University Club programs are open to the public and are held Tuesdays in the Padua Room of the Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Road, Claremont, Cali fornia. Meetings start at 11:30 AM. The $20 meeting fee includes a buffet lunch. Membership applications are available at each meeting. Map to Hughes Community Center
May 1 – “Investments During a Turbulent Market and Long-Term”
Speaker – Don Gould, President and CIO of Gould Asset Management
Don Gould will speak on the current state of financial markets. He will review factors moving the markets today, as well as sharing his insights into some of the more important long-term issues for financial markets. His remarks will be followed by a Q&A period. Don is the founder, president and chief investment officer of Gould Asset Management of Claremont. He earned a BA in economics from Pomona College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a visiting lecturer in portfolio management at Claremont McKenna College. In his spare time, Don serves as a trustee and chair of the investment committee at Pitzer College.
Introduction: Harry Sparrow
Fellowship: David Sonner
Greeters: Larry Wicksted, Tom Helliwell
May 8 – “A Musical Salute to Mother’s Day”
Performer – Coril Prochnow
Don’t miss this special musical performance by lyric soprano Coril Prochnow. Her program includes old favorites from the 40s and 50s, along with a combination of familiar arias, art songs and sacred classical pieces. In addition to singing with orchestras and opera companies, she performs her own show of popular standards, and she just performed in her first musical, “Alice!” with the Nine o’Clock Players in LA, in the role of the Queen of Hearts. She performs leading roles with opera companies in greater Los Angeles and is a frequent guest soloist with orchestras and chorales. Occasionally, Coril performs contemporary operatic theatre in original compositions by Gamma Skupinsky – in Russia.
Introduction: Bob Smith
Fellowship: Marilyn Lubarsky
Greeters: Pat Kelly, Art Parker
May 15 – “How Technology is Impacting Crimes of Human Exploitation”
Speaker – Opal Singleton, President and CEO of Million Kids
By 2020, almost the entire world will be connected by the internet. This is the first generation in history where our youth can reach the entire world and the entire world can reach them. There are an estimated three to five million predators on-line at any given time. New technologies such as encrypted messaging, disappearing video, live streaming, holograms, crypto currencies and the Dark Net all will change how law enforcement fights crime and how parents can keep their kids safe from predators. This talk will explore the impact of new technologies on crime and crime solving. Opal is a retired business executive in international marketing. She is president and CEO of Million Kids – a non-profit in Riverside, dedicated to keeping kids safe from predators.
Introduction: Ray Bragg
Fellowship: Don McDonald
Greeters: Milt Wilson, Peter Boniface
May 22 – “The North Korea Crisis: How Did We Get Here and How Do We Get Out?”
Speaker – Dr. Tom Phuong Le, Assistant Professor of Politics, Pomona College
This talk will examine how the US has played a role in North-South Korea relations, recent North Korea developments in its nuclear and ICBM programs, and potential strategies the US may pursue to end the current security crises. Dr. Le is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Pomona College. He earned a BA from UC Davis and an MA and PhD from UC Irvine. His research areas include Japanese security policy, the U.S.-Japan alliance, war memory and reconciliation, militarism norms, military and security balance in East Asia and East Asia regionalism. His current work includes examinations of Japan’s proactive peace and the country’s revolution in military affairs. Dr. Le has written for The Washington Post and The Diplomat. He was a Sasakawa Peace Foundation non-resident fellow at Pacific Forum CSIS and a Fulbright Fellow.
Introduction: Tom Helliwell
Fellowship: Michael Fay
Greeters: Sam Mansour and Bob Knell