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Allyson Cannon club's new recruitment manager
Allyson Cannon is the new recruitment manager/assistant to the president. She will be responsible for recruiting and processing new members. If you have any friends or co-workers who might consider membership, you can forward their information to Allyson at [email protected] or call her at 202-662-7584. Allyson comes to the club from radio station, Key 103.FM in Frederick, Md. where she worked in sales and on-air. She attended West Virginia University and loves Mountaineer football.
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Roll call of the fallen
Members who have died since the Annual Meeting in Jan., 2012: Roger E. Coleman Jr., a Silver Owl who was a retired public affairs specialist for several Washington trade associations. Carl Hartman, one of the Associated Press’ longest-serving correspondents, both in Europe and in America. He was a Golden Owl and one of our most senior members of the club, having belonged for 70 years. Ann D. Schmidt, correspondent and columnist for The Denver Post and other Colorado newspapers, and a Silver Owl. She was the widow of Richard Schmidt Jr., lawyer for the club and many other journalism…
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Silver Owl Quentin R. Bates dies at 93
The National Press Club has belatedly learned of the death of Quentin R. Bates of Bethesda, Md., a Silver Owl and 37-year member. Bates passed away April 25 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda after suffering from what his family described as "multiple health problems." Bates spent 28 years in the U.S. Foreign Service and subsequently, after its formation in 1956, in the Agricultural Foreign Service, including postings in Winnipeg, Ottawa, Paris, Manila, Bogota, Buenos Aires and Brussels. After his retirement in 1974 he joined E.A. Jaenke & Associates, a Washington-based agribusiness…
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Post publisher to roast Woodward
Post publisher to roast Woodward Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth will pay tribute to Bob Woodward when he receives the Fourth Estate Award Friday, Sept. 21. She and Donald Graham, CEO and chairman of the Washington Post Co., will roast and toast their long-time colleague. Through Sept. 14, Club members may buy two tickets for $125 apiece. Non-member tickets are $200 apiece. Tickets are available here or by calling 202-662-7501. Woodward is the 40th recipient of the Fourth Estate Award, the National Press Club’s highest honor, given annually to an American journalist for a…
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This week In National Press Club history
August 15, 1935: National Press Club member and beloved American humorist Will Rogers dies in a plane crash after taking off from Barrow, Alaska with internationally famous test pilot Wiley Post. He had just sent his daily telegram to newspapers, skewering the government’s effort to grow vegetables near the Arctic Circle, noting “there is a lot of difference between pioneering for gold and pioneering for spinach.” For the dedication of the Will Rogers Memorial several year later in Claremore, Oklahoma, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “He helped the nation smile…in a time grown too…
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Magicians meet third Wednesdays in the McClendon room
Does magic fascinate you? Did you used to dabble with magic tricks but haven’t dusted them off in years? Do you perform for friends and family but would like to learn more? The Larry West Assembly 23 of the Society of America Magicians meets the third Wednesday of every month (next meeting Aug. 15) at 8 p.m. in the McClendon Room. You don’t have to be an expert, just willing to perform one trick per meeting—and we’ll give you constructive feedback if you wish. Time to drag that old magic prop or deck of cards off the shelf. For more information, contact Larry Lipman at 202-434-2586.
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Last call for Members' Exhibit photos
Photos are due by Friday, Aug. 17, for the 13th Annual NPC Members' Photography Exhibition. Submit entries in the Membership Office. Each member may submit up to four photos. The exhibit, sponsored by the Photography Committee, is open to all Club members and is not juried. Photos will be on display through September. See a previous article including exhibit rules here. A reception, with cash bar, will honor the photographers from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 5, in the lobby and Library classroom. All members and their guests are welcome. For the first time, a drawing during the reception…
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Fourth Estate celebrates D.C. Beer Week August 14-18
To celebrate D.C. Beer Week, the Fourth Estate is offering special $5 appetizers at the bar until 7 p.m. and $5 craft beers all day. Join us to enjoy your favorite craft beers and unwind to live music from 6-8 p.m.!
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Special event: See “Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins” and meet Kathleen Turner, Sept. 13
Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute at Arena Stage for an evening of theater and a private conversation after the performance with Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner. Light refreshments will be served. Turner brings her sizzling blend of sensuality and intelligence to the bravado of newspaper columnist Molly Ivins. A dyed-in-the-wool liberal from deep in the heart of Texas, Ivins’ rapier wit made her one of America’s highest-regarded columnists, satirists and beloved rabble-rousers. The incomparable Turner “excels," Variety magazine says, in this searing, 75-minute show that…
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Consumer agency spread thin at U.S. ports, but stopping millions of unsafe products, Tenenbaum says
The Consumer Product Safety Commission staffs the nation's 300 ports with just 550 people, Commission Chairwoman Inez Tenenbaum said Thursday at a Newsmaker event. “We’re working to find the proper balance between the flow of commerce and detaining dangerous consumer products," she said. During 2011, CPSC’s Office of Import Surveillance found more than 1,100 violations of safety standards and halted the entry of 4.5 million unsafe products into the United States, many of which were designed for children, she said. The commission is serious about protecting the public, Tenenbaum said after…
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