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Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held Fridays at 10 a.m. in Morrill Hall
at St. Mark's Church on Oenoke Ridge.

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Upcoming SMC Speakers 		Photo of St. Mark's Church
July 4No Meeting
July 11 For the last three years fellow SMC member Jim Cole has served as Director of Emergency Preparedness for the town. He'll speak to us on "Preparedness - What's Working and What's Not." Jim is a 21 year veteran of General Electric Company where he served as CFO of several decentralized business units. In addition, he served as VP and controller of Philips North America and as the CFO of Morgan Stanley's Private Equity Group. Jim is also the current Chairman of the New Canaan Police Commission.
July 18No Meeting
July 25 Speaker Photo Peter Jensen, a recently-retired member of the U.S. Foreign Service, will present an anecdotal discussion about some of his experiences overseas: "Foreign Service War Stories." Mr. Jensen has served in a number of foreign countries for over 27 years; and completed his career as the Information Technology Manager with the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York in 2007. Colonel Jensen currently serves as the Commander, Connecticut Wing of the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol.
August 1No Meeting
August 8 Michael Parry, M.D. is Director of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, CT and Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University. He will speak to us on "Vaccines - Are you asking for it? Learn to Prevent Serious Illness in Teens & Adults." He graduated from Yale University in 1966 and got his MD degree from Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1970.
August 15No Meeting
August 22 Ernest Wiegand received an MA in anthropology from Hunter College in 1982. Since 1975, he has taught in Norwalk Community College's "Archaeology as an Avocation" program and has served as its director since 1990. His talk will be titled "The First Ten Thousand Years: the Prehistoric Archaeology of New Canaan". It will focus at the long presence of Native Americans in the area and on their culture and lifeways and adaptations to a changing environment following the end of the Ice Age as revealed by archaeological sites from the area.
August 29No Meeting

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