Author: Leslie Gibson McCarthy

Washington University’s Alumni Association will commemorate the institution’s founding at the annual Founders Day celebration Saturday, Nov. 6, at the St. Louis Union Station Marriott. David McCullough, acclaimed historian and award-winning author, will deliver the keynote address. The event also honors faculty and alumni who have made a significant contribution to the university, including Distinguished Faculty Awards to four faculty members.

Mott T. Greene, PhD, the John B. Magee Professor of Science and Values at the University of Puget Sound, will present, “Alfred Wegener and the Origins of Modern Earth Science in the Theory of Continental Drift” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, in McMillan Hall, Room 149.

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Marion Crain, JD, the Wiley B. Rutledge Professor of Law at Washington University In St. Louis, looks at the act’s history and says changes in the American workplace and other factors raise the question of how the NLRA will adapt in the future.

NASA astronaut Robert L. Behnken, PhD, presents to Chancelllor Mark S. Wrighton a photograph of James S. McDonnell, a.k.a. “Mr. Mac,” that had traveled into space and been signed by his fellow astronauts. Behnken presented the photograph at the end of the third annual Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecture Oct. 21, during which he described his experiences as a space shuttle crewmember and life on the International Space Station.

Sports updates for the week of Oct. 25, 2010.

Legendary Harry Belafonte has been a part of American culture for so long and in so many roles that his name conjures up a variety of responses. Actor, singer, entertainer. But in recent years, his activism has evolved into taking a stand against what he perceives as misguided American policy and questioning the country’s moral authority. At 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, Belafonte will speak in Graham Chapel on “The Moral Direction of America” for the annual Black Arts and Sciences Festival Lecture. Also sponsored by the Assembly Series, the talk is free and open to the public.

Todd T. Milbourn, PhD, was installed as the Hubert C. and Dorothy R. Moog Professor of finance Sept. 29 in a ceremony at the Charles F. Knight Executive Education and Conference Center. Milbourn, who joined the Olin Business School faculty 10 years ago, is the second to receive this title; the inaugural professorship was held by Nicholas Dopuch, PhD, currently Moog professor emeritus of accounting.

University City Council member L. Michael Glickert (left) presents Michael Sherraden, PhD, the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis, with a proclamation during a city council meeting Oct. 18. The proclamation celebrates Sherraden, a University City resident, being named to the 2010 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

The American College of Bankruptcy and Washington University in St. Louis School of Law will present a lecture by James H.M. Sprayregen, JD, one of the nation’s top restructuring attorneys, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Sports updates for week of Oct. 18, 2010.