JULY/AUGUST 2012 connections NEWSLETTER OF THE COLUMBIA CLUB OF NEW YORK from the president BOARD OF GOVERNORS Welcome to our newsletter with its new format, which we will be 2011-2012 sending to you on a bi-monthly schedule. While there is much inside for you to read, for up-to-date listings on our upcoming programs and EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE events, please be sure to frequently check our website, a new version President of which we hope to have ready for you soon, and remember to sign up for events as soon as you see the listings. We will list not only the Mark L. Amsterdam ’66CC, ’69LAW events and programs that our Club is sponsoring, but also those events sponsored by the PCNY, the Williams Club and NYU, and even other VICE PRESIDENTS IVY Clubs when open to our members. Make sure you reserve early David A. Evans ’99EN for events and programs you want to attend! David Gibson ’75GSAPP Justin Ifill ’06CC A few months ago in our Newsletter, I promised you important chang- Donna Rosenthal ’67SW es this year. Well, our new three year affiliation agreement with the Tiffany Woo ’87BC Princeton Club gives Columbia Club members many exciting features that we have sought for some time, including: lower dues, bills payable to CUCNY, Columbia photos in the renamed “Grill,” and events rooms TREASURER specially named in the Columbia tradition: Alexander Hamilton Room, Gerald Sherwin ’55CC Low Room, John Jay Room, and Butler Room. SECRETARY Because of the change in our fiscal year, next year’s dues will run Jay Rao ’08LAW from August 31 to June 30, 2013. You have already received your bill for next year’s dues and we would appreciate your paying your dues as PRESIDENT EMERITUS soon as possible to help the Club during the slower summer months. Laurance J. Guido ’65CC, ’69P&S Make it easy on yourself, just give the Club your credit card number and tell us how frequently you want to charge your dues: quarterl or yearly. We’ll then take care of it automatically. MEMBERS-AT-LARGE Donna H. MacPhee ’89 CC Please be assured how much we value your membership. We continue Nicholas Rudd ’64CC, ’67BU on a daily basis to actively plan more top quality events, programs and other benefits for our members. Be sure to visit our new website, GOVERNORS which we continue to modernize to be a useful tool for members and Nabeel Ahmad ’09TC to attract even more members. Kenneth Catandella Senior Executive Director for We will continue to do our best to have the Club serve our members CAA and University Relations as a home away from home, an extension of Columbia’s campuses, and a place to enjoy old friends and meet new ones. John Celock ’04JRN Michael Foss ’03CC, ’12GSAPP We are excited about the future of our Club. We hope you are too. Patricia Francy ’84BUS I want to thank you–our members–for your support and continued James Gerkis ’80CC, ’83LAW loyalty, and reaffirm to you how important and how valued your Angela Holuba ’09BC, ’10P&S, ’12PH membership is to the Club and to the University. Thank you! William Jordan V ’06CC Michwael Shiba ’08LAW Come to your Club and enjoy all that the Club has to offer. Anne-Renée Testa ’91TC Regen Wallis Warmest regards from midtown, Royce Flippin, Ex-Officio Mark Lemle Amsterdam ’66CC, ’69Law The Princeton Club of New York President Columbia University Club of New York EXECUTIVE OFFICE Jennifer Shaw Tel: 212.719.0380 Fax: 212.944.6944 [email protected] www.columbiaclub.org on the town at the club CENTURY CLUB TOUR YOUNG ALUMNI PARTY ON THE HUDSON real time diplomacy better than bordeaux music and more history revealed Tuesday, July 17 Wednesday, July 18 11:00 am 7:00 – 10:00 pm POLITICS AND POWER IN THE A CALIFORNIA WINE TASTING WET WEDNESDAYS “THE LIVES OF MARGARET FULLER” Cost: $88 Cost: $35 for members, $55 for non-members SOCIAL MEDIA ERA Tuesday, July 24 EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING ON THE TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 (includes tour, 3-course lunch, 1 drink, tax & gratuity) (includes four premium drinks and free sliders); TUESDAY, JULY 10 7:30 pm ROOFTOP TERRACE free for dogs! 6:00 pm Our neighbor, The Century Association, was founded as a men’s club in 1847 and designed by the famed Enjoy the summer outdoors with fellow Columbia Cost for reservations: Wet Wednesdays are back and better than ever! architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White. Take a graduates right on the Hudson River. Members, $65 per member, $75 per guest In July and August, enjoy our beautiful terrace with look behind the scenes at the famous, and now co-ed, their guests, and their dogs are welcome to party (plus tax and gratuity) friends and colleagues for fun, live music, drink Club. The archivist Jonathan Harding will show us with food and drinks in the sun at Boat Basin, a specials, and light fare. No reservations are required, room interiors, sculpture, and paintings by the likes popular outdoor bar and restaurant at 79th Street This summer, holiday in the Golden State without so make it your regular spot this summer! This year, An Evening with John Matteson ‘99GSAS of Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent. and the Hudson River. The Club will have its own ever leaving the Big Apple! Sip on wine at the club- our line up of musicians features a variety of genres area, complete with an exclusive bar. house as Marc Nasser, District Manager of Don including jazz, rock, pop, soul, and world music. Wine Reception: 6:00 pm The tour will be followed by a 3-course lunch. Sebastiani & Sons, guides us on an appellation tasting. Lecture: 6:30 pm Tickets are non-refundable. Contact the Program Come prepared to gain an in-depth knowledge of the JULY 11 Event Host: John Moore Office at [email protected] or various Californian wine regions by tasting a range of John Schmitt (rock, pop & soul) Cost: Free for members, $10 for guests 212.596.1261 to reserve your space today. An Evening with Professor Philip Seib varietals and expect to cover locales like Napa, Paso All reservations are final sale. Robles, and Sonoma. Also, learn about the viniculture, JULY 18 Pulitzer-prize winning biographer John Matteson Please meet the group at the Century Club, Reception: 6:00 pm flavors and winemaking techniques that distinguish Broadbelt (Spanish jazz guitar) tackles Margaret Fuller in his latest work. 7 West 43rd Street. Lecture: 6:30 pm each. From rookie to expert, this event is designed for Dinner: 8:00 pm those who know a little about wine but would like to JULY 25 Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was one of the most Reserve on the Club website, www.columbiaclub.org, expand their foundational knowledge. This is also for The David Ullmann Trio (jazz) famous – and most controversial – figures of her or by calling 212-719-0380 Cost for reception and lecture only: those who are well-versed in vino but want to learn era. An American journalist, critic, and women’s rights free for members, $10 for guests more about wines from California. AUGUST 01 advocate, Ms. Fuller was the first full-time American Cost for reception, lecture, and dinner: Troy & JT (rock, pop & soul) female book reviewer, and her work, “Woman in $49 for members, $59 for guests This program includes wine tasting with cheese the Nineteenth Century”, was one of the first major (plus tax and gratuity) and crudités. AUGUST 08 feminist works in the US. John Schmitt (rock, pop & soul) Philip Seib’s new book, Real-Time Diplomacy: Reserve on the Club website, www.columbiaclub.org, John Matteson received his undergraduate degree Politics and Power in the Social Media Era offers or by calling 212.719.0380 AUGUST 15 from Princeton, holds a law degree from Harvard, insights into one of the most important challenges Broadbelt (Spanish jazz guitar) and a doctorate from Columbia University. He is a of the 21st century: How can policymakers shift professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal away from being mere spectators and address the AUGUST 22 Justice and deputy director of the Leon Levy Center political realities of a social media-oriented society? Troy & JT (rock, pop & soul) for Biography in New York City. Real-Time Diplomacy analyzes the essential, but often unhappy, marriage between diplomacy and AUGUST 29 Reserve on the Club website, www.columbiaclub.org, new media, evaluating media’s reach and influence, young alumni John Schmitt (rock, pop & soul) or by calling 212-719-0380 and determining how policy makers might take scotch tasting advantage of media’s real-time capabilities rather Reserve on the Club website, www.columbiaclub.org, than being driven by them. or by calling 212-719-0380 REDUCED SUMMER ROOM RATES may new members THE MACALLAN In Real-Time Diplomacy, Professor Seib asks a vital THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 Visiting New York City this summer? Stay in one of Matthew Amodeo ‘12GS Gonzalo Barr ‘81CC Bedros Bedrossian ‘78SEAS, ‘81SEAS Gregory Bell ‘89BUS question: How can any policymaker keep afloat in 7:00 – 9:00 pm the Club’s overnight guest rooms: the clubhouse’s convenient midtown location puts Manhattan at your Kathleen Boudreau ‘12BC Constance Brady ‘13SW Theo Buchsbaum ‘14CC J. Michael Chumbley ‘13APP the flood of information coming from a vast number fingertips, and if that’s not enough, all those Club Stefano Ciocca ‘13GS Heather D’Angelo ‘12GS Charles Darling ‘12GS Timur de Clapiers ‘14BUS of sources? And, as the events of 2011 illustrate, events, outings, and rooftop happy hours will be power can emanate from the public, and so develop- Cost: $50 for members, $75 for guests right outside your door.