President Drew Faust, Prof. Lawrence Lessig, and Prof. Jonathan Zittrain: Harvard at 375

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
San Francisco City Hall, One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco

Join Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University and Lincoln Professor of History for an engaging discussion on the role of the University in the 21st century. Discover the tradition of imaginative change that has distinguished Harvard since its founding in 1636!

This 375th anniversary event will also feature a conversation between two eminent Harvard faculty, Larry Lessig and Jonathan Zittrain. Together, they will explore transparency, “open knowledge” and the implications of “open government” for society, and invite you to participate in the discussion. A festive reception will cap the evening with an opportunity to meet and reconnect with fellow San Francisco-area alumni and parents from across the University.

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Schedule

6:00 p.m. Registration
6:30 p.m.  Harvard at 375: A Tradition of Imaginative Change 
  • Conversation with President Faust facilitated by John Kent Walker AB '83
  • Conversation with Professors Jonathan Zittrain and Lawrence Lessig on "open knowledge" and the implications of "open   government" for society 
8:30 p.m.  Reception

Speakers

Drew Gilpin Faust
President of Harvard University and Lincoln Professor of History

Lawrence Lessig
Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University

Jonathan Zittrain
Professor of Law (HLS, HKS) and Professor of Computer Science (SEAS)
Co-Founder, Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Host Committee

Katherine States Burke AB’79 and T. Robert Burke
Letitia Tedori Callinan MBA’87 and James L. Callinan AB’82, MBA’87
William H. C. Chang AB’78 and Diana Shon Chang
Eric Douglas AB’72
John H. N. Fisher AB’81, MBA’91 and Jennifer Caldwell
John G. Freund AB’75, MD’80, MBA’82 and Linda Grais
Verna C. Gibbs AB’75
Susan L. Graham AB’64 and Michael A. Harrison
John C. Hansen, Jr. AB’81, MBA’85 and Katie Vogelheim
William R. Hearst III AB’71 and Margaret C. Hearst
Michael T. Hsieh AB’80, MBA’84 and Tonia Chao Hsieh
Ellen McHugh La Follette AB’54 and Charles S. La Follette AB’51, MBA’53 
Sara M. McKinley AB’03, MBA’07
Thomas G. McKinley AB’74 and Janet B. McKinley
Michael W. Michelson AB’73, JD’76
Diana L. Nelson AB’84 and John Atwater
Andrea Okamura AB’76 and Jeffrey T. Chambers AB’76
Michelle M. Parilo AB’10
Douglas Y. Park AB’91
Arthur C. Patterson AB’66, MBA’68 and Louise M. Patterson
Augie Rakow DIV’99
Spencer Garrett Rhodes AB’00, MBA’04
Elizabeth W. Robbins AB’90 and William L. Robbins AB’90, MBA’95
Peter Wagner AB’88, MBA’92 and Amy H. Wagner
Dennis J. Wong AB’79, MBA’83 and Shannon Wong

*As of March 5, 2012