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last updated Nov 6th, 2002

PCNC Newsletter, December 2002

Event	Date	Time	Location	RSVP
Alumni Day	12/7	9-4:15	Palo Alto	Cathy Legg '99
Continuing Education Join Fellow tigers for an enriching, academic symposium at the 3rd Annual Alumni Day. PCNC has gathered an exciting forum of professors, each distinguished and acclaimed in their field of expertise. Alumni Day will feature four different courses, offering alums a broad, stimulating, and challenging curriculum. The event will be held at the Beckman Center at the Stanford University School of Medicine, courtesy of Charles D. Brown, Jr. ’75. Refreshments and lunch provided. More detailed directions and parking information will be sent once you RSVP. Schedule 9:00 – 9:30 Registration, Continental Breakfast 9:30 – 10:30 Seminar 1 10:45 – 11:45 Seminar 2 11:45 – 12:45 Lunch 12:45 – 1:45 Seminar 3 2:00 – 3:30 Business Ethics Panel 3:45 – 4:15 Princeton Educational Technology Seminar Leaders: "Japan’s Lost Decade: In Search of an Explanation" Daniel I. Okimoto, Ph.D. ‘65 Professor of Political Science; Senior Fellow, Institute for International Studies; Director Emeritus, Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford Dr. Okimoto’s research interests include comparative political economy, Japanese politics, U.S.-Japan relations, high technology, economic interdependence in Asia, and international security. He received his B.A. in history from Princeton, M.A. in East Asian studies from Harvard, and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan. "Demented Patients as Moral Persons" Agnieszka Jaworska, Ph.D. ‘87 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Stanford Dr. Jaworska’s research interests include ethical theory, political philosophy, and medical ethics. She received her B.S.E. in Computer Science from Princeton and her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Harvard. "What (Else) Went Wrong? Cultural Foundations of Arab Politics" Larry Rosen, Ph.D., J.D. Chairman, Anthropology Department, Princeton Dr. Rosen specializes in culture theory, anthropology of law, ethnic relations, law and the American family, American Indian legal problems, North Africa, and the Middle East. He received his Ph.D. and J.D. from the University of Chicago. "Princeton Educational Technology" Doug Blair ’71 Director of the Educational Technologies Center (ETC), Princeton ETC is dedicated to providing faculty with full support for utilizing technology in teaching, both in the classroom and in courseware for alumni. He will demonstrate how to access @princeton offerings through TigerNet, the Princeton Online Alumni Community and review their most ambitious project yet, The Western Way of War. Panel: Business Ethics We are pleased to announce the following speakers for our panel on business ethics at Alumni Day, Saturday, December 7, from 2:00 to 3:30, as part of the day’s events at Stanford Medical School. The panel brings together the perspectives of a journalist, business school professor, former federal prosecutor, and high-tech executive on this timely and important topic. A. Michael Spence '66 is the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. He graduated Princeton summa cum laude and was a Rhodes Scholar. He chaired the Economics faculty at Harvard, as well as the University's Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility. He served as Dean of the Stanford Business School form 1990 to 1999. He is currently researching the impact of the internet on the structure of economies and markets. Alan Deutschman ’87 is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. For the past 12 years he has covered business and technology. He was the Silicon Valley correspondent at Fortune, a senior writer at GQ, and a contributing editor at New York magazine. Deutschman's articles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Premiere, Fast Company and the electronic magazine Salon.com. He is the author of The Second Coming of Steve Jobs and is publishing a new book on Napa Valley. David Vogel *74 is George Quist Professor of Business Ethics at the University of California, Chair of the Haas Business and Public Policy Group, and Editor of the California Management Review. Among other books and articles, he has written Kindred Strangers: The Uneasy Relationship Between Politics and Business in America. Bill Black S75 spent two decades litigating against corporate fraud as a federal prosecutor. He served as general counsel to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in San Francisco and was the Office of Thrift Supervision’s chief legal officer for the Western United States. Professor Black currently teaches criminology at the University of Texas. He has written about the corporate and economic conditions that promote control fraud. Bill’s wife, June Carbone, teaches law as Santa Clara University and is currently on sabbatical at the Markkula Center of Business Ethics. According to Packet Magazine, “Nick Donatiello ’82 is the kind of guy who hobnobs with the political elite and makes Silicon Valley CEOs quake. As a market researcher, he now makes a living cutting through the hype and doublespeak of the high-tech market.” Nick’s participation is contingent, because he is trying to rearrange a conflict with the timing of the session. Deutschman is the author of the highly-acclaimed The Second Coming of Steve Jobs, as well as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. For the past 12 years he has covered business and technology for Fortune, GQ, and New York Magazine and has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Premiere, Fast Company and Salon.com. Please provide with your RSVP a note with your class year, contact phone number and e-mail address. Date: Saturday 12/7 Time: 9-4:15 Location: Beckman Center, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto Address: RSVP: Please RSVP by December 1 to the contact listed below. Member Price: $25 Non-Member Price: $35 Please send your payment in by December 1 to the contact listed below. Contact: Cathy Legg '99 1895 Jefferson Street, Apt.201 San Francisco, CA 94123 415-845-8120
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PCNC Book Club	12/11	6:30-8	Burlingame	Tannwen Mount '98
A Fine Balance In the last two decades, there seems to have burst on the American literary scene a boom of amazing East Indian writers. Come join the Princeton Book Club and read Rohinton Mistry's recently published novel A FINE BALANCE. A new kind of social realism that combines Balzacian propensity for poverty, misery, and suffering with a sensitivity for compassion, humor,and patience, this novel traces the lives of five main characters coverging in a crowded apartment in a nameless Indian city, facing a variety of horrors -- a lingering, repressive caste system, a corrupt and callous government, the heartlessness of unchecked capitalism, and an environment that is both unhealthy and demoralziing. In the midst of misery and squalor, Mistry carves out exquisite small moments of human interaction. Don't be put off by the length of the book. It reads quickly, and we don't give pop-quizzes! All is required is your company and input. Read the book and join us for tea and dialogue on at the home of Anne Cheng Kopf '85, Associate Professor of English and American Literature at UC Berkeley. Directions: From SFO, take 101 South. From south bay, take 101 North. From either 101 S or 101 N: Take the Broadway Exit for Burlingame. Follow the signs for Broadway. At the second light, take a LEFT on Carolan. At the first STOP sign, take a RIGHT on Oak Grove. Stay in the right lane; cross the train tracks; go across California Street. After crossing California, three blocks later, take a RIGHT on Farringdon Lane. #749 is on the left hand side of the street, 6 houses from the end of the block. (650-343-0922) Date: Wednesday 12/11 Time: 6:30-8 Location: Home of Anne Cheng Kopf, Burlingame Address: 749 Farringdon Lane RSVP: Please RSVP by December 10 to the contact listed below. Member Price: $Free Non-Member Price: $Free Contact: Tannwen Mount '98 415-775-0139
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SF Luncheon	12/18	12-1:15	San Francisco	Gordon Turnbull '92
Our Economy, Productivity and the Role of Information Technology Is our economy experiencing a short-term slow-down or are we in for a long-term recession? While no one can predict the future, we can take encouragement from recent findings by the McKinsey Global Institute that illuminate the role of increased productivity during the boom of the 1990s. Why did our economy grow so quickly? What were the drivers of increased productivity, and what part did information technology (IT) play? How will IT continue to support economic growth going forward, and what key questions should managers think about when considering new IT investments? Fortunately, there are many reasons to be optimistic about the future of the Bay Area’s economy and the role that IT will play. Beth Cobert ’80 will present recent findings on these issues, and lead a discussion on their implications. Ms. Cobert is a Director in the San Francisco office of McKinsey & Company where she focuses on serving clients in the financial services and health care industries. She has 20 years of experience in advising senior management on issues from strategy to finance to operations. Prior to joining McKinsey, she worked in New York for the investment bank, Goldman Sachs. Ms. Cobert received her A.B. in economics from Princeton in 1980 and her M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1984. Come and meet other local alumni and enjoy a lively discussion over a catered lunch. Luncheon reservations are required at least 48 hours in advance. Date: Wednesday 12/18 Time: 12-1:15 Location: Law offices of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco Address: 400 Sansome Street (at Sacramento), 2nd Floor @ Sacramento RSVP: Please RSVP by December 16 to the contact listed below. Member Price: $10 Non-Member Price: $15 Please send your payment in by December 16 to the contact listed below. Contact: Gordon Turnbull '92 3140 Clay Street, Apt. 9 San Francisco, CA 94115 415-819-2268