Dr. Harriet Hall
Tuesday, Jan 26 at 1:00 p.m.

Click Here for a copy of Dr. Hall's Presentation (.pdf format)

Harriet Hall, MD also known as The SkepDoc, is a retired family physician who writes about pseudoscience and questionable medical practices. She received her BA and MD from the University of Washington, did her internship in the Air Force (the second female ever to do so),  and was the first female graduate of the Air Force family practice residency at Eglin Air Force Base. During a long career as an Air Force physician, she held various positions from flight surgeon to DBMS (Director of Base Medical Services) and did everything from delivering babies to taking the controls of a B-52. She retired with the rank of Colonel.  She recently published Women Aren’t Supposed to Fly: The Memoirs of a Female Flight Surgeon.

Harriet Hall has a new column, The Health Inspector, in O, The Oprah Magazine and has recently been named a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI).  Fellows of CSI (past and present) include Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule; Carl Sagan; B. F. Skinner; and Steven Weinberg, Nobel laureate in Physics.  You can lean more about CSI here: http://www.csicop.org/  

 

 

 

Rick Shenkman

May 1, 2009
Noon, Room 2250

Educated at Vassar and Harvard, Mr. Shenkman is an Emmy award-winning investigative reporter and the former managing editor of KIRO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Seattle. In 1997 he was the host, writer and producer of a prime time series for The Learning Channel inspired by his books on myths. In 2008 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of American Historians. He gives lectures at colleges around the country on several topics, including American myths and presidential politics.

His career as a journalist began more than two decades ago in New York City, where he hosted a show on cable TV putting current events into historical perspective.  He later worked as a television reporter in Lexington, Kentucky, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, and Washington, DC.  As an Emmy-award winning investigative reporter he exposed an orphanage in Thailand exploited by a children’s sex ring and uncovered fraud and abuse at Utah’s largest power company, leading to the rebate of over 60 million dollars to state ratepayers.  He also exposed the duplicitous means a billionaire candidate for governor used on his path to power.  (The candidate subsequently withdrew from the race.)

He is a New York Times best-selling author of six history books, including Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of American History and Presidential Ambition: How the Presidents Gained Power, Kept Power and Got Things Done (HarperCollins, 1999). His latest book is Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American Voter (Basic Books, June 2008).

 

 

Jeff Salz

April 23, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Bishop Center for Performing Arts

Jeff Salz, a world-class explorer, anthropologist, author and TV personality, will present a motivational speech Thursday, April 23, at the Bishop Center for Performing Arts. Salz is a frequent host for the Discovery Network. He has appeared as the guest “adventure expert” on the CBS Early Show, and two of his most recent adventures are currently airing on The Travel Channel.

Salz has made a lifetime of adventure. For over three decades, he has led more than 20 mountain expeditions to the Himalayas of Nepal and the Andes of South America. An explorer of uncharted territories and a doctor of anthropology who unearths lost civilizations, Salz is often referred to as the real-life Indiana Jones. He taught for 10 years at San Diego State University, where he was named Outstanding Professor, drawing the university's largest enrollment for a non-required course.

He takes his audiences on a lively exploration of the adventure perspective as a strategy for increasing effectiveness on the job and in daily life. Sharing thought-provoking insights gained from his worldwide expeditions, he skillfully guides audience members through the uncertainties of a changing world, inspiring them to chart their own course, achieve their goals and turn each day into a “peak experience.” Salz manages to give concrete ways of getting the spirit of adventure into your life without having to get your passport stamped... or even leaving your own backyard!

Salz will speak about “The Adventure of Global Culture Change.” Admission is free.
For more information, please call 360-538-4056.

 

 

Lyle Quasim

January 29, 2009

Grays Harbor Colleges’ Speakers Committee presents a special program in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Retired secretary of Washington State’s Department of Social and Health Services Lyle Quasim will speak on campus at noon, Thursday, January 29. The program will take place in Room 2250 of the Manspeaker Instruction Building and is open to the public.

Retiring in 2000, Quasim spent 27 years of his career with Washington DSHS agency, which included 19,000 employees and a budget of $12 billion at his retirement. The following year, he became the Chief of Staff for Pierce County. His knowledge of federal, state and county governments gives him a varied perspective on the workings of American government. He attended the inauguration of President Obama this past week.

Lyle currently splits his time with work and volunteer activities in Pierce County and a second home in British Columbia at a scenic location called Furry Creek. “This lets me enjoy the supernatural wonders of Canada and the pragmatics of public administration in county government, a combination that brings tremendous satisfaction to my life,” he said.

 

 

Burton Hamner

Nov 24, 2008

Continuing with the theme of Sustainability, the GHC Speakers Committee has invited Burton Hamner, President of Puget Sound Tidal Power LLC, to speak about his company's proposal for a wind and wave energy farm at Westport. Mr. Hamner will discuss the current viability of the farm proposalat noon in Room 2250.

For more information, visit: http://graysharboroceanenergy.com/

 

John Simpson

Nov 14, 2008

Continuing the Veterans Awareness Week observance, photojournalist John Simpson will speak on the Grays Harbor College campus Friday noon. A Pierce College History instructor and photojournalist, he has made four trips to Iraq. He will present his view on the war and our troops.

Simpson’s program begins at noon Friday in Room 2250 in the Manspeaker Instructional Building on the Aberdeen campus. The public is welcome to attend the event, sponsored by the College’s Speakers Committee.

For more information, visit: http://blog-ah.typepad.com/blogah/jm_simpson_in_iraq/index.html