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The End of 'Try and Fly': The Origins and Evolution of American Aeronautical Engineering Education throughout WWII - Deborah G. Douglas
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Deborah G. Douglas is the author of United States Women in Aviation 1940-1985. She has been a staff member at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D. C. and was a NASA historian; she is currently curator of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, MA. History of Technology Series. From the Lectures Program archive.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Celebration & Musical Celebration
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Performances by the New Beginings Gospel Choir and "Off the Record" ISU vocal jazz group presentations by ISU students, faculty, and administrators. Reception following with cake graciously donated by the Memorial Union.

Sigma Xi Lecture: Impact of Computers on Engineering Design and Modeling - William Lord
8:00 AM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - William Lord holds the Palmer Chair in electrical and computer engineering and is associate director of the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation and the Institute for Physical Research and Technology at Iowa State University. His research has led to commercial products: a PC-based edddy current inspection system and an acoustic microscope. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the American Society for Nondestructive Testing and the British Society of Nondestructive Testing. From the Lectures Program archive.

Errington Memorial Lecture : Wolves and Moose: The Balance of Nature at Isle Royale - Rolf Peterson
8:00 AM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Rolf Peterson is professor of wildlife ecology and management at Michigan Technical University and author of The Wolves of Isle Royale: A Broken Balance. From the Lectures Program archive.

Rethinking Engineering and Higher Education: The Kellogg Commission in Historical Context - Howard Segal
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Howard Segal is a Bird Professor of History at the University of Maine. Segal is author of Future Imperfect; Technological Utopianism in American Thought; and Technology, Pessimism and Postmodernism. From the Lectures Program archive.

Ron, Maria, David, Daniel and Mark Rosmann, family farmers, Harlan, Iowa
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Farm Crisis Series: Wither the Farm? Moving Beyond the Current Crisis in Agriculture

Presidential Caucus Series: Higher Education - Orrin Hatch
1:30 AM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Orrin Hatch has been a United States Senator for four terms and a leader in developing bipartisan legislation in balancing the budget; protecting Medicare and Social Security; lowering taxes; and improving health care services for children, seniors, the disabled and the homebound. From the Lectures Program archive.

Following Mr. Death: Two Architectural Investigations of Auschwitz - Robert Van Pelt
8:00 AM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robert-Jan Van Pelt is the coauthor of Auschwitz: 1270 to the Present which won the 1996 National Jewish Book Award. The book examines the ties between the unremarkable Polish town of Auschwitz, and the concentration camp which was built in its suburbs. He is Professor of Cultural History, Architecture School, University of Waterloo, Canada, and author of Architectural Principles in the Age of Historicism. From the Lectures Program archive.

Mr. Death: The Rise And Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. -Film
5:00 AM – Varsity Theater across from the Memorial Union - Errol Morris, producer and director of "Fast Cheap and Out of Control" and "The Thin Blue Line," introduces us to engineer Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. who first gained a reputation for trying to make capital punishment more humane. As a gas chamber expert, he was asked by neo-Nazi Ernst Zundel to investigate Auschwitz and determine whether poison gas was ued there. Morris describes his documentary as an examination of vanity and self-deception. From the Lectures Program archive.

Reinventing the Wheel: The Continuous Development of Engineering Education in the 20th Century - Bruce Seely
5:00 AM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Bruce Seely is a Professor of Social Sciences at Michigan Technological University. Seely is th past secretary of the Society for the History of Technology and has worked extensively with ABET, the engineering accreditation agency. He is the author of several books, including Building the American Highway System and Iron and Steel in the Twentieth Century. From the Lectures Program archive.