The Baruch College Faculty Handbook

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updated on 1/21/05

The Weissman Lecture features members of the New York arts world exploring intersections between the arts and the worlds of business, government, and the general community. Featured speakers have included George
Weissman (former CEO of Philip Morris and former President of Lincoln Center), Schuyler Chapin (then NYC Commissioner of Cultural Affairs), Cora Cahan (President of The New 42nd Street, Inc.), and Gordon J. Davis (former President of Lincoln Center). Here is a link to the text of George Weissman’s inaugural lecture of December 1998.

Fifth Annual
Weissman Lecture on the Influence of the Arts on Society
The Future of the Performing
Arts Center in New York

Friday, November
14, 2003

10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. in Engelman Recital Hall

Panel discussion, featuring:
Karen Brooks Hopkins, President, Brooklyn
Academy of Music
Reynold Levy, President, Lincoln Center for
the Performing Arts
George Weissman

Moderator: Harvey Seifter, Executive and
Artistic Director, Flushing Town Hall.