File 4 - "No - Universities etc. C2"

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Comprises letters from Universities and Colleges asking Bronowski to lecture, speak at and participate in events, and to attend an informal meeting, with replies declining.

Correspondents are: William J McGill, Chancellor of University of California at San Diego (UCSD) inviting Bronowski to an "informal smoker" evening; UCSD School of Medicine asking Bronowski to take part in a seminar series on Medical Ecology (1969); UCSD graduate students asking Bronowski to speak at a public symposium on Vietnam Day (1965); UCSD Extension School asking Bronowski to speak on 'Moral and Ethical Considerations of Organ Transplants' at a conference; University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension inviting Bronowski to participate in a lecture series on 'Existential and Humanistic Psychology: Trends and Impact' (1969); California State University, San Diego inviting Bronowski to speak at their annual Humanities Lecture Series (1973); Canadian Institute on Public Affairs asking Bronowski to speak at a conference on 'Values in Conflict' (1963); Carleton College (Northfield, Minnesota) inviting Bronowski to participate in a symposium on 'Technology and Human Values' (1971), to give talks at the College (1970) and to meet with a group of telephone company executives as part of a management training programme (1966); Carleton University (Ottawa) asking Bronowski to be a guest lecturer at a student organised 3 day study on Science and Humanities (1964); The Catholic University of America inviting Bronowski to give a series of 5 lectures on history and philosophy of science at a Summer Institute for College Teachers (1971); Central Washington State College asking Bronowski to contribute to a symposium on 'Language and World Order' (1968) with a programme and details of the College's 1967 symposium on 'Revolution'; University of Chicago asking Bronowski to give a seminar about the undergraduate University programme, focusing on Science; Biology Collegiate Division of the University of Chicago inviting Bronowski to participate in an American Association for the Advancement of Science symposium on the Teaching of Science (1970); Christian Brothers College (Memphis, Tennessee) inviting Bronowski to speak to high school students (1969); Claremont Graduate School and University Center inviting Bronowski to speak at a meeting of the Sigma Xi group of the Associated Colleges (1965), and to give a series of seminars at the College; Colgate University (New York) inviting Bronowski to give a Founders' Day address (1967); Colorado State University asking Bronowski to give a lecture on any subject (1974), to speak at an annual meeting on interrelations of literature and other aspects of life (1968) for the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, and to deliver a series of 3 Reynolds Lectures (1964-1965); The Colorado College inviting Bronowski to a symposium (1970) with an outline of past symposia, and to take part (with Jonas Salk) in a symposium on 'The New Science' (1965); Columbia University (New York) asking Bronowski to attend a meeting on 'Public Education in Science' (1968), to give a seminar on 'The influence of Science on Contemporary Art' (1965), and to speak at a seminar in linguistics (1965); The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Fitchburg State College, asking Bronowski to be their commencement speaker for 1975; Cornell College (Iowa) asking Bronowski to take part in a symposium on 'The Computer and Human Values' (1969) with a prospectus for the symposium; and Cornell University Medical College (New York) asking Bronowski to speak at the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Honor Society at the College (1969) and sending an article by Robert C Collins (not present).

Also includes: a letter from California State University at Northridge inviting Bronowski to a conference on Moral Education (1974) with a reply from Kathleen Verlander stating that Bronowski had died; a letter from Richard Burns of Cambridge Poetry Festival 1975 sending commiserations on Bronowski's death; and correspondence with the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand) on offering Bronowski a Visiting Erskine Fellowship and sympathy on his death.

This file was originally in a ring binder.