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Naples Chapter Christmas party
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Dec 182013
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.
(click on any image to view a larger version, and to navigate through the slideshow)
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- Grantee Caroline Palmer telling about her circumnavigation.
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- Al Olsen introducing his son and daughter-in-law.
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- Grantee Caroline Palmer receivng her flags from Betsy Ruderfer. President Samuel Watson (L).
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- Caroline Palmer, Betsy Ruderfer, and propspective member Christopher Sinclair.
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- New member Bill Adams, Betsy Ruderfer, and VP-Treasurer Jennifer Teague.
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- Grantee Caroline Palmer and earlier Grantee Judith Podja (to her right).
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- Grantee Caroline Palmer with her Georgetown U prof Joanna Lewis, and her parents, Bridget & Dr. Bill Palmer.
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- Ellen Parke and Jennifer Teague.
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- Lois and Bill Billings, and Virginia May.
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- Jennifer Teague describing her circumnavigation.
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- Ray Olson telling Virginia May about his Lampedusa Island trip.
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.
(click on any of the photos to see a larger version)
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- Cs. Howard Matson and Connie Wingate
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- Board of Governors: Treasurer George Sanborn, Firstvicepresident Ellen Parke, Lois Kahan, Beverly Anderson, President Peter Mosse, Sue Murphy, Secondvicepresident David Mink and Jim Arimond
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- Guest Speaker Joyce Chaplin presenting to Circumnavigators
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- Cs. Charlie Blaisdell and Jeff Kelly
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- Firstvicepresident Ellen Parke, Secondvicepresident David Mink with wife Dottie
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- President Peter Mosse with Firstvicepresident Ellen Parke
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- President Peter Mosse with guest speaker Joyce Chaplin
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- President Peter Mosse with Pastpresident Esther Dyer
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- Cs. Lion and Donna Curran
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- Cs. Charles Mund with wife Carol
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- Pastpresident Charlie Blaisdell
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- Cs. Lois Kahan and Helen Jost
Circumnavigators Club Foundation Scholar News
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Apr 292013
Alex Bozzette with Circumnavigators flag
2011 Georgetown Scholar, Alex Bozzette, will be moving to Ecuador in May to serve as a site coordinator for a child vaccination pilot study. Alex’s coursework and research experiences on his topic, Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, have now led him to an opportunity in Tena, a small jungle city of 30,000 people at the mouth of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Information on his project can be found at www.almasanaproject.org. Alex is grateful to the Foundation for giving him the experience and insights which prepared him for this position.
Luck to you Alex!
Apr 012013
The Circumnavigators Club Annual Meeting will take place at
The Yale Club
on
Friday, May 31, 2013
at 12:00 noon.
Join us as we welcome guest speaker Joyce Chaplin, author of
Round About The Earth, Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
Round About The Earth, Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
Joyce E. Chaplin, a Harvard history professor who is also a marvelously engaging and witty writer, delivers the first popular, comprehensive account of the history of circumnavigation and how it has shaped the way we think about the Earth, the environment, and ourselves.
Prize-winning author of The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius and a frequent reviewer for The New York Times Book Review, Joyce Chaplin looks at the entire 500-year history of going around the world, from Magellan the Portuguese explorer to Magellan the GPS. She introduces us to brave, the crazy, and the inspired men and women who first took on the whole planet, whether by sail, steam, rail, bicycle, airplane, or spacecraft.
Along the way, she raises provocative questions and offers penetrating insights into this longest tradition of human activity done on a planetary scale, which elicited our oldest sense of planetary consciousness.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Luck to you!
See the Annual Meeting Announcement as a printer-friendly PDF here.
Spreading the word about the Club
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Jul 222012
Through friendship, to leave this world a little better than we found it.
As members of the Circumnavigators Club, many of us know others who travel extensively as well. Our friends — new and old — may value travel the way we do. But do we spread the word about The Circumnavigators Club? And, how do we do so? Member Josh Datko has blogged about The Club as a way of spreading the word. Read it here. Do you tell others about Circumnavigators? Drop us a line and let us know how you introduce others about us.
