Indiana University Robert h Mckinney School of law. Hes the author of many books which weve had the pleasure of discussing at the ncc and the most recent which were here to talk about is washingtons air the life of justice, bushrod, washington. Maybe marcus is Research Professor of law and directer of the institute for constitutional studies at the George Washington University Law school where weve been colleagues for many years as editor of the documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States 1789 to 1800 professor marcus published eight volumes with many articles on legal history. She was appointed by the librarian of congress as the general editor of the Oliver Wendell holmes devised the history of the Supreme Court of the United States in 20 15 and walter starr is a historian a New York Times best selling author a twotime winner of the seward award for excellence in civil war biography. Hes the author of several books including john jay founding father and most recentl
2012 on the 40th anniversary of president nixons signing of title 9 alan barra wrote an op at in the New York Times titled. Female athletes. Thank nixon. And now on the 50th anniversary. I saw a column that said june 23 1972 was one of the most important days in the history of sports. I really agree with that. Titles nine had only 37 words, but those 37 words changed the history of sports in america and even the history of america itself. And those 37 words have changed and are still changing. Today on our panel. Youre about to meet three extraordinary women. Three olympians who made history representing america three champions who acknowledge and honor the part that title nine has played in their careers and in their lives. The first one is janet evans. Who . Who won four . Four gold medals in three Olympic Games. She broke seven World Records and won 17 International Titles five Us National Titles five World Championship titles and seven ncaa titles. Oh and as a headline in the la ti
World of University Presses. John sharer is the director of the university of North Carolina, press hell be our guest unc press is celebrating. Its 100th anniversary. But first some news from the publishing world. Well the publisher simon and schuster is currently in the midst of an unusual free book giveaway. Its an effort to help bridge the growing divides facing america today. The book publisher is giving away the digital audiobook and ebook editions of amanda. Ripleys book high conflict why we get trapped and how we get out and anna sales. Lets talk about the hard things the lifechanging conversations that connect us. In discussing this giveaway simon and schuster ceo. Jonathan karp said quote perhaps if we all get a little bit better at having those Difficult Conversations will begin to find more common ground. He added that the Supreme Court decision on roe versus wade along with debates on guns the 2020 election, january 6th Climate Change and immigration were on his mind as wel
Were continuing our Historical Survey of american intelligence under each president ial administration. And now weve come to the presidency of john f kennedy. January 1961 to november 1963. Kennedy was a formal former naval officer. So he thought he knew something about intelligence. He was also a big fan of the james bond novels written by ian fleming. Ive pictured him with his Brother Robert kennedy because the brothers together had great influence on Us Intelligence. Theres a lot to say about Us Intelligence center kennedy, even though he served less than a full term because of course he was assassinated by a procuban american leftist a disturbed former marine named Lee Harvey Oswald at the end. Ill have have some reflections about the assassination. Before we get to the main intelligence events of this administration. I want to mention a couple of other developments that theyre not as spectacular, but still they deserve to be remembered as important milestones in Us Intelligence hi
But it also frees up space within the buildings that the building owners then could rent or do other things with. And one reason why i really like it is boilers and chillers in individual buildings arent monitored through our bay area Quality Management districts requirements. Because theyre new small. So putting them into a centralized system requires that air quality thats associated with those companies that run those systems to be monitored. So ultimately it can result in cleaner air for all of us. Commissioner antonini that sounds great and hopefully we can persuade some of the existing buildings in parts of doubt to get involved with the downtown to get involved with a system like that and certainly new construction weve proposed a lot of new commercial buildings that will be constructed in the transbay area and that may be a wonderful site to have Something Like that and it also makes for a more pleasant heat. Steamed heat is quiet and general and not forced air. Theyve gotten b