The semi-annual luncheons sponsored by the Puget Sound Association of Phi Beta Kappa feature prominent speakers who are experts in their professions and whose chosen topics bear on the Association goal of advancing liberal education.
The following speeches may be read online by clicking on the title:
“Good Germans” and the Holocaust
Robert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Professor of Holocaust Studies, Pacific Lutheran University
“It proved difficult to find resistance to Adolf Hitler within churches or universities.”
Cases and Controversies: Reflections of a Judge on the Judiciary
Justice Bobbe J. Bridge (ret.)
“I am concerned about trends suggesting that our judicial system, and particularly the talented and committed people who wear the robes, are to be subjected to the same ‘lobbying’ and ‘ballot box’ pressures that is to be expected in the executive and legislative branches.” |
