St. Mary's College of Maryland

Paul H. Nitze Senior Fellows 2000

Spring 2000

Richard Lewontin, Agassiz Professor of Population Genetics at Harvard University

Bio-ethicist Richard Lewontin is the author of numerous scientific papers and Not In Our Genes and Biology as Ideology. Professor Lewontin is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books.

February 9, 2000 - "The Uniqueness of Organisms: Good Biology and Bad Metaphors"
March 8, 2000 - "Not Best But Good Enough: How Evolution Really Works"
April 12, 2000 - "The Search for Legitimacy in Biological and Cultural Studies"

Fall 2000

The Honorable Thomas Penfield Jackson, United States District Court Judge

Federal Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson has served as a judge for the U. S. District Court in the District of Columbia since 1982. He has presided over much publicized and highly controversial cases such as the recent Microsoft anti-trust suit and the perjury and drug trial of former Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry.

October 5, 2000 - "Leadership on the Supreme Court"
November 9, 2000 - "Leadership by the Supreme Court"
December 7, 2000 - "Leadership of the Supreme Court"


Aerial view of St. Mary's College of Maryland campus

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