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The Dr. Bruce J. Nelson '74 Distinguished Speaker Series, established in 2000, was made possible through the visionary philanthropy of the family of the late Bruce J. Nelson '74.
Designed to bring social, economic and political considerations into global problems that pose difficult technical challenges, the series brings to campus diverse and prominent experts to speak on various topics of interest.
2008-09: Biology and the Environment: Past, Present and Future
Lecturers investigated the impact of humans and other biological species upon the natural world over the course of history.
Jeremy Jackson
William E. and Mary B. Ritter Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and senior scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
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Jared Diamond
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Guns, Germs and Steel" (1998) and professor, department of geography, UCLA
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Stephen W. Pacala
Petrie Professor of Biology and director, Princeton Environmental Institute
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Andrew Knoll
Fisher Professor of Natural History, Harvard University
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2007-08: Spaces That Shape
Lectures in this series touched on how design impacts how we feel, learn and react in different spaces. Speakers included:
Denise DeLuca, P.E.
Outreach Director, The Biomimicry Institute
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Ray Kappe, FAIA
Architect-Planner-Educator and Founder, SCI-ARC
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Thom Mayne
Architect, Morphosis Architecture
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Wendy Newstetter
Director of Learning Sciences Research Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Walker Wells
Director of the Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Communities Program, Global Green
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Mark von Wodtke
Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture, Cal Poly Pomona
Fellow, American Institute of Landscape Architects
Principal, CEDG, Inc.
President, Energy Harvester, Inc.
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2006-07
The 2006-07 Dr. Bruce J. Nelson ’74 Distinguished Speaker Series featured HMC’s Walter and Leonore Annenberg Visiting Professors in Leadership and Management, highly influential and prominent business executives and government officials. In addition to giving the Nelson lecture, the speakers taught part of an ongoing class in leadership; held seminars and discussions for students, faculty and administrators; and delivered a public lecture based on personal experience making tough ethical decisions. Speakers included:
George Atkinson
Science and technology advisor to the secretary of state
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Norman R. Augustine
Former chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation
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Judy Estrin
Packet Design, LLC, CEO
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Alan Eustace
Senior vice president, Engineering and Research, Google
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Jeff Wilke
Senior vice president, North America Retail, Amazon.com
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George Atkinson
Science and technology advisor to the secretary of state
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Fall 2005: Technology in Entertainment
Speakers in this series included:
Catherine Craig
Viewpaint Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic
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Brian Fleming ’89
Co-founder, Sucker Punch
Producer, “Sly 2: Band of Thieves” video game
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David Hardberger
Director of Photography, “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”
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Dylan Hixon
Special Effects Expert
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Sandy Karpman
Technical Director, Pixar Animation Studios
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Scott Stokdyk ’91/92
Lead Visual Effects Supervisor, “Spider-Man 3,” Sony Pictures Imageworks
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Spring 2006: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Speakers in this series included:
James Dewar ’66
Director, Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition at RAND
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Maria Ebling ’88
Research Staff Member at the IBM T.J.Watson Research Center
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Jerome Jackson ’76
Vice President of Research and Development at Stellartech Research
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Surya Jayaweera ’96
Founder and CEO of WolfeTech Development Corporation and GXB Interactive
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Susan Lewallen ’76
Founder and Co-director of the Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology (KCCO) in Moshi,Tanzania
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George "Pinky" Nelson '72
Director of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education at Western Washington University
Former NASA Astronaut
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Greg Rae ’00
Former Member of the Log Analysis Team at Google
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Phil Szuromi ’80
Supervisory Senior Editor, Co-editor “This Week in Science”
Contributor to “Editor’s Choice” at Science Magazine
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2004-05: Computing Challenges and Opportunities
Speakers in this series included:
Rodney Brooks
Director and Professor, Computer Science and Artifical Intelligence Lab, MIT
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David Cope
Composer
Professor of Music, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Norman Jouppi
HP Fellow, HP Labs
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Ray Kurzweil
Author
Founder of Kurzweil Technologie
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Monica Lam
Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University
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Nancy Leveson
Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, MIT
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Pavel Pevzner
Professor of Computer Science, University of California, San Diego
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Vaughan Pratt
Founder, TIQIT, Inc.
Professor, Stanford University
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Mitchel Resnick
Professor, Media Laboratory, MIT
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David Salesin
Professor and Researcher, University of Washington and Microsoft Research
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Bruce Schneier
Security Expert
Founder, Counterpane Internet Security
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Sebastian Thrun
Director, Stanford AI Lab, Stanford University
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Manuela Veloso
Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
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2003-04: Transforming Technology: Engineering for a Changing World
Speakers in this series included:
Dr. Yoseph Bar-Cohen
Senior Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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David A. Baylor
Trustee, Harvey Mudd College
Executive Vice President, DIRECTV, Inc.
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Dr. Fred E.C. Culick
Richard L. and Dorothy M. Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Jet Propulsion, Caltech
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Michael J. Fister
Senior Vice President and General Manager,Enterprise Platforms Group, INTEL CORPORATION
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Christopher F. Hoeber
Senior Vice President, Program Management and Systems Engineering, Space Systems/Loral
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Jerome J. Jackson ’76
Trustee, Harvey Mudd College
Vice President of Research and Development, Stellar Technology, Inc.
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Dr. Paul E. Jacobs
Executive Vice President and President, QUALCOMM Wireless & Internet Group
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Jude P. Laspa ’65
Trustee, Harvey Mudd College
Executive Vice President and Deputy COO, Bechtel Corporation
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Dr. Alex Lidow
CEO International Rectifier
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Dr. Malcolm Lewis, P.E.
Trustee, Harvey Mudd College
President, Constructive Technologies Group (CTG)
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Dr. Stephen J. Lukasik
Trustee, Harvey Mudd College
Former Vice President for Technology, TRW
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Dr. Paul B. MacCready Jr.
Founder and President, AeroVironment
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Timothy J. O’Donnell ‘74
President, Nordam, Inc.
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Dr. Ivan E. Sutherland
Sun Fellow and Vice President, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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William A. Swope
Vice President and Co-General Manager,
Software and Solutions Group (SSG), INTEL CORPORATION
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2002-03: Sinews of Civilization: Water, Power, Transportation
Speakers in this series included:
Dr. Helen Caldicott
Noble Peace Prize Nominee
Founder, Physicians for Social Responsibility
President, Nuclear Policy Research Institute
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Sarah Catz
Director, Center for Urban Infrastructure, UC Irvine
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Bill Finnegan
Journalist The New Yorker
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S. David Freeman, Chairman
California Power Authority
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Peter H. Gleick
President, Pacific Institute
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Isabelle Greene, ALA
Landscape Architect, Isabelle Greene & Associates
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Douglas Heller
Consumer Advocate
Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
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Tom Horan
Executive Director, Claremont Information and Technology Institute & Associate Professor of Information Science at Claremont Graduate University
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Daniel M. Kammen
Professor in the Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley
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Larry Mantle (panel moderator)
Host of AirTalk on National Public Radio Station KPCC
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Warren Olney (panel moderator)
Host, Which Way L.A.? and To The Point
Moderator/Executive Producer, National Public Radio Station KCRW
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Adán Ortega, jr.
V.P. for External Affairs
Metropolitan Water District of Los Angeles
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Edward Osann
President, Potomac Resources, Inc.
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David E. Pesonen
Arbitrator and Mediator
Recipient of 1994 Sierra Club William O. Douglas Award
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Donald J. Pisani
Professor of History University of Oklahoma
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Deborah Redman
Principal, Redman Consulting
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Brenda Jahns Southwick
Managing Counsel, California Farm Bureau Federation
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Kevin Starr
California Historian
State Librarian of California
University Professor, USC
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Brian Taylor
Director, Institute of Transportation Studies & Professor of Urban Planning UCLA
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Richard Wolfson
Professor of Physics & Environmental Studies, Middlebury College
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2001-02: Frontiers in the Exploration of Space
Speakers in this series included:
Gregory Benford
Professor of Plasma Physics and Astrophysics, University of California, Irvine
Science Fiction Author
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Frank D. Carsey, Research Scientist
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Louis D. Friedman
Executive Director, The Planetary Society
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Matthew P. Golombek
Mars Pathfinder Project Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Torrence V. Johnson
Galileo Mission Project Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Stanley G. Love '87
NASA Astronaut, NASA-Johnson Space Center
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Carolyn C. Porco
Cassini Mission Imaging Team Leader, Southwest Research Institute
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Lt. Col. Dick Rutan
Ret., XCOR Aerospace
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Donald K. Yeomans
Senior Research Scientist and Manager, Near-Earth Object Program NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Robert Zubrin
Pioneer Astronautics and The Mars Society
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2000-01: Beyond The Human Genome Project
Lectures in this series addressed the impact of the human genome project on basic research, medical research and biotechnology, and the broader impacts that these rapid advances in science will have on society as a whole. Speakers included:
Dr. David Baltimore
President, Caltech
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Ellen W. Clayton, M.D. J.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Law, Vanderbilt University
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Bob Goldberg
Professor, UCLA
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Daniel Kevles, Ph.D,
The J.O. and Juliette Koepfli Professor of the Humanities, Caltech
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Michael Lynch
Professor, Univ. of Oregon
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Edward McCabe, M.D. Ph.D.
Professor and Executive Chair, UCLA Department of Pediatrics
Physician-in-Chief, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA
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Sean Tavtigian
Ph.D. Director of Cancer Research at Myriad Genetics, Inc.
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Barbara Wold
Professor, Caltech
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