The Donald Danforth Society Presents ABC News
Correspondent Bill Blakemore
On April 7, Danforth Center Chairman Dr. William
H. Danforth welcomed a capacity crowd to the AT&T
Auditorium for a special presentation by ABC News
Correspondent Bill Blakemore. Mr. Blakemore’s
presentation, “The Many Psychologies of Global Warming
and the Hard Realities We Face,” drew not only on his
current role as the leader of ABC’s coverage of global
warming, but also on his previous work as chief science
correspondent for ABC-Discovery Channel weekly
programming.
Mr. Blakemore has reported for ABC News for nearly four decades. He has travelled widely as a
national and foreign correspondent and covered 12 wars, eight hostage sieges and seven earthquakes,
in addition to the global plant and animal extinction/biodiversity crisis. He served both as ABC’s first
education correspondent and as ABC’s Rome Bureau Chief. This journalistic versatility has given him a
unique position from which to assess and comment on the human dimensions and conditions of global
and environmental change.
The event was presented by The Danforth Society, whose members generously support the Danforth
Center’s annual fund and whose gifts are among the Center’s most valuable resources. Past Danforth
Society speakers include Academy Award
®
winning director Davis Guggenheim and photographer and
philanthropist Howard G. Buffett.
Danforth Society Members
Enjoy an Afternoon at
Bethlehem Valley Vineyards
On Sunday, June 29, Danforth Center Trustees and Danforth
Society Patrons, Benefactors and Pacesetters were invited by
Connie & Dan Burkhardt and Anne & John McDonnell to Bethlehem
Valley Vineyards to enjoy an early-summer day. In tribute to the group’s
generosity towards the Center, they were treated to lunch on the front porch
of the beautiful winery, where they partook in an interactive dining experience
created by the talented team from Monarch Restaurant. In addition to the
lunch banquet, the guests also participated in wine-tastings and tours of the
vineyards and restored buildings.
Danforth Center Trustee Dan Burkhardt and his wife Connie established
Bethlehem Valley Vineyards in 1996 with a commitment to growing the highest
quality wine grapes by producing them on a relatively small, five acre scale.
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