Events & Reunions

Sponsored by:

Tufts Alumni Arizona

Location:
Camelback Ranch
10710 West Camelback Road, Phoenix | See Map

When: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 11:30 am (iCal)

Description

Tufts Alumni Arizona cordially invites you to a special event for our alumni, Tufts parents, family and friends as we welcome special guests Sol Gittleman, Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor and former Senior Vice President and Provost of Tufts University and Robyn Gittleman, Director, Experimental College

Join us at the new Camelback Ranch baseball complex as Sol discusses “Teaching the National Pastime: American History and Baseball in the Classroom.” Then watch from the Legends Deck as the Chicago White Sox take on the San Diego Padres in a Cactus League game. Enjoy light snacks and get to know your fellow Tufts alumni in Arizona.

Sol will examine “The National Pastime” both inside and outside the lines, how it was played, and the place of this children’s game in the American psyche. He has been a lifelong fan and sees the game as a metaphor for life in the modern world. "As you watch the evolution of American values in the twentieth century, baseball is a metaphor for almost all the social and political change that went on in the last 100 years," he says. "Integration, American business practices, anti-trust laws, crime, corruption — baseball has every aspect of American life."

Directions to Camelback Ranch

Take the 101 around to the west side of Phoenix and take W Camelback Road west to #10710. The gate nearest home plate provides the easiest access.

RSVP

Please register online by March 15.

Cost

$25 Per person
$20 for alumni 1999-2009, and children 12 and under

Contact

For more information about this event, please contact Elliott Lerman at lermane65@aol.com or at 480-502-5010.