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Talks
| Sponsor | Speaker | Description | | William Dick | William Dick -- Scientech Club Historian | TR's 1902 Visit to Indy: (Also OK for Emergency Use)(Sub: 3/30/2022) President Theodore Roosevelt was the first President to campaign in the non general election years. He came to Indianapolis when a medical emergency happened to him. | | Helmi Banta | Greg Wright CFE -- Greg Wright is a Certified Fraud Examiner. | How to Pass a Polygraph: (Sub: 4/6/2023) Russian and Cuban intelligence organizations have taught polygraph countermeasures to American spies, including Aldrich Ames (CIA), and Ana Belén Montes (Defense Intelligence Agency). Thus, they passed the U.S. government's polygraph and avoided capture for many years. This talk is about the polygraph device (also called a lie detector) and polygraph countermeasures. | | Rick Whitener | TDB | The Scientech Dialogs: We will have a better world if we had more dedicated atheists / people of faith.: (Sub: 3/8/2024) This will be a dialog with two people and a moderator. Each discussant will present his/her case for 10 minutes. After the two presentations, the moderator and the two people in the dialog will ask each other questions for 20 minutes. Members of the audience will ask questions for the remainder of the time. | | Linda Karwisch | Jerry Karwowski -- Retired Senior Vice President, InvestmentOfficer, Wells Fargo Advisors
Carried the torch for the 1996 OlympicsIn Sports Corp. Kiwanis, Partners of the Americas, Perry Township Education Foundation, Kappa Sigma Fraternity Olympics, Russian and South America history, travel, grandchildren.
Fiesta Bowl Charities, Arizona Sports and Entertainment Commission.. | The Best We’ve Got “ He Is Living A Perfect Game”: (Sub: 6/8/2024)
The speaker will cover the remarkable life of Carl Erskine, one of the great human-rights champions of our time. From the dirt-poor alleys of Anderson, Indiana, to a storied career with the Brooklyn Dodgers’ fabled “Boys of Summer”, Carl Erskine lived the American Dream - and spent his lifetime giving it to others. After his playing days, he returned to Anderson and spent the rest of his life as a Hoosier.
Without Carl Erskine, we would not have the Special Olympics International.
Erskine with the support of teammates, Jackie Robinson and Johnny Wilson, advocated for 60 years for people with intellectual disabilities such as his son Jimmy. Carl helped effect profound social change through his core values of grace, humility and servant leadership.
| | Rick Whitener | Richard Gunderman -- Richard is Professor of Radiology at the IU School of Medicine. He is a Scientech Member and frequent contributor. | Lessons on winning from America's Second-Greatest Coach: (Sub: 7/16/2024) The life and career of Vince Lombardi includes the Green Bay Packers winning five championships in seven years, including the first two Super Bowls. Although he is associated with the view that 'Winning isn't everything - it's the only thing,' Lombardi in fact thought there are things more important than winning in both football and life.
These lessons have applied to those working in scientific discovery and the inventions that changed our lives and our society. Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, and the Curies are a few examples.
| | Christopher Moore | Scott Salmon -- Executive Director of the Friends of the White River. | Restoring and Enhancing the White River: (Sub: 7/22/2024) This presentation will be an overview of the natural and human history of the White River, the Great Flood of 1913, the ecological impacts and public safety hazards of low-head dams, the 1999 White River fish kill and subsequent restoration, current water pollution threats such as erosion and combined sewer overflows, and ongoing restoration projects including the Dig Indy tunnel and Emrichsville Dam removal. | |
Tours | Sponsor | Description | | Russel.l Judd | Life and art of Bob Ross: (Sub: 7/3/2021) Bob Ross was an iconic painter whose art shows were taped by PBS in Muncie. Ross was a complex person who captured a large audience with his program “The Joy of Painting”.
We are waiting until the museum has a guided tour option to present this tour to the board. | | Russel.l Judd | Tour Grand Park. Multiple facilities and location of proposed astronomy building: (Sub: 9/22/2021) Grand Park is a large multiuser facility for all kinds of sports. The area around Grand Park is growing because of it’s presence. Expansion plans include an astronomy building.. A tour in April would be appropriate since it is nearby and members can easily drive there | | Rick Whitener | RDM Aquaculture tour: (Sub: 7/27/2022) RDM Aquaculture was featured in an Indianapolis Star article on July 25th. They are located in Fowler, Indiana, about 1 hour and 20 minutes away from the NESC. They grow shrimp for both retail and commercial customers. RDM Aquaculture is the 2015 winner of the Indiana Innovation Award.
The tour is about 1 hour and includes a powerpoint presentation, a walk through the tanks and other parts of the production facility and a time for questions. They can easily accommodate 40-60 people. The cost to the facility is $5 per person. Since the trip is outside the Indy area, it would make sense to hire a bus and driver for this event. We might also want to have a lunch stop after the tour. | | Russell Judd | Visit to Fair Oaks Farm: (Sub: 7/30/2022) Learn about big dairy, animal and crop production. Located 107 miles or 1 hour and 40 minutes away from our meeting location. | | Becky Lomax-Sumner | Tour of RLL Racing World Headquarters: (Sub: 10/27/2022) Tour of the new headquarters on 106th.Street. A Tour will include the garages and up close demonstrations of the cars. Tour is limited to 20 people. All kinds of racing cars,oval track and sporting cars are there.
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