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Rensselaer Retirees Forum/Friends of
Folsom Library Lunch & Learn

co-sponsored events:

11/10/2000 Henry Bungay “How To Set Up A Web Page”
12/8/2000 Michael Barrett “The Oakwood Cemetery – Personalities & Gossip”
1/26/2001 Sydney Ross “Scientist: The Story of The Word”
2/9/2001 Brunhilde Miller “Nutrition: Eating For Health”
3/9/2001 Martin Glicksman “Stained Glass For Hobbyists”
4/13/2001 Junior Museum    Tour & planetarium show.
5/4/2001 Kathryn Sheehan “An Armchair Tour of Rensselaer County”
[Rescheduled 7/13 due to illness; viewed WMHT’s Historic Views of the Collar City video from our Archives collection.]
6/1/2001 Marcia Handelman “Update On Health Care Legislation in Washington D.C.”
7/13/2001 Kathryn Sheehan “An Armchair Tour of Rensselaer County”
8/10/2001
[No L&L due to Dr. Jackson’s RRF picnic.]
9/14/2001 Maria Holden & Susan Bove    “Caring For Your Collections” 
[Rescheduled 12/14 due to events of 9/11.]
10/12/2001 Patrick Quinn “Architecture of India”
11/9/2001 Robert Saltzman “The Art & Science of Pyrotechnics”
12/14/2001 Maria Holden & Susan Bove    “Caring For Your Collections”
1/11/2002 [RRF business meeting therefore no L&L.]
2/8/2002 Michael Barrett “Troy’s Draft Riot of 1863”
3/8/2002 Donald Aulenbach Journey Into Amazing Caves video
[Replaced Wayne Harvey/“Thomas Alva Edison – The Man”]
4/12/2002 [RRF - Tom Kelly/“What’s New at TIAA-CREF”]
5/10/2002 Al Gaudreau “Dowsing For Water”
6/7/2002 Robert M. Ferguson “Hearing Instruments: An Overview of the Latest Developments in Products”
7/12/2002 Kathleen Ruiz       “The Confluence of the Real & the Imaginary: The Camaraderie of Invention”
8/2/2002 [No L&L due to Dr. Jackson’s RRF picnic.]
9/13/2002 [RRF awards luncheon & business meeting]
10/11/2002 George Plopper             “The Biotechnology Constellation at RPI: A Multidisciplinary Effort”
11/8/2002 David Spooner         “The Academic Side of Information Technology: Is It A New Discipline?”
12/13/2002 Marcia Schultz “The Gift of Life: Organ Donation”
1/10/2003 Steve Leibo “From War & Recovery to al-Qaeda & Terrorism: Southeast Asia Today”
2/14/2003 Mary Anne Waltz   “Getting Started in Genealogy -or- Everyone Is Descended From Charlemagne”
3/14/2003 Donald Aulenbach “The Making of the Film Journey Into Amazing Caves”
4/11/2003 David Carson “How I Crashed At Albuquerque – But Didn’t Burn”
5/9/2003 Tom Kelly “Ranking American Presidents From George W. to George W.”
6/6/2003 Om Nalamasu        “Center for Integrated Electronics at the Interface of Information, Bio- & Nano- Technologies”
7/11/2003 Lt. Tony Strollo “Four Long Days: Return to the Attica Prison Riot of 1971”
8/8/2003 [No L&L due to Dr. Jackson’s RRF picnic.]
9/12/2003 Karl Barbir “The Middle East, Islamic Activism, Iraq: Unanswered Questions & Ongoing Problems”
10/10/2003 Gyna Sroga “Biomolecular Engineering For Enzyme Technology and New Biomaterials Design”
11/14/2003 Donald Birn “What Explains the Massive Genocides of the 20th Century?”
12/12/2003 Ken Miller “The Art of Wood Working By A Master Crafter”
1/9/2004 Mark Pattison "Reflections of the Outgoing Mayor of Troy"
2/3/2004 Michael D. Sofka "Spam, Spyware, Viruses and Spam: A Gentle Guide to Malware"
3/15/2004 Chris Ballantyne "The Hudson River PCB Cleanup: An Environmentalist's Perspective"
4/9/2004 Randy Rumpf "The Art of Creative Communications"
5/7/2004 Ed Dague "Ed Dague's Early 1960's Experiences"
6-8/2004 [Summer Break]