Past All Star II Family Conferences

The All Star II Family Conferences split from All Star I (the family week which preceeds All Star II each year) in 1957. Each year, a different group of people (usually a couple) chairs the conference and chooses the speaker and the topic.

This list shows all the chairs since the All Star II Family Conference split from All Star I in 1957, but we don't have the names of all the speakers, nor their topics. If you have more information about past All Star II Family Conferences, write to Margy Levine Young at margy@gurus.com.

2007: Peter Fenn was the speaker, on Politics and the Political Commercial: Getting The Message Out. (Julie and Tom Fenn, chairs).

2006: Prof. Frank Myers spoke on Political Rhetoric and Policy Change. (Sara and John Lutterbie, chairs)

2005: Dr. Lisa L. Lahey spoke on Effective Communication Enhancement for Partnering and Parenting. (Bonnie L. Sylvester & Jonas R. Gavelis, chairs)

2004: Nancy and Jim McLaren looked at human emotion and reason, studying examples from short stories (Nancy) and the biology and genetics of the human brain (Jim). (Tim and Irene Flint, chairs)

2003: Cammy Thomas on What Is Poetry For?. (Sally Russell and Rodney Lowe, chairs)

2002: Ronald J. Young and Rev. Carol A. Jensen on "Crossing Boundaries: the Challenge of Creating Community in the 21st Century" (David and Mary Ellen Mellen and Lori Heninger, chairs)

2001: Briant "Mike" Lee on "Theater in Our Lives" (Craig Allshouse & Bonnie Smith, chairs)

2000: Tom Wessel on "Humans, Nature, and Change" (Katy Weeks and Dave Kay, chairs)

1999: Larry Prusak on "Knowledge Management" (Chris and Mike Ellis, chairs). Larry drew upon his experience as a corporate consultant to describe how organizations in our culture use -- and fail to use -- knowledge.

1998: Various speakers on "The History of Star Island" (Susan Phoenix and Steve Manning, chairs)

1997: Holly and Barry Tashian on "Country Music and the Beatles" (Suzanne and Bernie May, chairs)

1996: Paul Erickson on "A Sea of Wonders" (Caroline Taylor and Candace Erickson, chairs)

1995: Linda Alcoff on "All You Ever Wanted to Know about Feminism but Were Afraid to Ask" (Tom and Vivian Duncan, chairs)

1994: William Kapelle on "The Roman World Goes Christian: Martyrs and Demons, Politicians, and spiritual Athletes" (Lydia Spitzer and John Levine, chairs)

1993: Jose Santos on "An Introduction to Latin America" (Pat and Phil Hurzeler, chairs)

1992: Donna Harlan, on "Spirituality and Education" (Maureen and Roger Kellman, chairs)

1991: Michael Weilbacher on "Environmentalism" (Lon Braender, Scott Ward, and Bruce Oswald, chairs)

1990: Peter Harvey on "Early American Music" (Karl and Mary Haslinger, chairs)

1989: Carol DiGianni and Leslie Fenn on "Family Counseling" (Margy and Jordan Young, chairs)

1988: Robert Stevenson on "Death and Dying" (Laird and Susanne Kelly, chairs)

1987: Helen and Don Cohen on "The Uses of Literature" (Allen and Mary Ann Armstrong, chairs)

1986: John Mock on "The Last 20,000 Years of Human History" (Harry and Sandy English, chairs)

1985: Ron McAllister on "The Social Context of Religion" (Ron and Cathy Cordes, chairs)

1984: Paul Sigmund [on something in political science] (Diana and Leroy Anderson, chairs)

1983: Peggy McIntosh on "Alternatives to Winning/Losing: Working for the Decent Survival of All" (Carol Waldron and Anne Gove, chairs)

1982: Ronald Aqua on "Coping with Change and Challenge in the 80's" [Topic from blue book, before speaker was lined up] (May-Britt and Jack Patterson, chairs)

1981: Deane Starr on "Naturism, an Alternative to Theism and Humanism" (Jim and Lee Blue, chairs)

1980: Raymond Brown on "Reversing the Aging Process" [The announced speaker died before the summer started] (Emerson and Ginny Callahan, chairs)

1979: Jack Patterson on "Conflicting Mythologies in the Mideast, Ireland, and southern Africa: The Role of Religions in Fractured Societies" (Mary and Ed Doty, chairs)

1978: Betty Roberts on "Midlife Crisis" [approximate title] (Betty and Warren Eberhart, chairs)

1977: Morse Peckham on "Our Art and Our Attitudes" (Lenore and Dan Fenn, chairs)

1976: "Astrology" (Gail and Joe Colella, chairs)

1975: Ed Volpe on "William Faulkner" (Bob and Ginny Levine, chairs)

1974: William Alfred Aloicius Woodruff, MD on "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (Spike and Martha Dier, chairs)

1973: (Nornie and Bob Temple, chairs)

1972: Al Eipper on "Fragile Marine Ecology" (Evie Phoenix May, chair)

1971: (Bob and Judy Hawthorne, chairs)

1970: (Jane and Richard Turner, chairs)

1969: (Steve and Zabelle Russian, chairs)

1968: (Monique and Norm Doelling, chairs)

1967: (Faye and John Bennett, chairs)

1966: (Cynthia and Jack Ward, chairs)

1965: Dick and Doris Fredericks, chairs)

1964: (Regina and Asher Shapiro, chairs)

1963: (Julia and Arthur Wachsman, chairs)

1962: (Durinda and Peter Putnam, chairs)

1961: (Dorothy and Howard Lightfoot, chairs)

1960: (Jessie and Chester Ward, chairs)

1959: (Betty and Dwight Persons, chairs)

1958: (Muriel and Stillman Williams, chairs)

1957: Charles Bell on "How Man Looks at Himself" (Lois and Sandy Brown, chairs)

Before 1957, there was only one family conference at Star Island -- All Star.