Wow - March has flown by and we have an even busier month of April! 

We are finalizing details for an April 19, 4 PM -  Howard Baker Memorial Lecture with 
Chairman of NEDO (New Energy & Industrial Technology Development Organization), 
Kazuo Furukawa. Mr. Furukawa is the former chairman of Hitachi and NEDO is a very 
large energy and technology research center, similar in some ways to our National 
Science Foundation. More details soon and note the earlier time of 4 pm in the TOYOTA 
Auditorium. 

OTHER APRIL EVENTS - Mark Your Calendar! 

Monday, April 4, 4:00 pm. "To the Moon, Alice!" Former US Senator and Lunar Astronaut 
Harrison "Jack" Schmitt returns to the Baker Center. Thanks to UT Planetary Geosciences 
Institute  for sponsoring his visit. You are in for a treat! 

Tuesday, April 5, Noon, "Fundamental Free-Speech Principles:  Threats to the First 
Amendment" David Hudson, First Amendment expert and Nashville lawyer, will present 
this critical topic affecting our four freedoms. David has a wonderful way of presenting 
this information - so don't miss it!  Feel free to bring your lunch and join us! 

Tuesday, April 5, 5:30 pm, Global Security Lecture - Ambassador Mahamed Shaker, 
Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs
 
Thursday, April 7, 1-2:30 pm, E&E Forum - "Natural Pathways to Climate Mitigation" with 
Dr. Joe Fargione, Lead Scientist with The Nature Conservancy, Minneapolis, MN.  

Monday, April 11, 5:30 pm, Ashe Lecture - "Choosing Diplomatic Options to Engage 
Enemies" by Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh. Teddy Roosevelt’s approach to foreign policy 
was “speak softly, and carry a big stick,” but Washington can seem more inclined to use 
the stick (military force) than speech (diplomacy) to resolve serious problems abroad.  
Explore why this is so and how to better select the best foreign policy tool for the job.

Brief Bio:Ambassador (Ret.) Carey Cavanaugh is director of the Patterson School of 
Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky.  Earlier he was a 
career Foreign Service officer, working in Washington at the Department of State, 
Pentagon and on Capitol Hill, and serving overseas in Berlin, Moscow, Rome and 
Switzerland. In 1992, he opened the first American Embassy to the new Republic of 
Georgia.  Under Presidents Clinton and Bush, he was special negotiator/peace mediator 
for conflicts in Eurasia.

Wed., April 13, 5:30 pm, US Navy Being There Matters! Navy Medicine Keeping Sailors 
and Marines Healthy, Ready and On the Job -  Rear Admiral Terry Moulton, Nashville 
native, Deputy Surgeon General and Deputy Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for 
the US Navy. Join us as we celebrate Navy Week in Knoxville!

Thursday, April 14, 12:30 – 2 pm -  E&E Forum with Dr. Jon Hathaway, UT Civil & 
Environmental Engineering - PLEASE NOTE EARLIER START TIME!

Tuesday, April 19, 12:45-1:45 pm - Baker Cafe "Is there an Environmental Crisis? with 
Dr. Michael McKinney, Earth & Planetary Sciences professor and director of the 
Environmental Studies Program. 

Thursday, April 21, 2016, 1-2:30 pm, E&E Forum with Dr. Virginia H. Dale, Oak Ridge 
National Laboratory. She is a Fellow and Director of the Center for BioEnergy 
Sustainability and will discuss sustainable bioenergy.

All in the Toyota Auditorium and are free and open to the public!