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EVENTS ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Institute of Medicine holds the 16th Annual African American History Program: A Celebration for Advancement Opportunities for African Americans in the Health Sciences.
AGENDA: Highlights:
10:30 a.m. Introduction of Mistress of Ceremonies, Tenecia Brown, Co-Chair, AAHP Committee
10:35 a.m. Brief Discussion on Role as Broadcast Journalist
Maureen Bunyan. Television News Anchor, WJLA TV Channel 7, Mistress of Ceremonies
10:40 a.m. - Eleanor Roosevelt Chamber Choir, America the Beautiful by Cindy Berry
10:45 a.m. -- Welcome with Bruce M. Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences
10:50 a.m. - Presentation of Honorees in the Portrait Collection of African
Americans in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Kenneth I. Shine, President, Institute of Medicine
Honorees include:
Dr. Rhetaugh G. Dumas, Vice Provost Emerita, Dean Emerita and Lucille Cole Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
Dr. Henry W. Foster, Jr., Professor Emeritus, Obstetrics and Gynecology and former Dean at Meharry Medical College, Nashville
Dr. David Satcher, 16th Surgeon General of the United States from 1998 to 2002 and Assistant Secretary for Health from 1998 to January 2001
11 a.m. - Selections by Eleanor Roosevelt Chamber Choir
Hold Out Your Light, arr. Moses Hogan
I Don't Feel No Ways Tired, by Phillip McIntyre
11:10 a.m. - Introduction of Keynote Speaker
11:15 a.m. Keynote Address, Keith L. Black, M.D.
Director, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute and Division of Neurosurgery,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
11:45 a.m. - Presentation of Certificates to School Representatives
Archie Turner, Chief Financial Officer
Benjamin Banneker Academic Senior High School, Washington, DC
Charles H. Flowers School, Landover, Maryland
Eleanor Roosevelt Chamber Choir, Greenbelt, Maryland
Evans Middle School, Washington, DC
Jefferson Junior High School, Washington, DC
Luke Moore High School, Washington, DC
School Without Walls, Washington, DC
St. Columba School, Oxon Hill, Maryland
11:55 a.m. Closing Remarks, Wm. A. Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering
DATE: February 11, 2002
LOCATION: 2100 C Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: FOREIGN PRESS CENTER holds a briefing by Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Beth Jones who will provide a briefing on U.S. relations with the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan), including a readout of her recent travel to the region.
DATE: February 11, 2002
LOCATION: Press Briefing Room 2209, State Department 2201 C Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-724-1640
WEB ADDRESS: fpc.gov
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS presents an African American History Month celebration Concert with bass opera singer Kevin Thompson.
DATE: February 11, 2002
LOCATION: LC, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-707-0405
WEB ADDRESS:loc.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 2001-2002 NEUROSCIENCE LECTURE
SERIES presents "Diverse Roles of Inhibition in the Hippocampus," with Dr. Tamas Freund, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
DATE: February 11, 2002
LOCATION: Lipsett Amphitheater, Building 10, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-496-6530
WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Resident Associate Program presents science writer Clifford Pickover discussing the colorful history of magic squares and related puzzles, and displays their extraordinary beauty and mathematical patterns.
DATE: February 11, 2002
LOCATION: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Lecture Hall, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
