2009 Summer Lecture Series

 

Rensselaer’s Darrin Fresh Water Institute, located on Route 9N in Bolton Landing, and the

Historical Society of Bolton are pleased to co-host a series of distinguished presentations

on the natural and cultural  history of Lake George and the Adirondacks

 

July 6           Deformed Amphibians: Harbingers of Doom or Chicken Little in the

   Mine Shaft?

Stanley Sessions, Department of Biology, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY

 

July 13           Lake George's FORWARD Shipwreck: Its History, Archaeology, and Educational Significance

                        Joseph W. Zarzynski, Underwater Archaeologist, Bateaux Below, Wilton, NY

 

July 20         Irving Langmuir – Lake George’s Nobel Laureate

Roger Summerhayes, Chemistry Teacher & Film Maker

    U. S. Virgin Islands and Crown Island, Bolton Landing, NY

 

July 27         The History, the Present and the Future of Electric Boats

Charles Houghton, The Rensselaerville Institute, Rensselaerville, NY

 

August 3     The Forest Floor: Ferns and Fern Allies of the Lake George Basin

Thomas Lord, Department of Biology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

 

August 10   Turning Points in Adirondack History: Events that Shaped the Adirondacks We Know Today

Andy Flynn, Regional Historian & Author, Saranac Lake, NY

 

August 17    Invasive Plants in the Lake George Region: What’s All the Fuss About?

Leslie Mehrhoff, Invasive Plant Atlas of New England (IPANE) & University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

 

August 24   Adirondack Stories, Historical Sketches

Marty Podskoch, Regional Historian & Author, Colchester, CT

 

For more information visit our website www.rpi.edu/dept/DFWI or phone 518-644-3541

 

Programs are on Monday evenings beginning at 7:30 PM. The public is cordially invited free of charge

Funding for this series is provided by generous gifts from The Knapp Fund and numerous individuals

DFWI Lecture Series Archives

 

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