Explorers Club Members, Associates, Friends, & Member’s Guests are cordially invited to the December 2021 ECWG Annual Gala Dinner and presentation at the Cosmos Club Saturday December 4, 2021, at 6:00PM (Black Tie Suggested). Presentation by Dr. Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, College Park and Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public …
Explorers Club Members, Associates/Friends, Members’ Guests and Non-Members’ Guest List You are cordially invited to the November 2021 ECWG dinner meeting at the Cosmos Club, w/ after-dinner presentations by Diane Burko. About the Presentation Diane Burko is an American painter and photographer, currently based in Philadelphia and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Her work addresses landscapes, climate change, …
Tomos Llywelyn Evans, (Ph.D.), The College of William and Mary, Anthropology, “Uncovering an earthen giant: Sungbo’s Eredo and the socio-political dynamics of Ijebu”, Nigeria The proposed project will consist of a three-month archaeological field season aimed at developing scientific knowledge of what is thought to be Africa’s largest single monument: the massive, but little understood, …
Explorers Club Members, Associates/Friends, Members’ Guests and Non-Members’ Guest List You are cordially invited to the October 2021 ECWG dinner meeting at the Cosmos Club, w/ after-dinner presentations by Richard E. Schneider. About the Presentation Hidden Treasure chronicles a preservation project at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) that was full of unexpected discoveries. When …
Julius (“Jay”) Kaplan died unexpectedly on September 1, 2021. He was born on August 3, 1934 in Washington, DC, and lived most of his life in the District. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ann Lanyon Kaplan, his two children, Samantha Kaplan (Dirk Mason) of Madison, WI and Lael Kaplan (Cheryl Kaplan) …