Reception & Dinner at the
Algonquin Club to honor Tufts University President Anthony P. Monaco Thursday November 10, 2011 at 6pm
The Oxford and Cambridge Society is
joining with the Algonquin Club of Boston to host a reception and dinner to
welcome and honor Dr. Anthony (Tony) Monaco, Tufts University's 13th President,
on Thursday evening, November 10, 2011. Please
join us to meet and hear Tufts University's new top man, world-renowned
geneticist and most recently Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Oxford
and Professorial Fellow of Merton College. Dr. Monaco was appointed
Professor of Human Genetics in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine at
Oxford in 1997 and until 2007, served as Director of Oxford's Wellcome Trust
Centre for Human Genetics, which focuses on identifying the biological basis of
common human diseases using genetic, computational, structural and functional
approaches. His research group has focused on the genetic basis of neurological
and psychiatric disorders including autism, specific language impairment and
dyslexia. His group's significant achievements include the first identification
of a gene specifically involved in human speech and language. Dr. Monaco will talk about his
hopes and plans are for his Presidency, his experience balancing research,
teaching and university administration, and his observations on the differences
between American and British university education and campus life.The cost of this event is $40 per person, and includes
an elegant buffet dinner.Booking for this event is now closed.
Reception: 6:00pm Sincerely, Remarks: 6:45pm David Manns Dinner:
7:15pm David G Manns, Trinity (Cantab.) Location: Algonquin Club,
Boston MA President
of the Society
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