Events & Reunions

Sponsored by:

Tufts Alumni West Florida

Location:
Marine Jack
2 Marine Plaza, Sarasota
941-365-4232 | See Map

When: Sunday, February 07, 2010, 12:30 am (iCal)

Description

Tufts Alumni West Florida cordially invites you and a guest to a special reception for our alumni, parents 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 Marina Jack as Sol discusses his book, “Teaching the National Pastime: American History and Baseball in the Classroom.” Get a taste of the senior seminar taught by Sol where he examines “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.

Sol Gittleman's talents as a storyteller with a keen eye for historical details were recently illustrated in An Entrepreneurial University: The Transformation of Tufts, 1976–2002. As for baseball, Gittleman 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 20th 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."

RSVP

Please reply by Monday, February 1, 2010 by printing and mailing this form to Ken Rose, A52, 1694 Quail Lake Drive, Venice, FL 34293 / 941-493-7851.  Checks should be made payable to West Florida Tufts Alliance.

Cost

$20 per person
Annual Dues $15 per family

Contact

For more information about this event, contact Charlotte Laven, J43, at laven@comcast.net or 941-383-2640, David Young, E45, A74P, A79P, at rgkdsy@msn.com or 941-383-0575.