Chinese New Year Celebration in New York

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Feb 062014

On February 5, Circumnavigators and guests celebrated the Chinese New Year at Our Place restaurant on the Upper East Side. Everyone welcomed new members Keir and Laura Daniels of New York who were presented with their membership certificates by President Peter Mosse. A wonderful ten course banquet was served and enjoyed by all. The evening ended with a presentation of gifts to C. Marion green, best dressed, and C. Lois Kahan, born in the year of the horse.

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Goodwill Reception – January 16, 2014

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Jan 212014

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Magellan Award Dinner – January 17, 2014

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Jan 202014

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2013 Photo Contest

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Dec 182013

Congratulations to the winners of our 2013 Foundation Photo Contest!

First Place, Architecture, Elizabeth Manny, “Reflection at Lunch”
First Place, Human Interest, Cynthia Bassett, “Horse Festival”
First Place, Flora & Fauna, Gail Hughes Galli, “Polar Bear Dining Time”
First Place, Landscape, Mark Hauptman, “Tequila Sunrise”

Also, congratulations to these runners up!
Human Interest:
2nd:  Greg Rider, “National Pride in All Sizes”
3rd:  Ken Linsner, “Russian Still Life”

Flora & Fauna:
2nd:  Cynthia Bassett, “Tibetan Plateau Flora”
3rd:  Mark Hauptman,  “Beeautiful”

Landscape:
2nd:  Gail Hughes Galli, “Svalbard Landscape”
3rd:  John Carroll, “Earth’s Bounty”

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2013 Washington DC Grantee Luncheon

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Oct 162013

The DC Chapter hosted a luncheon on Saturday, September 21, 2013 in honor of this year’s Dinsmore Grantee Caroline Palmer. Caroline is a senior at Georgetown University and spent her summer studying renewal energy subsides in Ghana, Germany, Denmark, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan.  After lunch she gave an outstanding presentation highlighting the preliminary findings of her research, as well as several colorful anecdotes from her travels. The Chapter presented Caroline with a set of flags to commemorate her journey this summer.

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International Annual Meeting held

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Jun 102013

International Annual Meeting held at The Yale Club in New York City

May 31, 2013

Circumnavigators gathered at the Club’s International Headquarters, The Yale Club, to hold their annual meeting and luncheon on May 31, 2013. International President Peter Mosse welcomed members and called the meeting to order with a tap of the historic William Jennings Bryan whale’s tooth gavel. The Nominating Committee was pleased to announce board members to serve a three-year term:

International Board of Governors:
Angela Addario – Boston
James Arimond – Chicago
Lois Kahan – New York
Terry Ng – Singapore
Joseph Osentoski –Michigan

Howard Matson, Foundation Nominating Committee Chair, announced the Foundation Board of Directors to serve a three-year term:

William P. Holm
Helen Jost
Howard Matson
Margaret Ellen Parke
Gregory A. Rider
Matthew Scholder

After the meeting, members and guests enjoyed a delicious lunch while guest speaker Joyce Chaplin gave a presentation on her new book “Round About the Earth.”  Autographed books were available for purchase at the event. Everyone enjoyed a wonderful afternoon.

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