2009 Summer Lecture Series
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