Brown Club of Oregon

Teddy Keizer is leading a Brown Club hike next Sunday, August 17th, to the beautiful Punchbowl Falls in the Columbia Gorge.

We will be meeting at 10:00 am at Teddy & Ann’s house at 1615 SE 30th Avenue, one block south of 30th & Hawthorne.  From their house, we will be carpooling or caravanning to the hike.

If you miss the departure time, give Teddy a call at 503-621-8372 (c) to coordinate connecting with the group.

We chose this hike because it is family friendly.  It is only 2.1 miles to the falls for a round trip of 4.2 miles with only a moderate amount of elevation gain.  However, the trail continues on if you want a more rigorous outing.  We will be eating lunch at the base of the falls in a beautiful steep walled gorge.

No need to RSVP.
Hope you can join us.

Posted in Uncategorized on Friday, August 1st, 2008 |

Professor Wendy Schiller comes to town!

We’ve got some exciting political races this year. The Washington senatorial race is heating up. Ditto for the Connecticut LaMont-Lieberman showdown. And is there any chance that the Democrats will start to take momentum from the Republicans, after a couple sessions being the minority party in both branches of government?

To help us sort it all out, one of the nation’s foremost political experts is coming to Portland. This is Professor Wendy Schiller from Brown’s Political Science department. She has won a Fulbright Award, and prior to teaching was a Research Fellow at the Brookings Institute and a legislative aide to New York Senator Daniel P. Moynihan and New York Governor Mario Cuomo.

For Professor Schiller’s full cv, please take a look here

It’s an honor to have Professor Schiller visit us. So without further ado, here are the details:

• What: “Congressional Elections as Vehicles for Change in American Politics – What will 2006 bring?” An Evening with Brown Professor Wendy Schiller
• When: Thursday, October 12, 2006
• Time: lightly catered reception at 6:30 PM, program begins at 7:00 PM
• Where: Vey Conference Center, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon Health Sciences University
  Directions: www.ohsu.edu/about/directions.shtml
• Cost: Free for students and graduates after 2001, $5 for alums and folks they bring, $10 for non-alums
• RSVP: Yes, please go here to sign up.
  If you have an account on Brown’s alumni website, please use it to register for the event.
  If you do not have an account (or are not an alum), please click on the ‘here’ at the top of the page at the end of the sentence that says “If you don’t have an account, you can still register for this event here.” That’s it!

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Posted in Uncategorized on Thursday, January 5th, 2006 |

November 14th, 2005: Confessions of a Brown Professor: Lessons Learned from Infants and Children

The Brown Club of Oregon is thrilled to welcome Professor (Emeritus) Lewis Lipsitt of Brown’s Psychology Department for a talk entitled “Confessions of a Brown Professor: Lessons Learned from Infants and Children” followed by Q&A. Check out Professor Lipsitt’s description of the talk:

“I will talk about my work with babies, and those babies growing up, and what I have learned from this Brown University project. I intend to be provocative because I believe that only when we the people understand what is going on in human development, the enormous increase in population in the world, and the increasing anger of the people will we be able to take steps to ameliorate the conditions that will surely destroy the globe…….”

Sounds pretty dang good! Here are the details:

What: Confessions of a Brown Professor: Lessons Learned from Infants and Children
When: Monday, November 14th, 2005
Time: lightly catered reception at 6:30 PM, program begins at 7:00 PM
Where: Collins and Goudy Conference Rooms, near Vey Conference Center, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Oregon Health Sciences University
Directions: www.ohsu.edu/about/directions.shtml
RSVP: Yes, please, to Sam Blackman (email: sam@orbrown.org, phone: 503-454-1753)

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Posted in Uncategorized on Saturday, January 1st, 2005 |

December 30, 2004, 7 PM: Annual Brown Holiday Party

After much scrambling we have secured a location and date for the annual holiday party. This low-key affair is a great chance to meet with current Brown students home for the holidays and those lucky high school seniors who have recently been admitted early decision. One thing for sure is these kids will *not* make you feel old. There will be food and drink and serious discussion about the state of the world and recent ski trips!

What: Annual Brown Holiday Party
When: Thursday, December 30th — two weeks from today!
Time: 7 – 9 PM
RSVP: YES (to sam@orbrown.org) if you want there to be sufficient food and drink

We hope y’all can come, please RSVP when you get a chance … and happy holidays to all from the Brown Club of Oregon board!

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Posted in Uncategorized on Thursday, January 1st, 2004 |

December 28, 2003: The Brown Club of Oregon invites you to a Winter Party!

When: December 28, 2003
Time: 3-5 PM
Place: At the home of Debi Coleman ‘74, KOIN Tower/Fountain Plaza, 1414 SW Third Ave., Suite 2701, Portland. Parking is directly across Third Ave. between Clay and Columbia.
RSVP: (you’ll want to have FOOD, right???)
libigler@easystreet.com or 503-636-8660

Looking for things to do? Check out our website at http://www.orbrown.org. We list our current activities as well as provide links to the Ivy Club of Oregon. The Ivy Club is a consortium of the alumni groups from Brown, the 7 other Ivies, MIT and Stanford.

Remember! RSVP to libigler@easystreet.com to say if you are or are not coming to the December 28th party!!! Hope to see you there!!!

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Posted in Uncategorized on Wednesday, January 1st, 2003 |