last updated Jan 8, 2001

PCNC Newsletter, February 2001

Event	Date	Time	Location	RSVP
Silicon Valley Luncheon	2/6	12-1:30	Palo Alto	Peter Heinecke '87
Paving a New Road Eli Halliwell '93, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of iMotors, Inc., will discuss the challenges of creating an entirely new distribution channel for used cars. iMotors, the first online direct seller of certified used cars, is attempting to revolutionize the used-car market by focusing on providing value to consumers. In August, the company raised $62.5 million in venture capital from Vulcan Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, Trinity Ventures, and Charter Growth Capital. Eli co-founded iMotors with CEO Adam Simms in August of 1996 as a "big box" automotive superstore. In December 1998, he helped reshape the model in order to better realize the potential of the Internet. Eli's experience prior to iMotors was in public and private market investing with a focus on retail and e-commerce. He has worked for Sanford Bernstein, Goldman Sachs, and Global Retail Partners. He graduated from the Woodrow Wilson School and earned his MBA from Stanford Business School in 1998. Date: Tuesday 2/6 Time: 12-1:30 Location: Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto Address: 975 Page Mill Rd. @ 975 Page Mill is 1/2 block west of El Camino Real (this is not the main WSGR building) It is shared with Genencor and is in the building closest to Page Mill. RSVP: Please RSVP by February 4 to the contact listed below. Member Price: $10 Non-Member Price: $15 Please send your payment in by February 4 to the contact listed below. Contact: Peter Heinecke '87 650 Page Mill Rd Palo Alto, CA 94304 650-496-4056
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Visit Rodin on the Farm!	2/8	5:30-8	Stanford	Christina Cragholm '97
Tour Rodin at Stanford's Art Museum Take an evening away from it all at Stanford University's Cantor Center for the Visual Arts. The focus of this gathering will be the museum's extensive Rodin collection. From the outdoor sculpture garden to the permanent indoor exhibition to the traveling "Ruben on Rodin: The Photographs of Ernestine Ruben" gallery, we will get our fill of the master sculptor Rodin! Permanent Collection & Outdoor Garden: Rodin's somewhat unconventional training and the fact that he only began to achieve recognition in early middle age, did not inhibit Rodin (1840-1917) from becoming the most famous sculptor of his day. The collaboration of a scholar, Albert Elsen, and the philanthropist B. Gerald Cantor resulted in a collection at Stanford of more than 200 objects that survey Rodin's career from the creation of the Age of Bronze which first brought Rodin notoriety to his monumental Gates of Hell which reoccupied the sculptor for much of the later part of his career and which served as a quarry for a multitude of independent works. In addition there is a notable group of portraits and figure studies, especially of hands, that provide insight into his unique working method and that encapsulate the passionate character of his work. The collection also provides the material for analyzing the sculptor's working process, for studying the development of his most famous compositions including the Monument to Balzac and the Burghers of Calais, and for considering the evolution of his sculptural technique over the course of his career. Finally, these works highlight Rodin's exploration of expressive alternatives that conflicted with the conventions of his day and that continue to this day to resonate among sculptors. A rotating portion of the collection is on view in the south rotunda and the adjoining gallery. Another portion of the collection is on permanent view - 24 hours a day - in the B. Gerald Rodin Sculpture Garden that adjoins the Center. Elsewhere on campus, the Thinker is generally seated before Green Library and the Burghers of Calais have been installed in Memorial Court. Exhibition: In the summer of 1993, photographer Ernestine Ruben visited the Musée Rodin in Paris and became fascinated by the way Rodin's sculptures seem to emerge from their material as though coming to life. Since that encounter, Ruben has maintained an ongoing "dialogue" with the sculptor's work which she addresses as if it were a force of nature that she can manipulate to serve her own creative ends. Ruben on Rodin: The Photographs of Ernestine Ruben will be on view in the Ruth Levison Halperin Gallery through April 1, 2001. Ruben alters her photographs by a complex process that incorporates the prints within a dense environment of paper pulp and pigments to create a hybrid, narrowing the traditional distinction between sculpture and photography. This process, and her use of gum bichromate, makes her images of bronze and stone dynamic, sensual, and richly emotional. Also included are photographs not of Rodin's work, but in which his influence resonates. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue. For more information and directions, please visit the Web site of the Cantor Center at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SUMA/. Please RSVP, as the plan is to add a wine & cheese orientation at 5:30pm before the 6:30pm tour. The museum closes at 8pm. Date: Thursday 2/8 Time: 5:30-8 Location: Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford Address: Campus Drive at Lomita Drive RSVP: Please RSVP by February 6 to the contact listed below. Member Price: Free Non-Member Price: Free Contact: Christina Cragholm '97 6509063815
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San Francisco Luncheon Program	2/28	12-1:30	San Francisco
The Current State of Classical Music Michael Steinberg will share his perspective on the current state of classical music and also give a brief life perspective. Steinberg is a musicologist, writer, lecturer, and critic. He recently retired from his position as program annotator of the San Francisco Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. Previously, he had served the Boston Symphony in the same capacity. He was also the San Francisco Symphony's Artistic Adviser for ten years and later held the same post with the Minnesota Orchestra. In addition, Steinberg has been a frequent commentator on National Public Radio programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Steinberg is a graduate of Princeton University. Date: Wednesday 2/28 Time: 12-1:30 Location: Bank of America, courtesy of Dave Marshak '66, San Francisco Address: 315 Montgomery St @ Pine St, Mezzanine Floor, Conference Room A RSVP: Please RSVP by February 26 to the contact listed below. Member Price: $10 Non-Member Price: $15 Contact: