Jonas Salk
$20 / $25
AT6057 – Atrium (Ft. Myers) – February 9 at 10am – 11:30am, Monday – 1.5 hours This is the story of a legendary scientist who defeated the great childhood scourge, polio. From the most humble of beginnings, Salk rose to the pinnacle of scientific research and yet was fought every step of the way by his bitter rival, Albert Sabin. Join us as we look at this dedicated scientist’s life. Instructor: Gerald Ziedenberg
William Randolph Hearst
$20 / $25
AT6058 – Atrium (Ft. Myers) – February 16 at 10am – 11:30am, Monday – 1.5 hours Hearst was the legendary publisher who was the subject of Orson Welles’ immortal movie, Citizen Kane. Hearst, who came from great wealth, managed to earn another great fortune only to almost lose it all. In his time, Hearst started a war that changed the face of the Americas, elected two Presidents, and ran for numerous political offices. His story is as interesting as the “yellow journalism” that he initiated. Instructor: Gerald Ziedenberg
Tesla, Edison, Westinghouse: The Men Who Invented Electricity Option #1 – NC6059 – Naples Center January 29 at 10am – 11:30am, Thursday – 1.5 hours
$20 / $25
Option #2 – NC6060 – Naples Center April 8 at 10am – 11:30am, Wednesday – 1.5 hours
Choose one of the course options above. As the 19th century morphed into the 20th century, “a war of currents” between American inventors and entrepreneurs, George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison, was being waged over AC vs. DC electric current. Nikola Tesla, a transplant from modern-day Croatia, stepped onto the stage full of ideas, energy, and patents he had developed, and added his brilliance, talent, and unique personality to the cause of AC current. Learn how this fascinating saga of brilliance, jealously, showmanship, deceit, money, and greed played out in a non-technical presentation. Instructor: Steven Mutart
Surviving the Swastika: A Personal Story Option #1 – NC6061 – Naples Center February 9 at 1:30pm – 3pm, Monday – 1.5 hours
$20 / $25 Option #2 – NC6062 – Naples Center March 24 at 1:30pm – 3pm, Tuesday – 1.5 hours
Choose one of the course options above. This lecture tells the story of life during the Nazi occupation of Norway as seen through the eyes of a teenage girl. Hear about why Norway was important in Hitler’s strategy and relive the struggle for daily necessities and the fear of execution and reprisals based on a personal diary written during those days. Instructor: Ragnhild Sunde
Baseball Legends: Ted Williams and Sandy Koufax Option #1 – NC6063 – Naples Center February 24, 26 at 2pm – 3:30pm, Tue/Thur – 3 hours
$34 / $39 Option #2 – NC6064 – Naples Center April 7, 9 at 1:30pm – 3pm, Tue/Thur – 3 hours
Choose one of the course options above. Participants may register for either series (NC6063 or NC6064) or for any of the individual lectures below. When serious baseball fans sit down over a beer to talk about the heroes and giants of a game that worships the past, Ted Williams’ and Sandy Koufax’s names are inevitably at or near the top of everyone’s list as the greatest ever: Ted at bat and Sandy on the mound. Join us as we look back at their lives, stats, and remarkable careers that truly were “the stuff of legend.” Instructor: Steven Mutart
Koufax the Colossal
$20 / $25
Option #1 – NC6065 – Naples Center February 24 at 2pm – 3:30pm, Tuesday– 1.5 hours
Option #2 – NC6066 – Naples Center April 7 at 1:30pm – 3pm, Tuesday – 1.5 hours
Choose one of the course options above. The batter, dragging his bat, offered advice to the next hitter: “You can’t see the ball; you just have to go by the sound.” Later, sadly, Sanford “Sandy” Koufax, a Jewish boy from Brooklyn, retired at 30. His left arm, the envy of every schoolboy and the bane of every major league hitter, was shot and a career that many considered the greatest ever by a left-handed pitcher was over. We will cover the highlights and the quiet, private moments of this humble man. Instructor: Steven Mutart
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Register online at http://RegisterRA.fgcu.edu or call 239-425-3272 / 239-434-4737