University of Massachusetts Amherst
Retired Faculty Association
An Independent Private Organization
http://www.umass.edu/retiredfaculty
President
Vice President
Past President
Secretary
Treasurer
Program Co-Chair
Program Co-Chair
Mokhtar Atallah
Eric Einhorn
Jane Rausch
Lewis Mainzer
Donald A. Proulx
Jerry Platt
Vincent Cleary
matallah@nutrition.umass.edu
einhorn@polsci.umass.edu
jrausch@history.umass.edu
Lcmainzer@aol.com
proulx@anthro.umass.edu
jplatt@soc.umass.edu
vcleary@classics.umass.edu
(413) 549-5471
(413) 256-8258
(413) 253-7218
(413) 253-5627
(413) 256-6751
(413) 586-8357
(413) 230-3593
 Our next meeting is on Wednesday, November 12th, 2014, Rm. 162-175 Campus Center
10:00 – 10:20 am: Coffee, Tea and Cookies
10:20 – 10:40 am: Business meeting and Announcements
10:40 - 11:00 am: Presentation By Thomas Vacanti: “The Five College Dance Program.”
Thomas Vacanti, Ballet; Assistant Professor, Five College Dance Program
He holds a B.S. in Dance from Skidmore College, an M.F.A. in Performance and
Choreography from Smith College, and a Certificate Degree in Costume Design from
Boston University. In addition to UMass Amherst, he is also currently on faculty at
Amherst College. He was one of ten dancers chosen nationally, by the prestigious
Jacob's Pillow, to represent the USA in their Russian/American Exchange Program. He
worked with internationally renowned choreographers and teachers while performing
extensively throughout Russia. Thomas is currently Co-Artistic Director of the Pioneer
Valley Ballet and the PVB Repertory Project in Northampton, Massachusetts and he
recently premiered three original works at the North Carolina Dance Festival sponsored
by the North Carolina School of the Arts.
11:00 – 12:00: Main Talk: “New England Clam Chowder, The Correct Way.” By Robert S. Cox.
Robert S. Cox: Head, Special Collections & University Archives. Author of "A
History of Chowder: Four Centuries of a New England Meal." He will discuss the
origins and evolution of chowder as it intertwines with New England’s history and
culture.
Cox has a bachelor’s degree in geology; master’s degrees in paleontology, history,
poetry, and library science; and a PhD in history. He worked as curator of manuscripts
and photographs at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan and
as keeper of manuscripts and director of scholarship and technology at the American
Philosophical Society. Cox teaches at Simmons Graduate School of Library Information
Sciences and in the Department of History at UMass Amherst. His books include
Massachusetts Cranberry Culture: A History from Bog to Table (2012); The Shortest
and Most Convenient Route: Lewis and Clark in Context (2004) and Body and Soul: A
Sympathetic History of American Spiritualism (2003).
Remaining Meetings’ Schedule
Date
Wed.
Nov. 12
Thu.
Dec. 11
Wed.
Feb. 11
CC Rm.
162-75
Time
Speaker
10:40-11:00 Thomas Vacanti
1:00-12:00 Rob Cox
Topic
Five College Dance Program
New England Chowder, the
Correct Way
Holiday Luncheon, 12:00-2:00pm, at BERTUCCI
162-75
10:40-11:00 Betty Romer
11:00-12:00 Marla Miller & Max Page
The Search for an American
Identity
UMass Amherst, An Architectural
Tour
Wed.
Mar. 11
917
10:40-11:00 Martin Miller
11:00-12:00 Norbert Goldfield
WFCR Move to Springfield
Healing Across the Divide
Wed.
Apr. 08
162-75
10:40-11:00 Richard Nathorst
11:00-12:00 Carol Connare
The Falcon Cam
Developments in the Libraries
Wed.
May 13
Amherst Rm.
May Banquet