John Thornton, former President and COO of Goldman Sachs, Chairman of the Boards of the Brookings Institute and Hotchkiss School, and Professor of Management at Tsinghua University in Beijing, spoke on “China: Our Partner in the World’s Future”, at Hotchkiss.

Professor Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School, who held us spellbound in October 2006, returned to Salisbury School. Topic was “America’s Unwritten Constitution: Between the Lines and Beyond the Text.”

On Friday, June 8, 2007, 7:30 pm at The Hotchkiss School, Bruce S. Fowle, FAIA, LEEDA, spoke on “Designing a Green Lifestyle”. Senior Principal of FX Fowle Architects and a pioneer of sustainable architecture, Mr. Fowle co-founded his firm in 1978 on the philosophical basis that architecture must be conscious and respectful of context and utility while enriching the human experience.

Dr. Evan Dobelle, spoke on “Global Competitiveness and the Challenge to American Education” on April 13, 2007 at Salisbury School. An educator and politician, Dr. Dobelle is currently the Executive Director of the Northeast Association of Colleges and Universities. He has been president of the University of Hawaii, Trinity College in Hartford, and City College of San Francisco. In the Carter administration, he served as US Chief of Protocol for the White House, and Assistant Secretary of State with the rank of ambassador. During the Reagan governorship in California, he served on his commission for educational reform. Dr. Dobelle has an abiding interest in educational reform and competitiveness.