In Salem, Hamilton Hall s lecture series celebrates 75 years
Blake Maddux
As is probably more widely known than ever before, Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr in 1804. The following year, architect Samuel McIntire completed work on the stately Federal-style structure on Chestnut Street that bears the first secretary of the treasury’s name.
Hamilton Hall is amid its 75th year of hosting the Lecture Series on World Affairs. This year’s eight-person roster again includes a mix of returning and first-time speakers from some of the East Coast’s most illustrious centers of intellectual activity.
good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting of april 19th, 2011. could you please call the roll. supervisor ave los. present. supervisor cohen. present. cohen present. present. supervisor farrell. present. supervisor kim. present. supervisor mar. present. supervisor wiener. present. all members are present. ladies and gentlemen could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. colleagues we have copies of the march 15th board meeting minutes as well as the minutes for the special board meeting also on the 15th. all right. could we have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor martinez. seconded by supervisor campos. are there any communications? no communications mr. president. items 1 through 11 comprise the consent agenda. they will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. colleagues, any separate items? president chiu? aye. supervisor chu. aye. aye. aye. supervisor k
i want to thank mayor lee for his continued leadership in the issue. the mayor has been a driving force behind our technology council, and we had a great conversation this morning around this issue. and also to my colleagues, in particular, president chiu and supervisor mirkarimi, who have taken an active role and my other colleagues. i look forward to working hard and quickly to get this into law as soon as possible. secondly, i do have a personal in memoriam and i d like to adjourn today s meeting in memory of a dear friend, ann merrill. she passed away suddenly and unexpectedly last week. was an active parishioner at st. vincent depaul s catholic church, where she was a lecter and a eucharistic minister. she was a graduate of columbia and the school of nursing in mount vernon, new york, and worked as a registered nurse for over 40 years, including the sutter visiting nurses association and the irwin memorial blood bank. i know she ll be sorely missed by her friends and fam