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The Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia continues a proud tradition of programs featuring an astonishing array of guest speakers. Frequently numbering as many as 75 programs a year, the speakers address a wide range of topics to enlighten and entertain the equally wide-ranging interests of the Club's members. The Club does not offer an honorarium, but it does guarantee an intellectually curious audience, one that is knowledgeable, widely traveled, culturally savvy and, often possessing considerable expertise in the speaker's subject. Programs are followed by lunch or dinner and speakers are invited to join the members for delicious food and lively conversation. The following is small selection of past speakers. Sally Quinn, Ben Bradlee and their son, Quinn Bradlee spoke about his book, A Different Life. Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin, President of the Middle East Institute William Hitchcock , author of The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of Europe Ulrich Boser , author of The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest UnsolvedArt Heist. Helen Thomas, former senior member of the White House press corps Zoë Caldwell, Broadway actress Dr. Baruch Blumberg, winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine Paul Levy, President and CEO of the Center City District and the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer foreign affairs columnist Dr. Arthur Kaplan, Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania Rebecca Rimel, President, Pew Charitable Trusts Robert Schieffer, CBS News Elliot Shelkrot, President and Director of the Free Library of Philadelphia Ed Boehne, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Evelyn Lauder, photographer and philanthropist, Senior Corporate Vice President of the Estee Lauder Companies and Founder and Chairman of the Brest Cancer Research Foundation Zachary Stalberg, President and CEO of the Committee of Seventy Meryl Levitz, President and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation Ambassador David Newton, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq 1998-2004 Andrea Mitchell, foreign correspondent and author Sister Mary Scullion, founder of Project Home Gloria and William de Pasquale, cellist and violinist/co-concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra Sheldon Hackney, former President of the University of Pennsylvania Stephen Gale, Co-Chair, Foreign Policy Research Institute's Center on Terrorism Kathleen Foster, Curator of American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art |
