Our guest speaker at the May 2005 dinner meeting was Elaine Witt, Professor of American Studies at Brigham Young University. Prof. Witt, dressed in pilgrim attire, portrayed Susanna White Winslow, one of the women passengers on the Mayflower. Susanna White came to America with her husband William and son Resolved. She was pregnant and gave birth to son Perigrine while the … [Read more...] about May 2005 – Elaine Witt
November 2004 – Forrest S. Cuch
The speaker at the November 2004 dinner meeting was Forrest S. Cuch, Director of the Division of Indian Affairs for the State of Utah. Forrest was born and raised on the Uintah and Ouray Ute Indian Reservation in northeastern Utah. He graduated from Wasatch Academy in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, and he graduated from Westminster College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Behavioral … [Read more...] about November 2004 – Forrest S. Cuch
May 2004 Nathan B. Winters
The speaker at our May 2004 dinner meeting was Nathan B. Winters, Professor Emeritus of Art and Architecture at the University of Utah. He gave a marvelous presentation on Michaelangelo's painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel . Professor Winters explained how Michaelangelo and other artists of the day were avid students of the human anatomy and how these artists would … [Read more...] about May 2004 Nathan B. Winters