[SEMCO] Ornithologist and Zoologist Peter Stettenheim to Present Falmouth Forum Lecture, December 2

[Gina Hebert]

Ornithologist and Zoologist Peter Stettenheim to Present Falmouth Forum 
Lecture, December 2

WOODS HOLE, MA-Peter Stettenheim, ornithologist, zoologist, author, and 
editor will present the next lecture in the 2005-2006 Falmouth Forum 
series on Friday, December 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the MBL’s (Marine 
Biological Laboratory’s) Lillie Auditorium, MBL Street, Woods Hole. The 
lecture is sponsored by the Associates of the MBL and is free and open 
to the public.

Stettenheim will present a slide-illustrated talk titled "The Meaning of 
Birds in Art." His lecture will explore some of the roles and meanings 
of birds in art, ranging in time from prehistoric cave drawings to 
modern advertising. Birds are often shown in works of art, not only as 
natural history or decorative subjects, but also as symbols, 
story-telling figures, or surrogates for some element of human 
experience. Stettenheim’s presentation will review the histories of 
several birds as symbols and consider why birds are depicted more than 
other animals.

Stettenheim is an ornithologist with special interest in the skin and 
feathers of birds, After earning a Ph.D. in zoology at the University of 
Michigan, he worked at a U.S. Department of Agriculture laboratory, 
doing research and co-authoring a technical book on avian anatomy. 
Subsequently, he served as the editor of a major ornithological journal, 
initiated the Birds of North America series of life histories, and 
edited an on-line index to the scientific literature of ornithology. Now 
retired, he and his family have lived in Plainfield, New Hampshire since 
1969.

Admission to this Falmouth Forum presentation is free and open to the 
public. A buffet dinner is available before the lecture at 6:00 p.m. in 
the Swope Center located near the auditorium. Dinner tickets are $20 and 
must be purchased in advance at either Eight Cousins Children’s Books, 
Main Street, Falmouth, or at the MBL’s Communications Office in the 
Candle House in Woods Hole. Dinner seats are limited and tickets are 
only available until they sell out or until 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 
November 29. For more information, contact the MBL Communications Office 
at: (508) 289-7423 or comm at mbl.edu

Remaining lectures in the Falmouth Forum 2005-2006 season are below. 
Visit www.mbl.edu for additional information.


January 13, 2006
"The Historical Evolution of Jazz Music"
Charles Cassara, Professor, Berklee College of Music

January 27, 2006
"Surviving Terrorism—An Ambassador Under Fire"
Ambassador Franklin “Pancho” Huddle, Senior Inspector, Iraq

March 3, 2006
"Coastal Lands Through Time: Historical Insights to the Conservation of 
Natural and Cultural Landscapes"
David Foster, author, ecologist and Director of the Harvard Forest

March 17, 2006
"Four Ways to Tell the Story of the Buddha" - David Eckel, Distinguished 
Teaching Professor, Boston University



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The MBL Associates were founded in 1944 to provide an opportunity for 
friends of the Laboratory, both scientists and non-scientists, to 
support the MBL. Over the years the Associates have taken on a wide 
range of projects, including providing fellowships for young scientists, 
supporting the MBL/WHOI Library, renovating the Lillie Auditorium, and 
landscaping the Whitman-Loeb quadrangle on the Woods Hole campus. The 
Associates also help bring the work of the Laboratory to a broader 
public by sponsoring the Falmouth Forum Series and operating the MBL 
Gift Shop. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the Laboratory.

-- 
Gina Hebert
Assistant Director of Communications
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL Street
Woods Hole, MA  02543
Tel:  508-289-7725
Fax:  508-289-7934
E-mail: ghebert at mbl.edu
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