Since 1924
University Club meetings and programs are now in-person.
Dear University Club members and friends,
The University club has returned to in-person meetings at the Sycamore Room at the Doubletree Hotel.
To encourage all members and guests to attend, the luncheons served at our gatherings at the Doubletree will be available for just $20.00, a very deep discount being subsidized by the club.
We look forward to your attendance and participation.
David Sonner, President
The Club President and Members Welcome You
“Thank you for your interest in the University Club of Claremont. We are enthusiastic about our 100 years of continuous active engagement in the Claremont community. As a guest, you are always welcome to our meetings. We provide informative programs on a range of topics and enjoy the camaraderie as we meet and have lunch at the Doubletree Hotel. As a University Club member, we take pride in our Grants and Scholarship programs which provide educational support as well as High School scholarships. We hope you might consider joining as a member of the University Club of Claremont. “
John Townswick, President 2024-2025
E Mail : jtowns2@att.net
UClub first-time guest
We invite you to be our guest at any upcoming luncheon meeting of the University Club of Claremont, held the second and fourth Tuesdays of most months (first two Tuesdays of November and December), at the Doubletree Hotel in Claremont. We gather at 11:30, have a good lunch at 12:00, and enjoy an intellectually stimulating program before adjourning about 1:30. The current lunch price is $20, but you will be our first-time guest by bringing or referring to this ticket.
In order to be included in our lunch count, we need your RSVP to secretary@universityclubofclaremont.org by noon of the Saturday before the luncheon through December 2024. We look forward to welcoming you soon.
October 2024 Programs
October 8
“Evidence-Based Approaches to Help People with Depression Seek Help”
Speaker – Dr. Jason T. Siegel, professor of Social Psychology and director of the Depression and Persuasion Research Lab, Claremont Graduate University
Dr. Jason T. Siegel
Although depression is treatable, many people with depression never seek help.Unlike many other ailments, as a person becomes more depressed, their help-seeking attitude becomes less favorable, and they are less likely to seek help. Thistalk will illustrate the harm that can occur when trying to influence people withdepression to seek help and provide evidence-based approaches for successfullyincreasing help-seeking among this population.
Dr. Spiegel’s research focuses on the social psychology of health behaviorchange. He has been an investigator for over $25 million of grants and contracts,is working on a federally funded grant to to help military members, and workswith HCA Healthcare on research to improve the well-being of medical residents.He has served or is currently serving on several editorial boards of journals.
In-Person Meeting!
Held in the Sycamore Room, Doubletree Inn, 555 W Foothill Blvd, Claremont
11:30 am: social time * 12:00 am: lunch * 1:00 pm: speaker
Lunch is $20 for members and guests (subsidized by the Club)
October 22
“A Photo Travelogue of Four Hiking Trips Last Summer”
Speaker – David Sonner
David Sonner is a graduate of Harvey Mudd College, a retiredattorney, and the immediate past president of the University Clubof Claremont. Following a bad illness in early 2020, whichresulted in severe asthma that lasted for most of the year, hedecided to improve his health by losing weight, keeping thatweight off, and exercising, which chiefly involved graduallywalking more and more each day. After several years ofmeasured progress, the last year was a breakout year for hishealth, as shown by his ability to do some long father-son walksin our local mountains. Seeing that, his oldest son Paul decidedto take him on four hiking trips of a lifetime.
This program will be a photo travelogue of those four father-sonhiking trips, which they did in the Summer of 2024. Those trips include hiking from the rim of theGrand Canyon to the Colorado River at the bottom of the canyon, hiking deep into the Tetons, and twohiking trips into the Sierra Nevadas, one featuring a hike to the top of Mt. Whitney (which is the tallestmountain in the lower 48 states) and the other featuring a hike to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite.
In-Person Meeting!
Held in the Sycamore Room, Doubletree Inn, 555 W Foothill Blvd, Claremont
11:30 am: social time * 12:00 noon: lunch * 1:00 pm: speaker
Lunch is $20 for members and guests (subsidized by the Club)
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