The Harvard Club of Boston presents

Professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

Tuesday, March 23, 2010  ~  Main Clubhouse
6:30 pm Reception  ~  7 pm Dinner & Lecture

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot PhD is a MacArthur prize-winning sociologist and the Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education at Harvard University, where she has been on the faculty since 1972. Educator, researcher, author and public intellectual, Lawrence-Lightfoot has written nine books. Balm in Gilead :  Journey of a Healer (1988) won the 1988 Christopher Award, given for “literary merit and humanitarian achievement”. The Art and Science of Portraiture (1997) documents Lawrence-Lightfoot’s pioneering approach to social science methodology. Her newest book, The Third Chapter:  Risk, Passion, and Adventure in the Twenty-Five Years After 50, was published in January 2009.

In The Third Chapter,Lawrence-Lightfoot suggests that the years between fifty and seventy-five can be the most transforming time in our lives, just as long as we have the courage to challenge ageist stereotypes, the creativity to resist the old cultural norms, the curiosity to be open to new learning, and the adventurous spirit to pursue new passions and experience.

Price per person: $57 (plus Club charge& tax) includes:  hors d’oeuvres at reception, three-course Chef’s choice dinner with wine pour, and a copy of The Third Chapter.
Cancellation date: Friday, March 19, 2010 .