum |
| 26-Nov-15 | Thanksgiving | No Meeting |
| 19-Nov-15 | Physicist Jamie Saxon | Former Rotary Exchange Student and current Enrico Fermi Fellow at the University of Chicago will talk about Why Matter has Mass: The experimental observation of the Higgs boson confirms the physical mechanism through which fundamental particles acquire mass |
| 12-Nov-15 | Chris Reynolds | New Swarthmorean Editor |
| 5-Nov-15 | Arto Woodley | The Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility at Swarthmore College: Urban Leadership |
| 29-Oct-15 | No Meeting | Evening: New Member Cocktail Party |
| 22-Oct-15 | Jeff Havilland | “DCLC Tutor and his Adult Learner” |
| 15-Oct-15 | Ben Yagoda | University of Delaware Professor of English & Journalism – “His recent book, The B-Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song.” |
| 8-Oct-15 | Elizabeth Bromley – TCLR Co-Director | “Inside the Creative Living Room. From the Dream Business of Four Women to an Exciting Non-Profit: The Life of TCLR and it’s Hope for the Future.” |
| 1-Oct-15 | Club Assembly | |
| 24-Sep-15 | Gudmund Iversen | “Photo Memories of Swarthmore and Beyond” |
| 17-Sep-15 | Debra Boyajian | Paul Paulsen’s daughter, will speak about her father and present a film about his life, from his early years in Armenia to his life in America |
| 10-Sep-15 | Attorney Harris Resnick | How to help our parents as they get older: basic estate planning, end of life legal issues, and how to deal with a nursing home admission. |
| 3-Sep-15 | Dinner and Blue Rocks Game | |
| 27-Aug-15 | Andy Rosen | “Food Sustainability and Local Food Systems” |
| 20-Aug-15 | Ian Dickinson | SHHS Rotary Exchange Student – “His 14-15 Academic Year in Germany” |
| 13-Aug-15 | Cricket Brien | New Director of Tyler Arboretum |
| 6-Aug-15 | Chad Rosenberg | District Governor – Official Visit |
| 30-Jul-15 | Jason DeVries | Blue Band Coffee Owner – Blue Bands and Red Hearts: Coffee and Why We Love It. |
| 23-Jul-15 | Michael Matote and Joe Coyle | Co-owners: Open Sky Energy |
| 16-Jul-15 | Carr Everbach | Swarthmore Professor “The Science of Hydraulic Fracking” |
| 9-Jul-15 | Club Assembly | |
| 2-Jul-15 | Ernest Chisena | College Funding PA “The Art of College Cost Funding” |
2014-2015 Perri Evanson, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 25-Jun-15 | Steve Murray and Team | “SUMC’s Appalachia Service Project” |
| 18-Jun-15 | Installation Dinner | |
| 11-Jun-15 | Mark Kuperberg | Professor of Economics at Swarthmore College “Potholes” |
| 4-Jun-15 | Amy Sue Barston | Cellist praised as “passionate and elegant” by The New York Times |
| 28-May-15 | Don Heebner | Rotary District 7450 Rotaplast Committee Chair – “The Next Mission: Rotaplast returns to Pereira” |
| 21-May-15 | Margie Baker & Guy Smith | The Swarthmore Centennial Foundation’s new Swarthmore Central Park project |
| 14-May-15 | Jason Romanoff | eCommerce Fraud Analyst, Bryn Mawr Trust Co. “Internet Fraud” |
| 7-May-15 | Ed Jones, Esq. | “72 Years of Practicing Law in Delaware County Makes Perfect” |
| 30-Apr-15 | Rich Shimko | Swarthmore Rotarian – Classification Talk: Medical Radiation Devices |
| 23-Apr-15 | Kari Dandrea | Proprietor of Pureblend Tea Company – Creator and seller of signature hand blended organic teas and matcha “My Craft and Mission” |
| 16-Apr-15 | Susan LeGros | Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Shale Development – “The Shale Gas Conversation: Defining a Way Forward” |
| 9-Apr-15 | Norm Mawby | Author – “Balls, Batts and More” |
| 2-Apr-15 | John Alston & Maurice Eldridge | Chester Charter School for the Arts and Chester Fund for Education and the Arts |
| 26-Mar-15 | Dr. Barbara Whitaker-Shimko | Swarthmore Rotarian – Classification Talk: Long Term Perspectives on Feminism |
| 19-Mar-15 | Matt Stewart | Strath Haven Senior – An update on raising chickens in Swarthmore and other pertinent topics |
| 12-Mar-15 | Allison Chisholm | Author, “The Inventive Life of Charles Hill Morgan: The Power of Improvement in Industry, Education and Civic Life” |
| 5-Mar-15 | No Meeting | |
| 26-Feb-15 | Sara Heller | University of Pennsylvania Criminology Professor – “Summer Jobs and Youth Violence” |
| 19-Feb-15 | Chester Lawrence | New General Manager – Swarthmore COOP |
| 12-Feb-15 | Bill Menke | Swarthmore Historical Society |
| 5-Feb-15 | David Smith, PhD. | Professor Emeritus Department of Risk, Insurance and Health Care Management, Temple University – ”The Neglected Gift: Civil Rights, Medicare and the Struggle to Transform Health Care” |
| 29-Jan-15 | Teya Sepinuck | “Theatre of Witness – Finding the Medicine in Stories of Suffering, Transformation and Peace” |
| 22-Jan-15 | Christopher Curtin | Master Chocolatier, Eclat Chocolates |
| 15-Jan-15 | Andrew Sullivan | Stop Hunger Now – Classification Talk |
| 8-Jan-15 | Allison Jo Stoutland | Inch by Inch Publications, Author and Motivational Speaker |
| 1-Jan-15 | No Meeting | Happy New Year |
| 25-Dec-14 | No Meeting | Merry Christmas |
| 18-Dec-14 | Silvertones | Meeting at CADES |
| 11-Dec-14 | Joe Lesniak | Adopt-A-Highway Clean Up Training Video |
| 4-Dec-14 | Christmas Caroling | |
| 27-Nov-14 | No Meeting | Happy Thanksgiving |
| 20-Nov-14 | Michael Carroll | “Mindful Leadership” |
| 13-Nov-14 | Bishop Billy Simbo, Sierra Leone | “Increasing Awareness of Ebola” |
| 6-Nov-14 | Rev. Beatrice Warren, Board President Bill Henderson | Chester Eastside Re-Formation |
| 30-Oct-14 | George Whitfield | Assistant District Governor |
| 23-Oct-14 | No Meeting | New Member Cocktail Party – Oct 24 |
| 16-Oct-14 | Work Ready Interns | “My Summer Experience” |
| 9-Oct-14 | Kathy Trow, DVM | “Unity Vet’s Unique Business Model” |
| 2-Oct-14 | Tim Kearney | Mayor of Swarthmore |
| 25-Sep-14 | Rachel Pastan | Author of “Alena” |
| 18-Sep-14 | Dom Giordano | Radio Talk Show Host – “Issues 2014” |
| 11-Sep-14 | Fred Bernardo | Owner – Fred’s Music Shop and Tasty Licks BBQ – “Music and BBQ” |
| 4-Sep-14 | Pat Moyer | Coach, Partner – Keller Williams Realty – “Options for a 50+ Lifestyle” |
| 28-Aug-14 | Janna Hasbrouck | Certified Health Coach, Living Without Limits – “The 3 Keys to Personal Success and Exceptional Health” |
| 21-Aug-14 | Ben Yagoda | Professor of English and Journalism, University of Delaware, and Author of the new e-book, You Need to Read This: The Death of the Imperative Mode, the Rise of American Glottal Stop, The Bizarre Popularity of ‘Amongst,’ and Other Cuckoo Things That Have Happened to the English Language |
| 14-Aug-14 | Dawn Mazzone | President and Sustainability Director of Horn and Hardart “Horn and Hardart Then and Now” |
| 7-Aug-14 | Jeffrey Babin | Senior Lecturer & Associate Director, University of Penn. Engineering Entrepreneurship Program – “Entrepreneurship” |
| 31-Jul-14 | Doug Blazey | District Governor – Official Visit |
| 24-Jul-14 | Rob Zarko | Ship Bottom Brewery – “Building a Brewery One Beer at a Time” |
| 17-Jul-14 | Anne & Hogie Hansen | 2014 Rotary International Conference |
| 10-Jul-14 | Jim Freeman | Founder/Artistic Director/Conductor of Orchestra 2001, Emeritus Professor of Music, Swarthmore College – “Stories from a Passion for New Music” |
| 3-Jul-14 | Dan Honig | Principal, Structures Consulting Engineers – “Evaluating Structural Damage in the Collapse of a Coastal Bulkhead System” |
2013-2014 Hillard Pouncy, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 30-Jun-16 | Annual Installation Dinner | |
| 26-Jun-14 | Mike Malone | Principal, Swarthmore Investments, LLC – “What people do when they don’t know what They are doing” |
| 19-Jun-14 | No Meeting | |
| 18-Jun-14 | Installation Dinner | |
| 12-Jun-14 | Maria Zissimos Esq. | The Chester Housing Authority: Building Communities |
| 5-Jun-14 | Stu Ockman | NY Times Crossword Puzzle Writer – “Confessions of a Crossword Junkie” |
| 29-May-14 | Jennifer Karsten | Executive Director, Pendle Hill |
| 22-May-14 | Syd Carpenter | Artist and Sculptor, Swarthmore College, will talk about her upcoming solo exhibit at the Museum of African American Art. |
| 15-May-14 | Richard J. Anthony, Sr. | Managing Director, The Solutions Network, Inc; Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Villanova University Center for Innovation, Creativity & Entrepreneurship |
| 8-May-14 | Doug Harnsberger | On an advocacy film project in Yosemite National Park concerning the restoration of the legendary Hetch Hetchy Valley. |
| 1-May-14 | Jim Sredenschek | Swarthmore Branch Manager, Bryn Mawr Trust – Rotary Classification Talk |
| 24-Apr-14 | Claire Baker | Director of Gardening Programs Pennsylvania Horticultural Society |
| 17-Apr-14 | Justin Dula, Manager, and Rebecca M. Ross, Principal Planner | County & Regional Planning, Delaware County Planning Department – the 2035 Comprehensive Plan focusing on local impact and transportation. |
| 10-Apr-14 | Robert Wrease and Nefetaria Yates | Global Grant Partners from the Chester Workforce Development Center |
| 3-Apr-14 | Larry Seidman | Professor of Economics, University of Delaware – “Stimulating the Economy without Deficits and Debt” |
| 27-Mar-14 | Ann F. Corson M.D. | How traditional Chinese arts are being revived by the non- profit organization Shen Yun Performing Arts. |
| 20-Mar-14 | Dr. Rebecca Chopp | President – Swarthmore College |
| 13-Mar-14 | BettyAnn Flynn | Examples of her Photography |
| 6-Mar-14 | Club Assembly | |
| 27-Feb-14 | Hillard Pouncy | “About My Dad” |
| 20-Feb-14 | Dr. Tom Callaghy | Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science U of Penn – “The Dangers of Sovereign Debt Crises” |
| 13-Feb-14 | Dr. Rebecca Chopp | President of Swarthmore College |
| 6-Feb-14 | Mary Ellen Mannix, Jen Egmont | Pre-K for PA |
| 30-Jan-14 | Susan Smythe | Immediate Past President – Swarthmore Council – “My Years on Council” |
| 23-Jan-14 | William Ryan, Chairman, Doug Harbach, Dir of Communications | The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board |
| 16-Jan-14 | Peter Hansen | Discussing his book The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering after the Enlightenment |
| 9-Jan-14 | John Sacharok | Partner At Golden Valley Farms, Coffee Roasters – “Cultivation to Cup” |
| 2-Jan-14 | No Meeting | |
| 26-Dec-13 | No Meeting | Christmas |
| 19-Dec-13 | Silvertones | Christmas Performance at CADES |
| 12-Dec-13 | Jennifer Hu, Lauren Sibeck, Marissa Bradley, and Alondra Rosales | Swarthmore College Rotaract Students |
| 5-Dec-13 | Janet Riley Ford | Executive Director of the Chester Youth Collaborative |
| 28-Nov-13 | No Meeting | Thanksgiving |
| 21-Nov-13 | George Whitfield | “Assistant District Governor” |
| 14-Nov-13 | Professor Richard Beeman | “Founding Fathers of 1787: Lessons in Political Leadership” |
| 7-Nov-13 | Mark Ingram | Sr. Associate Athletic Director – “Update on Temple University and Temple Athletics” |
| 31-Oct-13 | Joe Henwood – | “Revitalizing Chester’s Historic Business District to Enhance Lives, Preserve our Environment and Honor our Creator” |
| 24-Oct-13 | Member Social | No 12:00 Meeting |
| 17-Oct-13 | Gudmund Iversen | A Pictoral Essay |
| 10-Oct-13 | Brian Lentz, Former PA State Representative | “Strategies for Gun Violence Reduction” |
| 3-Oct-13 | Charles Streitwieser – Governor, Rotary District 7450 | Official Visit |
| 26-Sep-13 | Andrew Huemmler – Lecturer, Energy and Sustainability, Penn School of Engineering and Applied Science | “The Energy Climate Future” |
| 19-Sep-13 | Lori Foglio | President of the Board, ABC Strath Haven |
| 12-Sep-13 | Lawrence A. Husick – Senior Fellow Foreign Policy Research Institute Co-Chair, Center for the Study of Terrorism | “Understanding Stuxnet and Other Covert Responses to the Iranian Nuclear Threat” |
| 5-Sep-13 | Club Assembly | |
| 29-Aug-13 | Dr. Frederic Hellman – Delaware County Medical Examiner | “Elegant Bones” |
| 22-Aug-13 | David Belanger | Director, Delaware County Library System |
| 15-Aug-13 | Rick Valelly – Claude C. Smith ’14 Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College | “The Court’s Voting Rights Decision and America’s Second Reconstruction” |
| 8-Aug-13 | Margie Baker – Master Gardener | “All about Tomatoes” |
| 1-Aug-13 | John Alston – Founder of the Chester Children’s Chorus | “Developments in Chester” |
| 25-Jul-13 | Joan Wright and Joe Lesniak | Classification Talks |
| 18-Jul-13 | Kevin Barr – Owner of Healing Axis at Wellness on Park, Nationally Certified Practitioner of Acupuncture | “Integrated Energy Medicine: Acupuncture and Related Treatment Modalities” |
| 11-Jul-13 | Ray Hopkins, Sue and Don Larsen | “Bhutan: Shangri-La for Visitors” |
| 4-Jul-13 | No Meeting | Independence Day |
2012-2013 Brian Craig, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 27-Jun-13 | Dr. Mark Duggan – Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at Wharton, Former Senior Economist for Health Care Policy at the White House Council of Economic Advisers | “Obamacare at Age 3: An Early Assessment and What Lies Ahead” |
| 20-Jun-13 | Kelly O’Connor and Lauren Schenkel | “Our Recent Rotary Group Study Exchange with Korea” |
| 13-Jun-13 | No Meeting | |
| 6-Jun-13 | Laura Kiehner | “Papa Tortuga: One Man’s Mission to Save the Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles” |
| 30-May-13 | Rick Lowe | “State of the Ville” |
| 23-May-13 | Lew Rinko | Swarthmore author of About the Unique Childhood of a Hummer |
| 16-May-13 | Beth Murray | aFewSteps.org |
| 9-May-13 | Megan Bucknum | Sales Wrangler of Philly CowShare and contributing author to Reclaiming Our Food: How the Grassroots Food Movement is Changing the Way We Eat |
| 2-May-13 | Denise Stuart | Development Director of Symphony in C, Camden Orchestra (formerly the Haddonfield Symphony) |
| 25-Apr-13 | Chief Brian Craig – Swarthmore Police Chief | “Safety Tips for Everyday” Part II |
| 18-Apr-13 | Reisa Mukamal | “Art Goes to School” |
| 11-Apr-13 | Dr. Linwood Haith – Head of the Crozer-Chester Burn Center | “Burning Issues: Advances in Medical Care at The Nathan Speare Regional Burn Treatment Center” |
| 4-Apr-13 | Craig Fava | Physical Therapist, Classification Talk |
| 28-Mar-13 | Michael Carroll – Author of Fearless at Work: Timeless Teaching for Awakening Confidence Resilience and Creativity in the Face of Life’s Demands | “Mindful Leadership: How Mindfulness Meditation Is Being Applied in the 21st Century” |
| 21-Mar-13 | Club Assembly | |
| 14-Mar-13 | Kate Hyzer | New Director, Delaware County Literacy Council |
| 7-Mar-13 | Carolyn Pouncy | Author of “The Golden Lynx” |
| 28-Feb-13 | John Linder | Mayor of Chester |
| 21-Feb-13 | Dr. George Assaf – Director and Representative of UNIDO to the UN | “Sustainable Development” |
| 14-Feb-13 | Josh Twersky, CPA – Swarthmore Rotarian | “Affordable Health Care Part II” |
| 7-Feb-13 | Chief Brian Craig – Swarthmore Police Chief | “Safety Tips for Everyday” |
| 31-Jan-13 | Club Assembly | |
| 24-Jan-13 | Claudia Cueto, AIA – Principal, CuetoKEARNEYdesign, LLC | “Passive House on Dartmouth, a Sustainable Retrofit” |
| 17-Jan-13 | Sharon Friedler – Director of the Dance Program and former Stephen Lang Professor of the Performing Arts, Swarthmore College | “The Arts and Social Change” |
| 10-Jan-13 | Judith Byron Schachner – NY Times Best Selling Author and Illustrator of Skippy Jon Jones Series of Children’s Books | “Orbiting the Fur Ball: The art of writing and illustrating for Children” |
| 3-Jan-13 | Eric Jensen | Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College “Why the New Year Begins on Our January 1st” |
| 27-Dec-12 | No Meeting | |
| 20-Dec-12 | Colin Darrell – Entrepreneur | “You Heard it Here First – Grow Culture Restaurants” |
| 13-Dec-12 | Silvertones | At CADES |
| 6-Dec-12 | Paul Downie – New President, Community Arts Center | “Celebrating the Holidays with the Community Arts Center” |
| 29-Nov-12 | Andrew Bunting | Curator, Scotts Arboretum |
| 22-Nov-12 | No Meeting | Thanksgiving |
| 15-Nov-12 | Bob Pierson | “Farm to City – Thanksgiving Bounty from Local Farms” |
| 8-Nov-12 | Doug Klepfer – Ardmore Rotary Club | “The Japanese Earthquake and Rotary’s Response” |
| 1-Nov-12 | Jim Harris – President, Widener University | “Civic Engagement in Chester, PA” |
| 25-Oct-12 | Rebecca Robert – Scotts Arboretum | “The Arts Matter in Delaware County” |
| 18-Oct-12 | Debbie Morton – Director/Producer of the PBS telecast | “Fast Times at West Philly High” |
| 11-Oct-12 | Carol Long – Assistant Curator, Winterthur | “A Tour of Winterthur” |
| 4-Oct-12 | Jim MacMillan – Journalist-in-residence, Swarthmore College, | “Philadelphia’s Violence Epidemic” |
| 27-Sep-12 | Ben Berger | Swarthmore College, Author, “America’s Attention Deficit: Political Ritalin in 2008?” The Election |
| 20-Sep-12 | Steven Barnes – Associate Dean of Communications, University of Pennsylvania Law School | “How Greater Awareness of Service Projects Can Improve America’s Civic Dialogue” |
| 13-Sep-12 | William Ronayne, Jr, | Head of the Mario Lanza Museum, Brooklyn, NY “Mario Lanza: The Man, The Music, The Magic” |
| 6-Sep-12 | Belkys Lopez | Former Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar |
| 30-Aug-12 | Dave Ellis | District Governor |
| 23-Aug-12 | Deborah Brandt | “Bringing a New Magazine to Media, PA” |
| 16-Aug-12 | Charles Cresson | Swarthmore Horticultural Society “The Gardens of Swarthmore” |
| 9-Aug-12 | Denise Stuart | “The Academy of Vocal Arts – Philadelphia’s Hidden Gem” |
| 2-Aug-12 | Cindy Messerle | Executive Director of the Delaware County Community Foundation |
| 26-Jul-12 | Ray Hopkins | To Horta and back in a Small Sailboat |
| 19-Jul-12 | Lyn Samson, Executive Director of Help Hope Live | Let Me Introduce to You ‘Help Hope Live’ |
| 12-Jul-12 | Mares Stellfox | Sprint Car Driver |
| 5-Jul-12 | No Meeting |
2011-2012 Brian Casey, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 28-Jun-12 | Classification Talks | Donna Amalfitano, Bill Baldwin |
| 21-Jun-12 | No Meeting | |
| 14-Jun-12 | Rick Semak, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Startup Corps | How Startup Corps Helps High Schools Develop Entrepreneurial Leaders |
| 7-Jun-12 | Rob Lowe, Swarthmore Mayor | State of the ‘Ville’ |
| 31-May-12 | Vitor Gimenes, Rotary Exchange Student | Farewell Address |
| 24-May-12 | Fred Catona, Founder and Chief Marketing Strategist of Bulldozer Digital, the company that helped launch Priceline | Advertising: The Key to Success and Wealth |
| 17-May-12 | Rebecca Bonner, Greater Philadelphia Association for Recovery Education | Why a Recovery High School? |
| 10-May-12 | Mike Dever, Author | The Free Lunch Portfolio and Other Outrageous Investing Advice |
| 3-May-12 | Michael C. Ryan, Swarthmore Coop Meat Manager/Fishmonger | A Cooking Demonstration – Deliciousness is in the Details |
| 26-Apr-12 | Jack Dobbyn, Delaware County Author | My Book: Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture |
| 19-Apr-12 | Denise Devine, Froose Foods, Media, PA | From Great Idea to Great Product – How I Did It |
| 12-Apr-12 | Club Special Event | Celebrating Swarthmore Rotary’s 75th Anniversary |
| 5-Apr-12 | Police Chief Brian Craig | My Annual Photo Essay |
| 29-Mar-12 | Linda Bond, Habitat for Humanity, Delaware County | Building a Home: Bettering a Community |
| 22-Mar-12 | Barrie Shepherd, Poet and former Pastor, Swarthmore Presbyterian Church | Read and discuss selections from Faces by The Wayside, his new book centered on the Lenten season |
| 15-Mar-12 | Lora Lavin, League of Women Voters, Representative Government Specialist | “Changing Shapes and Playing Fair: An Update on Redistricting in Pennsylvania |
| 8-Mar-12 | Carl Cherkin, Vice President, The Philadelphia Union | The Philadelphia Union |
| 1-Mar-12 | Carol Carr, Director of Lending and Training, Women’s Opportunity Resource Center (WORC) | Something Borrowed for Something New – Micro-Enterprise Loans |
| 23-Feb-12 | Tony Messina | Me, Sinatra and Music that Swings |
| 16-Feb-12 | Mel Allen, President/CEO/Founder, Project Forward | Lessons Learned: Chester and the Project Forward Leap Experience |
| 9-Feb-12 | Sandy Sparrow, Former SRS Principal | Alumni and Friends supporting Kids in the WSSD |
| 2-Feb-12 | George Lakey, Visiting Professor, Lang Center, Swarthmore College | Viking Economics: Is there anything we can learn from Norwegian experiments with equality? |
| 26-Jan-12 | Perri Evanson | The Real Estate Report |
| 19-Jan-12 | SWIM Presentation | Swarthmore Wallingford Interfaith Ministerium |
| 12-Jan-12 | Club Assembly | |
| 5-Jan-12 | John Pickett | Mineral Hill and Other Topics |
| 29-Dec-11 | No Meeting | |
| 22-Dec-11 | No Meeting | |
| 15-Dec-11 | DG Bonnie Korengel | Official Visit |
| 8-Dec-11 | The Silvertones | |
| 1-Dec-11 | PDG Hogie Hansen | Rotary’s World Peace Centers |
| 24-Nov-11 | No Meeting | Thanksgiving |
| 17-Nov-11 | Denise Aquilante | On the Ultimate Turkey |
| 10-Nov-11 | Joe Hortua | Playwright and Television Writer |
| 3-Nov-11 | Cynthia Jetter | The Five College Initiative in Chester |
| 27-Oct-11 | Mark Kuperberg | The Great Recession – Part II |
| 20-Oct-11 | Dr. Jerome Parker | President, Delaware County Community College – Part II |
| 13-Oct-11 | Rose Fairley | My Life on Stage – So Far |
| 6-Oct-11 | Dr. Kevin Browngoehl | Doctors in Service – The Haiti Clinic |
| 29-Sep-11 | Vitor Gimenes | Rotary Youth Exchange Student From Brazil |
| 22-Sep-11 | Eileen Diangelo | Mad Poets and Good Spirits |
| 15-Sep-11 | Tom Stephenson | The Nicaragua Project |
| 8-Sep-11 | Charles Streitweiser | The Rotary Foundation 2011-2012 |
| 1-Sep-11 | Jeff Haviland | Youth Services at Strath Haven High School |
| 25-Aug-11 | Thurm Brendlinger | Community Based Energy Conservation |
| 18-Aug-11 | Bill Richardson | The Great Wade Fire of 1978 |
| 11-Aug-11 | Jerome Parker | President, Delaware County Community College |
| 4-Aug-11 | Meg Kramer | Driving Safely from the Start |
| 28-Jul-11 | Charles Cooney, Manager Swarthmore Swim Club | Getting into the Swim of Things |
| 21-Jul-11 | Mike Malone | Risky Business |
| 14-Jul-11 | Anne Hansen | Diary of an Assistant Governor |
| 7-Jul-11 | Jodi Button | Executive Director, Francisvale Shelter for Small Animals |
2010-2011 Marv Gelb, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 30-Jun-11 | Gudmund Iversen | Gudmund in China |
| 23-Jun-11 | Club Assembly | |
| 16-Jun-11 | No Meeting | |
| 14-Jun-11 | Installation | 2011-2012 Club Officer Installation |
| 9-Jun-11 | Mary Gay Scanlon | A Foundation for the School District |
| 2-Jun-11 | Cary Baskin | The Fine Art of Branding Small Business |
| 26-May-11 | Beth Murray | Report on Haiti |
| 19-May-11 | Jeanna Vanni | Pilates for Everyday Health |
| 12-May-11 | No Meeting | Members Social Friday May 13 |
| 5-May-11 | Shareen Hinson | Project Manager, PECO Education Team |
| 28-Apr-11 | Classification Talks | Rich O’Donnell, Lisa Lee |
| 21-Apr-11 | Philip Coleman | Updating the Energy Situation |
| 14-Apr-11 | Daniel Hoffman | Poet Laureate of the United States, 1973-74. A celebration of National Poetry Month. |
| 7-Apr-11 | Amy Vollmer | Bacteria, Viruses, Vaccines: and Antibiotics: practical knowledge for all citizens. |
| 31-Mar-11 | Classification Talks | Brian Casey, Jim Leming |
| 24-Mar-11 | Tony Salvatore | Delaware County Suicide Prevention & Awareness Task Force |
| 17-Mar-11 | George Strimel | How the Boro Can Make Money While Providing Great Cable Programming |
| 10-Mar-11 | Marge Stern – Delaware County Literacy Society | “One Book, Every Child” Program |
| 3-Mar-11 | Dr. Chris Williams | New Technology in Eye Care |
| 24-Feb-11 | Classification Talks | Gladys Snively, Dean Wolfe |
| 17-Feb-11 | Louis Massiah | My Life in Art and Film |
| 10-Feb-11 | Mayor Rick Lowe | The College Inn and The Police Department’s Green Initiative |
| 3-Feb-11 | John Staufer | Ethiopian Refugees |
| 27-Jan-11 | Classification Talks | Madeline Bialecki, Randy Winton |
| 20-Jan-11 | Suzanne Stadnicki & WSSD Students | The Strath Haven High School Kenya Project |
| 13-Jan-11 | Donald Applestein | An Insider’s Look at Independence Park |
| 6-Jan-11 | Brian Craig | My Life in Pictures |
| 30-Dec-10 | New Years | No Meeting |
| 23-Dec-10 | Christmas | No Meeting |
| 16-Dec-10 | Club Assembly | At Swarthmore Methodist United Church |
| 9-Dec-10 | Silvertones | At CADES |
| 2-Dec-10 | Josh Twersky | The Ins and Outs of Health Care Reform |
| 25-Nov-10 | Thanksgiving | No Meeting |
| 18-Nov-10 | Anne Hansen | Foundation Update |
| 11-Nov-10 | Chris Darrell | ABC House |
| 4-Nov-10 | Cynthia MacLeod | Superintendent, Independence National Historic Park |
| 28-Oct-10 | Dan Terpstra | Belize Water Project Update |
| 21-Oct-10 | Richard Noonan – WSSD Superintendent | Introduction by WSSD Board Chair Mary Gay Scanlon |
| 14-Oct-10 | Perri Evanson | On Real Estate |
| 7-Oct-10 | Guy Gardener, Former Astronaut, President, Williamson Free School | From the Heavens to the Williamson School |
| 30-Sep-10 | Laurie Perman, Director – Pendle Hill | Pendle Hill: Wallingford’s Hidden Treasure |
| 23-Sep-10 | Gary Cummings, Nether Providence Town Manager | TBD |
| 16-Sep-10 | District Governor, Joan Batory | Official Visit |
| 9-Sep-10 | Herb Jenkins, Senior Community Services | Family Care Giving |
| 2-Sep-10 | Pat Meehan, Former Federal Prosecutor, Republican Candidate for Congress | Meet the Candidate |
| 26-Aug-10 | Don Delson | Publisher, The Swarthmorean |
| 19-Aug-10 | Tina Johnson | Chester Coop |
| 12-Aug-10 | Michal Smith, Project Leap Forward | New Program |
| 5-Aug-10 | Bryan Lentz, Democratic Candidate for Congress | State House Report |
| 29-Jul-10 | George Strimel, General Manager Radnor Studio 21, former VP, WHYY TV | Local Cable |
| 22-Jul-10 | Brian Casey, Club Webmaster and Tech Specialist | Unlocking the New Club Website |
| 15-Jul-10 | Kristen Peck | Rotary Ambassador Scholar |
| 8-Jul-10 | Steve Kosiak | The Fish and Streams of Delaware County |
| 1-Jul-10 | Laura Repcheck | Gift of Life Family House |
2009-2010 Betty Ann Flynn, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 24-Jun-10 | Bruce Kelly, owner, Fitness Together, Media | Strength Training for Mature Adults |
| 17-Jun-10 | No Meeting | |
| 16-Jun-10 | Installation Dinner | |
| 10-Jun-10 | Ashley Cowen, Rotary Vo-Tech Award Winner | Hopes and Dreams |
| 3-Jun-10 | Ray Didinger, Award Winning Sportswriter | Q and A with Ray |
| 27-May-10 | Club Assembly | |
| 20-May-10 | Ed Jones with Ted Peters of Bryn Mawr Trust | The Bank Merger |
| 13-May-10 | Marc Browngold | Sustainable Agriculture and Your Co-op |
| 6-May-10 | Dr. Mathania Weiss | My Israel, My Home, My Pictures |
| 29-Apr-10 | Alfred Hurd | A Home for Delaware County Community Performing Groups |
| 22-Apr-10 | Sharon Ford, Town Librarian | Libraries – Necessities or Amenities |
| 15-Apr-10 | Faith Holefelder, Rotoplast | Viet Nam and Rotoplast |
| 8-Apr-10 | St. Sen. Ted Erickson | State House Report |
| 1-Apr-10 | Anthony Ditommas | President, Buys for Good |
| 25-Mar-10 | Norman Mawby | Author, Part of the Parade, The Phillies Come Back |
| 18-Mar-10 | Carol Goertzel, President/CEO PathWays | Vulnerable Families |
| 11-Mar-10 | Rick Lowe | State of the Ville |
| 4-Mar-10 | Brian Casey | Our Club: How We are Leveraging the Web |
| 25-Feb-10 | Meeting Cancelled | |
| 18-Feb-10 | Juhani Rantakallio | The Year to Date from our Exchange Student |
| 11-Feb-10 | Meeting Cancelled | …due to storm. |
| 4-Feb-10 | Club Business | |
| 28-Jan-10 | Lin Axamethy Floyd | Former Nether Providence Commissioner, Recycling Update |
| 21-Jan-10 | Elizabeth Price | Executive Director, Delaware County Bar Association |
| 14-Jan-10 | Geoff Shepard and Raymond Hopkins | The First Year of the Obama Presidency |
| 7-Jan-10 | Carol Williamson | Exchanging Bikes, Saving Lives |
| 31-Dec-09 | No Meeting | |
| 24-Dec-09 | No Meeting | |
| 17-Dec-09 | Silvertones | This meeting is at CADES – Click “Silvertones” for Directions |
| 10-Dec-09 | President Chopp | Open discussion (Meeting is at Bond Hall – Click “Chopp” for directions) |
| 3-Dec-09 | David Gilbert | TV & U |
| 26-Nov-09 | Thanksgiving | No Meeting |
| 19-Nov-09 | Rick Anthony | Boomervision, part II |
| 12-Nov-09 | Charlotte Hobson and Reisa Muckamal | Adult Literacy from a Local Program Graduate and a Program Tutor |
| 11-Nov-09 | Board Meeting | Borough Hall |
| 5-Nov-09 | Craig Fava | The Rotary Foundation |
| 29-Oct-09 | Harry Urian | Market Update |
| 22-Oct-09 | Pat Ukropec, Hair Studio Owner | What’s New at the Studio |
| 15-Oct-09 | Alyssa Dickinson and Juhni Rantakallio | Presentations by Rotary Exchange Students |
| 1-Oct-09 | 6:00 Wine & Cheese at the Co-op | |
| 24-Sep-09 | Carrie Shankweiler, The Academy In Manayunk | The Arts, Learning and Kids: Making the Connections |
| 17-Sep-09 | Rebecca Chopp, President Swarthmore College | Living and Learning at and in Swarthmore: A Conversation with Rebecca Chopp |
| 10-Sep-09 | David Welsh | First Time Home Buyer Stimulus – Did it Work? |
| 3-Sep-09 | Nicola Tollett Jefferson, The Achievement Project | On TAP: The Achievement Project |
| 27-Aug-09 | Penelope Reed, Hedgerow Theatre | The New Season |
| 20-Aug-09 | Club Assembly | |
| 13-Aug-09 | Stephen Bell, Exec. Dir. Marketing & Communication | Neumann College is Now Neumann University – How We Did It and Why |
| 6-Aug-09 | Hansjakob Werlen, Professor, Swarthmore College | Slow Food |
| 30-Jul-09 | Rick Anthony, Director, The Solutions Network | A Program for the One in Four in Delaware County |
| 23-Jul-09 | Hogie Hansen | Polio in a Time of Recession – Update on the Gates Foundation/Rotary Collaboration |
| 16-Jul-09 | Jim Thomas, Owner Springfield Ford | New World for American Car Dealerships |
| 9-Jul-09 | Carol Boslet | Healthy Hearts for Sports |
| 2-Jul-09 | Peg Hendricks | Delaware County Community Foundation |
2008-2009 Josh Twersky, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 25-Jun-09 | Marsha Dworkin | Supervisor of Hearing and Language Programs, Delaware County, Do You Hear What I Hear? |
| 18-Jun-09 | Jay King | Cars |
| 11-Jun-09 | No Meeting | |
| 4-Jun-09 | Michael Malone | Rotary |
| 28-May-09 | Anne Hansen | Update on Belize Water Project |
| 21-May-09 | Michal Smith | Project Forward Leap, Summer Institute |
| 14-May-09 | Mark Kuperberg | On the Economy |
| 7-May-09 | David Swanson | My Life in Pictures: Ground Zero, Afganistan and Iraq |
| 30-Apr-09 | Rudy Rubeis | “The State of the District” |
| 23-Apr-09 | Richard Vallely | “Hasta La Vista John Yoo and Dick Cheney” |
| 16-Apr-09 | Pat Whitehair – Davidson School – West Chester, PA | Autism |
| 9-Apr-09 | Geoff Shepard | “Deep Throat, Frost/Nixon and Baby Boomer Memories: What Would Nixon Say?” |
| 2-Apr-09 | Husnu M. Kalkanoglu and Ben Williams | “New Solar Technologies and New Solar Technology Financing Options” |
| 26-Mar-09 | Raymond Hopkins – Swarthmore College, Emeritus | “What I Learned in Bishkek [Krygystan]” |
| 19-Mar-09 | Gerry Greway | A Look at the Swarthmore COOP |
| 12-Mar-09 | Julie Soper | Swarthmore student on Siberian Youth Exchange |
| 5-Mar-09 | Club Assembly | Club Assembly |
| 26-Feb-09 | Gudmund Iversen | Rotary Biography Series |
| 19-Feb-09 | Juliet Wunsch | Lighting and set Designing for the Theater. |
| 12-Feb-09 | Classification Talks and Fun Fair Planning | Craig Fava & Grace McAndrews speak about their classifications. Fun Fair planning. |
| 5-Feb-09 | Philip Coleman | The Energy Puzzle – Lawrence Berkeley Labs |
| 29-Jan-09 | Joel Chesney | District Governor Visit & Update |
| 22-Jan-09 | Rabbi Mark Robbins | Farewell |
| 15-Jan-09 | Sheriff Joseph F. McGinn | Delaware County Sheriff’s Office |
| 8-Jan-09 | Abdulla Mizead | Iraq – Journalist-in-residence for War News Radio at Swarthmore College |
| 1-Jan-09 | No Meeting | New Year’s Day |
| 25-Dec-08 | No Meeting | Christmas |
| 18-Dec-08 | Silvertones – MEETING AT CADES | Holiday Music |
| 11-Dec-08 | Nick Fortunatus – MEETING AT METHODIST CHURCH | Rotary Group Travel Exchange |
| 4-Dec-08 | Chris Darrell | A Better Chance |
| 27-Nov-08 | No Meeting | Thanksgiving Day |
| 20-Nov-08 | Lucas Gelape – Rotary Exchange Student | From Brazil With Rotary |
| 13-Nov-08 | Michael Malone | Rotary Foundation Month |
| 6-Nov-08 | Dan Terpstra and Chuck Hadden | The Belize Water Project: (Living Waters of the World) |
| 30-Oct-08 | Mark Stewart | Project Forward Leap |
| 23-Oct-08 | Robert Hatmaker | Amigos de Guatemala |
| 16-Oct-08 | Ruby Benson and Joyce Van Ravensway | Interfaith Hospitality Network |
| 9-Oct-08 | Matt Scanlon | The Egg and I |
| 2-Oct-08 | Club Assembly | Club Discussion & Upcoming Events |
| 25-Sep-08 | Edmund Jones | I Remember Nuremberg |
| 18-Sep-08 | Ben Sexton | A conversation on his Rotary Exchange trip to Germany |
| 11-Sep-08 | Joe Hackett | Republican Candidate for State Representative – 161st Legislative District |
| 4-Sep-08 | Marty Spiegel | State of the “Ville” |
| 28-Aug-08 | Craig Williams | Candidate for House of Representatives 7th District |
| 21-Aug-08 | Maurice Eldridge | Chester’s Music School |
| 14-Aug-08 | CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates | Information on Activities and Program |
| 7-Aug-08 | Representative Joe Sestak | Report from our Congressman |
| 31-Jul-08 | Holgar “Hogie” Hansen | Rotary Polio Eradication Effort |
| 24-Jul-08 | Chief Brian Craig | A Photographers Holiday |
| 17-Jul-08 | Joy Bergey | Global Warming |
| 10-Jul-08 | Bill Bossert | History of the Rotary Club of Swarthmore |
| 4-Jul-08 | No Meeting | Independence Day Celebration serve lemonade to town 9:30AM to 11:00AM |
| 2-Jul-08 | Dinner Party at Spring Haven County Club | Recognition & Induction Ceremony |
2007-2008 Anne Hansen, President
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 27-Jun-08 | Siobhan Leavy-Buttil | Delaware Co. Reading Olympics |
| 20-Jun-08 | Dr. Sal Mangione | Diseases of Famous Historical Figures |
| 13-Jun-08 | New Member Classification Talks | |
| 6-Jun-08 | Dr. Hans Kersten | Reach Out & Read at St. Christopher’ Hospital |
| 30-May-08 | Jay King | Report on Katrina Relief work-Bay St. Lewis |
| 23-May-08 | Club Board Members | Club Assembly |
| 16-May-08 | Madeline Bialecki and Charlotte Hopson | Delaware County Literacy Council |
| 9-May-08 | Joan Sobel Moderator | Panel on Retirement Choices |
| 2-May-08 | Joel Chesney | Rotaplast- Volunteering in India |
| 25-Apr-08 | New Member Classification Talks | Lynne Firlein, Rudy Rubeis, & Carl Beresin |
| 18-Apr-08 | State Rep Bryan Lentz | Patriot’s Day – What is happening in Harrisburg? |
| 11-Apr-08 | Robert McLoughlin | Sr. VP The American College Fin Services Edu. |
| 4-Apr-08 | Ray Hopkins and Ron Vanlangeveld | Report from Belize |
| 28-Mar-08 | Jack Gallagher | Developing a Peer Court in Chester High School |
| 21-Mar-08 | No Meeting | Trip to Phil. Water Works |
| 20-Mar-08 | Board Meeting | Boro Hall 4:30pm |
| 14-Mar-08 | Hillard Pouncy | Strengthing Family & Community |
| 7-Mar-08 | Sue Vatnick | Reading Instruction & Brain Function |
| 29-Feb-08 | Pat Trippoli | “Woman of Strength” The Anti-Violence Movement in Chester |
| 28-Feb-08 | Board Meeting | Boro Hall |
| 23-Feb-08 | Progressive Dinner | Silent Auction- Helping to Eradicate Polio |
| 22-Feb-08 | New Member | Classification Talks- Steve Laxton & Barbara Kaplin |
| 15-Feb-08 | Peg Hebner | How Polio has affected my life- Post Polio Syndrome |
| 8-Feb-08 | Joy Charlton Page | Lang Center for Social Responsibility Swarthmore College |
| 1-Feb-08 | Lynne Schofield | “Our Voices Together” |
Interested in joining The Rotary Club of Swarthmore? We always welcome new members!