Harold W. Ritchey Lecture Series

Previous Lectures in the Series:

1984 - Mark Eubank, Meteorologist, KUTV: Utah Weather, Fact or Fiction

1985 - Dr. William C. DeVries, M.D., Munana Hear Institute International: The Total Artificial Heart Implant Research Program

1986 - Dr. Lester G. Paldy, Director, Center for Science, Mathematics, & Technology Education, State University of New York at Stony Brook: Nuclear Weapons Testing: Science, Technology, and Politics

1987 - Dr. Cyrus M. McKell, Vice President of Research, Native Plants, Inc.: Plant Biotechnology: Exciting New Opportunities From Biology

1993 - Dr. Songquio Zhao, Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China: Desertification & De-Desertification (Oases-Making Process) in Northwest Arid China

1995 - Dr. Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker:  The Great Comet Crash of 1994

1997 - Drs. Nancy and Jerry Jaax: The Ebola Virus and Its Potential for Disaster

1999 - Dr. Steven Vogt: The Search for Planets Around Other Stars

2001 - Dr. Scott R. Woodward, Professor of Microbiology, Molecular Biology Program, Brigham Young University: Molecular Genealogy: Using the Power of Modern DNA to Reconstruct Your Past

2003 - Dr. Paul Cox, Director, National Tropical Botanical Garden: New Medicines From Tropical Island Plants

2005 - Dr. Robert P. Kirshner, Harvard College Professor and Clowes Proessor of Science at Harvard University: A Blunder Undone: Albert Einstein and the Accelerating Universe

2007 - Dr. Douglas W. Smith, Project Leader, Yellowstone Gray Wolf Restoration Project: Ecology and Ecosystem Effects of Wolves in Yellowstone National Park

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Ogden, Utah 84408