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— Death of a Gunfighter: The tragic hero Jack Slade and the opening of the American West.
—In the Kingdom of Coal (Dawn of America's coal industry)
—Anthony Drexel: The Man Who Made J.P. Morgan.
—Family Business: The Value of Outside Mentors.
—What's Wrong With the Media?
—Inheritance: Seminars for potential inheritors.
—Finding Our Fathers: The joys and pitfalls of tracing Jewish ancestors.
Future speaking engagements
April 2, 2009: "Death of a Gunfighter: The tragic hero Jack Slade and the opening of the American West." Cosmopolitan
Club, 1616 Latimer St., Philadelphia. Cocktails 5:15 p.m., talk 6:15, dinner 7:15. Members and guests only. (Contact: Dilys
Winegrad, winegrad@pobox.upenn.edu.)
May 8, 2009: "Death of a Gunfighter: The tragic hero Jack Slade and the opening of the American West." Philadelphia
Club, 13th and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Noon. Members and guests only. (Contact: Jay Stiefel: jrstiefel@gmail.com.)
July 15-18, 2009: "Death of a Gunfighter: The tragic hero Jack Slade and the opening of the American West." Wild West
History Assn., Menger Hotel, San Antonio, Tex. (Date to be determined.) (Contact: Bob McCubbin, robertmcb@earthlink.net or
visit http://wildwesthistory.org)
August 16-22, 2009: "Death of a Gunfighter: The tragic hero Jack Slade and the opening of the American West." Oregon-California
Trails Association annual convention, Loveland, Colo. (Date to be determined.) (Contact: Ted Schmidt, schmit@ci.loveland.co.us
or visit http://www.octa-trails.org)
Recent speaking engagements
January 8, 2009: "Death of a Gunfighter: The tragic hero Jack Slade and the opening of the American West." Franklin
Inn Club, Philadelphia. (Contact: Janice Gordon, Drjangordon@aol.com.)
September 15, 2007. "Penn Football, Then and Now." Lunch talk to U. of Pennsylvania "80-Plus" alumni group. Contact:
Lynn Carroll, Penn Alumni Relations Dept., (215) 746-3239 or lynnc@upenn.edu.
July 19, 2007: "Finding Our Fathers: A Jewish Genealogy Pioneer Looks Back." Banquet address to International Conference
on Jewish Genealogy, Hilton Salt Lake City Center Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah. Contact: Carole Montello, program chair, carmont@cox.net.
May 16, 2007 (Wednesday). "Anthony Drexel: The Man Who Made Wall Street." Bond Club of Philadelphia. At Peck Center,
Drexel University, Philadelphia. Contact: Dianne Manges, (484) 530-4370 or dpm@rorerasset.com.
December 5, 2006. "Autobiographical Writing." At University of Pennsylvania. Contact: Liliane Weissberg,
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in the Arts and Sciences, (215) 898-3343 or 898-7332 or lweissbe@sas.upenn.edu.
October 18, 2006. "Anthony Drexel: The Man Who Made Wall Street." At Drexel University Art Gallery, 3141 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia. Contact: Jacqueline M. DeGroff, Curator, 215-895-0480 or jd78@drexel.edu.
October 17, 2006. "Anthony Drexel: The Man Who Made Wall Street." Radnor (Pa.) Historical Society, at Radnor Memorial
Library. Contact: Ann Etris, Librarian,
(610) 687-1124, x. 52, or radnorlib_etris@comcast.net.
November 10, 2005. "Succession Planning for Family Businesses" (panel moderator). At law offices of Flaster Greenberg
P.C., Cherry Hill, N.J. Contact: Bruce Graeber, Flaster Greenberg, (856) 382-2212.
May 25, 2005. Kiwanis Club, Big Stone Gap., Va. Subject: "In the Kingdom of Coal." Contact: Paul Kuczko, (276) 523-5064,
x. 13, or vareal@lpoy.org.
May 24, 2005. Cultural Arts Center, Appalachia, Va. Subject: "In the Kingdom of Coal." Contact: Paul Kuczko, (276)
523-5064, x. 13, or vareal@lpoy.org.
May 12, 2005. Young Presidents Organization's Global Family Business Seminar, luncheon speaker, Four Seasons Resort
Aviara, Carlsbad, Calif. Subject: "Family Business Nightmares." Contact: Bernard Tenenbaum, (609) 252-1125.
March 3, 2005. Young Presidents' Organization, Columbus Club, Columbus, Ohio. Subject: Family business. Contact: Cindy
Petrie, (740) 654-1216 or cpetrie@direcway.com.
March 2, 2005. Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. Subject: Writing about the rich. Contact: Professor Peter Rutkoff, (740)
427-5317 or rutkoff@kenyon.edu.
Testimonials
"Thank you for acting as moderator at our Family Business Succession program. You kept the program focused and meaningful
to all who attended."
Scott A. Isdaner, Isdaner & Co., Bala Cynwyd, Pa., November 2005.
"Thank you for a marvelous evening. Not only are you a gifted writer but you are also a superb public speaker. In my experience,
it is rare to find that combination in one individual.... I've had such wonderful buzz from your program."
Caroline Piven, program chairman, Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia, 2004.
"Your combination of research information and humor really made for a most enjoyable evening."
Tranda Fischelis, Christ Church, Philadelphia, 2004.
"The reviews keep coming in and all I hear is praise!"
Terry Snyder, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Del., 2004.
"It was informative, and you delivered the information most dramatically."
Molly Slattery, Acorn Club, Philadelphia, 2003.
"Thanks again for coming to Fresno. We have received a lot of positive feedback on your presentation and the luncheon. One
participant wrote, 'I came away from this function with a renewed pride for family business and our community'."
Eric McCormick, Fresno (Calif.) Family Business Institute, 2002.
"I just wanted to thank you for your informative and interesting talk on Jewish genealogy. Feedback indicated everyone enjoyed
the program and many were motivated to get started on their own family's history. Did you know that two members of our congregation
discovered they had a relative in common?"
Janice Colbert, Temple Israel, Greenfield, Mass., 2001.
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