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AcAdemy for 

LifeLoNG LeArNiNG 

Photo by ALL Member Kate Mann 

2013 

SPRING/ 

SUMMER 

Course Catalog 

Learn • Explore • Grow 

A community committed to promoting 

the exploration of ideas, exchanging knowledge, 

and sharing experiences.

Enhancing Life Through Learning 1 

t h e Academy 

f o r 

L i f e l o n g Learning 

AT CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM 

P.O. BOX 636, ST. MICHAELS, MD 

410-745-2916 • email: all@cbmm.org 

web: www.cbmm.org/all 

A community committed to promoting 

the exploration of ideas, exchanging 

knowledge, and sharing experiences. 

S p r i n g 2013 term 

c o u r s e informat i o n 

Cover Photo: “Sailing Towards St. Michaels” 

courtesy of ALL member Kate Mann

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The Academy for Lifelong Learning at CBMM 

President’s Letter 

Our membership never ceases to amaze me. Each term we see new 

members of our community signing up for courses and new instructors 

stepping forward to lead us into subjects that enhance our lives. 

Sometimes the numbers of people who sign up for a given course surprise 

me. Who would have believed that 19 people would sign up for a course 

exploring a theoretical particle proposed more than 40 years ago and only 

seemingly discovered in the summer of 1912? The people who signed up 

for that course were not just some of the math-science types that would 

be expected, but included some who described themselves as poets and 

psychologists who were interested in the possible spiritual dimensions of 

such a discovery. 

We are always looking for more instructors and new courses in areas that 

remain unexplored by our members. Rest assured that our membership 

loves to explore subjects that may be unusual and outside our comfort 

zones. To that end you will see a free offering in May to explore what 

topics might be of interest along with some assistance regarding how 

to make these new course offerings a reality. You don’t have to be a 

professional educator to be a course leader. We need you, many of you, 

to step forward to share your passionate interests with our eager learners. 

I hope to see many of you in that May offering and to your future offerings 

in the Academy of Lifelong Learning. 

Ron Lesher 

President 

Vice President 

Secretary 

Treasurer 

Officers 

Ron Lesher 

Robert Lippson 

John Ford 

Brice Gamber 

Committee Chairs 

Administrative Committee Chip Britt 

Curriculum Committee 

Sam Barnett 

Marketing Committee 

Esty Collet 

Membership Committee Evelyn Martin


i n f o r m at i o n index 

President’s Letter/Officers/Committee Chairs.....................2 

Calendar of Events/Weather Closings....................................3 

Multi-Session Courses................................................................4 

Single-Session Courses............................................................15 

Day Trips....................................................................................18 

About the Instructors...............................................................28 

April 2, 2013 

April 11, 2013 

August 19, 2013 

c a l e n d a r of events 

Spring Social 

First Spring Class 

Last Spring Class 

o p e r at i o n s 

The Academy is an intellectual cooperative in that all functions are 

planned and carried out by the members who volunteer their time and 

talents as instructors, teaching assistants, planners, committee members or 

staff assistants according to their desire and skill. Membership is open to 

everyone who wishes to learn and is willing to serve. 

You must be a member of the Academy for Lifelong Learning to 

enroll in courses. Annual 2013 ALL Membership for Chesapeake Bay 

Maritime Museum members is $25 per person, $40 per couple. For non- 

CBMM members the annual ALL membership fee is $30 per person, 

and $50 per couple. 

class cancellations 

In case of inclement weather, the Academy will follow school closing 

procedures for Talbot County. Listen for information on radio stations such 

as WCEI 96.7 FM www.wceiradio.com, WSCL FM 89.5, or WTK 107.1 FM 

www.mtslive.com, TV stations such as WMAR, WBAL, WJZ, and WBOC, 

or contact the public schools website at www.tcps.k12.md.us. Come to 

class only when it is safe for you to come and return. The Academy will 

endeavor to make up any class canceled due to inclement weather.

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Multi-Session Courses 

GREAT DECISIONS 

DISCUSSION PROGRAM 

With Jim Adams 

8 Sessions, Tuesdays, April 16-June 4 

5:00-6:30pm 

Location: Londonderry Retirement Community, Port St., Easton 

Enrollment Limited; Register Early 

Course Description 

Developed by the Foreign Policy Association (http://www. 

fpa.org/) in 1954, the Great Decisions Discussion Program 

is the longest-standing and largest grassroots world affairs 

educational program of its kind. It is designed to encourage 

debate and discussion of the important global issues of our 

time. Any individual with an interest in expanding his/her 

knowledge of international relations as well as engaging in 

active discussion of crucial global issues is welcome to attend. 

Participants are asked to purchase a FPA prepared Briefing 

Book (Cost $20) to help reach informed opinions on the issues 

and participate in the foreign policy process (Briefing Book 

Purchase Deadline thru ALL is April 1, 2013). The Briefing 

Book and supplemental FPA video materials will provide a 

common point of departure for further discussions. 

Great Decisions 2013 discussion topics are: 

• Future of the Euro 

• Egypt 

• NATO 

• Myanmar and Southeast Asia 

• Humanitarian intervention 

• Iran 

• China in Africa 

• Threat assessment 

Cost: $30 plus $20 Briefing Book 

(Briefing Book Purchase Deadline thru ALL is April 1, 2013)


This I Believe 

With Don Rush 

6 Sessions, Tuesdays, May 7-June 11 

1:00-2:30pm 

Location: Eagle House Board Room, CBMM Campus 



This course invites lifelong learners to read and listen to 

the beliefs of others, and then to write and share one’s own 

personal philosophy. We also encourage you to attempt this 

thought-provoking assignment as well, so you can discover 

first-hand just how challenging – and rewarding – this 

writing task really is! 

Course Materials 

This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and 

Women. Editors Jay Allison and Dan Gediman. Paperback, 

$14.00 (ISBN: 0805086587), available from Amazon or 

Barnes & Noble. 

Writer’s Notebook – Each participant should provide his or 

her own notebook for use at each session. 

Cost: $30 

If Your Plans Change, 

Please Be Courteous 

If you sign up for a trip or a course and find that you 

cannot participate, please call Helen Van Fleet at CBMM 

(410-745-2916). Many courses and trips have waiting lists 

and even if you must cancel at the last minute, someone 

else might be able to take your seat. 

Thank You!

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How It Ends 

With Ron Lesher 

4 Sessions, Mondays, April 29-May 20 

1:00-2:30pm 

Location: Van Lennep Aud., Steamboat Gallery, CBMM Campus 


Astronomer Chris Impey challenges us to ponder 

ending – person ending, species ending, life on earth 

ending, solar systems ending, stars ending, galaxies ending, 

and universes ending. What has the intelligent(?) human 

species learned about these various endings? We know a lot 

about personal endings, our brief existence, compared to 

the endings of longer-lived species, stars and solar systems, 

and galaxies. Join in exploring and discussing the endings 

of these structures. 

Cost: $30 

COME AND JOIN YOUR FELLOW LEARNERS AT THE 

ACADEMY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING’S 

Spring SOCIAL 

Tuesday, April 2, 4pm-6pm 

in the Van Lennep Auditorium, CBMM campus 

Learn about ALL’s upcoming courses and events. 

Meet old friends and make new ones. 

Enjoy a glass of wine and a nibble! 

Bring a friend —everyone welcome!


Faces of Our Founding Fathers 

With Dick Mattingley 

4 Sessions, Thursdays, April 18-May 9 

10:45am-12:15pm 



Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century America was often a 

dangerous world to live in. Lifespans were relatively short 

due to wars, epidemics, travel, and immature medical 

technology and treatments. Remembrance of a loved one 

could not be documented by photography until the 1840s. 

The only means to capture an individual’s features were the 

skills of a portrait painter, known as a “Limner.” 

This course will examine the portrait artists of early America 

and their sometimes famous subjects. As many as 30 rare 

portraits from America’s first two hundred years will be 

examined and related to significant historical events. “Sitters” 

include George Washington and his first Cabinet and 

some colonial subjects from the Middle Class. Methods of 

evaluating a portrait’s value as an antique will be discussed 

and applied to each of the portraits. 

Members of the class will be invited to bring in portraits for 

evaluation during the last class meeting. 

Cost: $30

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Beginning to Come on Dark: 

The Later Fiction of Mark Twain 

With John Ford and Kate Livie 

3 Sessions, Tuesdays, April 16-30 

1:00-2:30pm 



Let us guess that whenever we read a sentence & like it, we 

unconsciously store it away in our model-chamber; & it goes, with 

the myriad of its fellows, to the building, brick by brick, of the 

eventual edifice which we call our style. 

– Mark Twain in a letter, 15 Oct. 1888 

Join Kate Livie and John Ford in an exploration of three of 

Mark Twain’s late works of fiction: Pudd’nhead Wilson, Those 

Extraordinary Twins, and The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg. 

Twain describes the stories as a tragedy, a farce, and a satire 

respectively; all three are laced with Twain’s humor and 

human insight yet reflect the darker tone of his more mature 

writing. Through three sessions, we will discuss Twain’s 

dramatic shift in style and discover through these stories how 

age, experience, frustration and loss tempered the prose of 

one of America’s greatest writers. 

The preferred volume for the course (available at Amazon 

or other sites on-line) is: Pudd’nhead Wilson and Other Tales 

by Mark Twain, Oxford World’s Classics, Oxford University 

Press, USA; Reissue edition (April 15, 2009) 

ISBN-10: 0199554714, ISBN-13: 978-0199554713 

Cost: $30


Personalities of the Civil War 

With Robert Lonergan 

3 Sessions, Mondays, May 6-20 

10:30am-Noon 



We know of the battlefield exploits of the military leaders 

on both sides of the conflict. But what were these men and 

women really like? What general fought with himself? What 

general lost his leg in battle, donated it to the Armed Forces 

Institute of Pathology, and regularly paid visits to his severed 

limb throughout his long life? Who told his commanding 

general that if that general ever crossed him again, he’d kill 

him – and got away with it? Who was the only woman to 

serve as an officer in the Confederate army? 

This course is designed to explore the highlights of the 

careers of some of the more interesting and influential 

participants on both sides of the Civil War. Although we 

will only skim the surface of these characters, it is hoped 

that it may lead course participants to explore deeper into 

the endlessly fascinating event that forged the shape of our 

country over the last 150 years – our Civil War. 

Some of the personalities included in the course will be 

Stonewall Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman, Sally 

Tompkins, Nathan Bedford Forrest, as well as others, some 

better known, some less so, but all fascinating. 

Cost: $30

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Ghost Towns, Lost Towns, and 

Forgotten Towns on Delmarva: 

An Historical Autopsy 

With Phillip Hesser 

4 Sessions, Tuesdays, May 7-28 

11:00am-12:30pm 



The map of today’s Delmarva Peninsula is a far cry from 

the historical maps of centuries past with many old towns 

vanished and new towns taking their place. The appearance 

and disappearance of the “lost” towns of the Delmarva 

reflect a telling story of crossroads – once busy – now quiet – 

recounting the intersection of sustainable life and livelihood. 

This course will look at the economic and environmental 

forces that fostered and then undercut the development of 

“lost towns” on the Delmarva. Topics include: 1) Places on 

the Map – Towns Versus Settlements in the Colonial Period; 

2) Left on the Wayside – Towns Off the Beaten Track; 3) Boom 

(and Bust) Towns – Timber, Tomatoes, and a Tumble; and 4) 

Washout and Wide Open Spaces – Towns Undermined by 

the Waves (and Highways). Participants will consider the 

core question of whether the Delmarva has ever provided a 

setting for sustainable towns. 

Cost: $30 

Look for the Membership and Enrollment 

application form in the centerfold of this catalog.


Digital Photography for 

Beginners 

With Wilson Wyatt and Robert Lippson 

3 Sessions, Fridays, May 10-24 

10:30am-1:00pm 

(90 minutes in classroom plus 30-60 minutes of photo-shoot, 

depending on weather) 




Don’t pixelate over pixels! This course will demystify new 

technology and show you how to take advantage of the latest in 

digital photography, from cameras to iPhones, and everything 

between. We’ll have some fun, shoot lots of images, and you 

will be able to take better pictures! You’ll get some technical 

information, but only enough to help you relax behind the lens, 

to raise your creative expression to a new level. 

This “hands-on” course is designed for beginners or anyone 

who wants to improve their photography. Like any art or 

craft, we start with the “tools.” Instead of paints and brushes, 

we use a camera and lens. Once we understand the strengths 

of our tools, our creativity is free. Photography is about light, 

how we see it, and how we use it. 

Topics will include composition, how to photograph people, 

objects, and illustrate travel. It will include the basics of great 

scenes, foregrounds and backgrounds, almost anything you 

will want to shoot. Part of each session will be in the classroom 

and part in the field, photographing around the CBMM 

campus. The instructors will answer your questions and give 

you tips to shoot your best photographs. In the process, you 

will learn about your camera, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, 

resolution, flash and autofocus, as well as how to save and 

share your photos with relatives, friends… or the world! 

Cost: $30

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First Mate 

With Jerry Friedman 


9:00-10:30am 




This short course is intended for the First Mate, NOT THE 

CAPTAIN of your boat. It is designed to teach the less 

knowledgeable First Mate the basics of safe boating, so that 

he/she will be more helpful to the Captain. 

Topics which will be covered are: Reading charts – what do 

all those little symbols mean; Navigation aids – the street 

signs of the water; rules of the road – who has the right of 

way; navigation with electronics – what does a GPS do; 

plotting courses – what compass course do you use to get 

from here to there; anchoring – the right way and the wrong 

way; life jackets and other personal flotation devices – what 

kinds are there and when do you need them; knot tying – 

knots to know for tying to a dock or another boat; using 

spring lines – to help in turning the boat; maneuvering 

around boats and docks; safety around gasoline powered 

boats – do’s and don’ts; lights – what do those red, green, 

and white lights mean; the marine band radio – how do you 

use it; handling emergencies – man overboard, smoke where 

it shouldn’t be, incoming water; and what should the First 

Mate do in case the Captain becomes disabled and can not 

run the boat. 

If you have felt that you know too little about operating the 

boat, then this course is for you. 

Cost: $30


You Gotta Have Heart: 

Becoming Agents of Reconciliation 

in a Hate and Fear-Filled World 

With George Merrill and Esty Collet 


10:30am-Noon 

Location: Trinity Cathedral, Easton, Conference Room 



Our media sources report acts of hatred and violence daily. 

They take place locally, nationally and internationally. 

Violence occurs in families, among religious and ethnic 

groups and between nations. We respond in a variety of 

ways: with anger, with horror, with sadness, with fear 

and perhaps most troubling, in feeling overwhelming 

powerlessness hoping that someone will do something 

to stop it. The result is that many of us become inured to 

violence, thereby passively contributing to it. 

George Merrill and Esty Collet invite you to a six-week 

forum that attempts to create hope by empowering concerned 

persons to be agents of gentleness and wisdom in a world 

dominated by hatred and fear. We will explore the present 

religious, social and political climate, examine our own 

personal attitudes toward hatred and violence, and begin 

considering ways to change the prevailing climate from one of 

hate and fear to one of compassion. The journey of a thousand 

miles begins with one step. Take the first step with us. 

Required Student Materials 

Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong 

Anchor Publishing ISBN-10:0307742881 

Available through Amazon 

Cost: $30

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The Fight for Irish Freedom: 1916 

With Brendan Keegan 

2 Sessions, Mondays, April 15 and April 22 

10:30am-Noon 



In 2016 Ireland will commemorate the centennials of two 

events which had a lasting effect on the course of modern 

Irish history and indeed, on the history of Great Britain, as 

well. These two events were the Easter Rebellion of 1916 in 

Dublin (The Rising) and the Battle of the Somme. 

Irish men fought in both encounters, against British soldiers in 

the streets of Dublin (The Rising) and side-by-side with British 

soldiers in the trenches in France at the Battle of the Somme. 

While independence from Britain was the goal of the rebels, it 

was also the goal of many (but not all) of those who fought in 

the trenches. 

Who were these rebels? Who were those fighting in the 

trenches for Irish freedom? And who were those in the 

trenches who were fighting for “King and Country,” i.e., the 

British Empire. All were Irish. 

These lectures will detail the events relating to the rebellion 

itself, the motives behind the event, the leaders, the reaction 

of the populace, the suppression, the immediate aftermath 

and the lasting implications. It will also explain the Irish 

involvement in the Great War (the Battle of the Somme) and 

the links between the rebellion and the events in France. 

Cost: $20


Single-Session Courses 

Meet the Author 

Presenter: Christopher Tilghman: The Right-Hand Shore, 

Mason’s Retreat 

1 Session, Thursday, May 30 

1:00-2:30pm 



National bestselling author Christopher Tilghman will 

discuss the local sources and family stories that are the 

inspiration for his novels set on the Eastern Shore, including 

the recent The Right-Hand Shore, and his 1996 novel, Mason’s 

Retreat. These two novels are centered on the fictional Mason 

family and their farm on the Chester River, and they cover 

events beginning in 1857 with a slave sale, and ending with 

the outbreak of the Second World War. 

Cost: Free for ALL Members, $10 for non-members 

Please Share Your Learning 

Experience With Others 

and suggest they contact Helen Van Fleet at CBMM 

for a catalog and information about membership. 

www.cbmm.org/all 

CBMM: 410-745-2916

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Tellington TTouch ® for Dogs: 

Change the Body, Change Behavior 

With Lisa Benchoff 

1 Session, Friday, May 10 

1:00-2:30pm 



In this class, dog owners will learn how a unique method of 

touch and movement can help our dogs to become calmer, 

more focused and connected to us, and better behaved. 

Improvements are often quick and dramatic. TTouch 

addresses the underlying reasons for many undesirable 

animal behaviors, especially fear and lack of confidence. 

Currently practiced in over 30 countries, most often with 

horses, dogs, and cats, TTouch is based on the Feldenkrais 

method of mind-body integration for people. TTouch uses 

nonhabitual touch and movement exercises to enhance 

physical and emotional well-being by releasing tension, 

changing posture, and improving balance. 

When animals experience the benefits of TTouch, they feel 

more relaxed, grounded, and safe, which in turn promotes 

calmness. As we all know, when the mind is calm and 

focused, thinking and making good choices is much easier. 

Too often owners misunderstand what their dogs are trying 

to tell them. And our own body language can be confusing or 

intimidating to dogs. Fortunately, it’s not difficult to “read” 

our dogs and to help them calm down and nonverbally 

understand what we want. Better communication means 

more trust, less frustration and stress, a closer relationship, 

and as a result, more cooperation. 

You will practice and take home several TTouch techniques, 

including one that may save your pet’s life. With the 

information covered in this class, you will be able to help 

your dogs feel safer, understood, and able to think and 

choose the right behaviors. 

Cost: Free for ALL Members, $10 for non-members


Book Club 

With Margot Miller and Esty Collet 

1 Session, Wednesday, May 22 

2:30-4:00pm 



The ALL Book Club is an informal discussion group which 

explores one book per session. In the Spring Semester we 

will read and discuss In One Person by John Irving. 

A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In 

One Person is a story of unfulfilled love – tormented, funny, 

and affecting – and an impassioned embrace of our sexual 

differences. The novel is narrated by a young bisexual man 

named Billy Abbot. As a teenager at a New England allboys 

prep school in the 1950s, he has crushes on “the wrong 

people,” including the town’s transgendered librarian and 

the wrestling team’s golden boy. In the 1980s, he witnesses 

the horror of the AIDS epidemic. Throughout his life, he 

experiences the loneliness of knowing no one person can 

fully satisfy him. Irving first introduced the term, “sexual 

suspect” three decades ago in his National Book Awardwinning 

novel, The World According to Garp. 

Cost: Free for ALL Members, $10 for non-members

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Day Trips 

A Real Field Trip: Easton/Newman Field 

With Mike Henry 

Thursday, April 18 or Thursday, May 16 or Thursday, June 20 

10:00am-Noon 

Location: Easton Airport 



On this field trip you will tour Easton Airport and learn 

what a local airport can mean to the community. Who uses it? 

Who works there? How is it funded? You will also learn what 

has been done to make the airport an environmentally 

good neighbor. 

The walking tour includes Spitfire LTD, a collection of 

beautifully restored WWII fighter craft. 

The trip includes a tour of the Air Traffic Control tower. 

Easton’s tower is the first general aviation tower in the 

U.S. to be equipped with the new technology radar system 

STARS LITE. 

After the tour, you are invited to have lunch at the Hangar 

Café (Dutch Treat). 

Cost: $5

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Viewing the Wonders at 

Benedictine School, Ridgely, MD 

With Jeff Moran 

Thursday, May 16 

10:00-11:30am (Meet at Target Parking Lot at 9:00am for 

car pooling to the School) 

Location: Benedictine School, Ridgely, MD 


A guided tour of the Benedictine School, Ridgely, MD, where 

you can experience a sense of this special place for special 

people; individuals with developmental disabilities from five 

years of age to senior citizens. Our full range of techniques 

and treatments work with a team of dedicated, caring 

professionals in a loving environment. It’s a combination that 

is unique in the world. If fact, many of our parents like to 

think of Benedictine as “a prep school for life’s challenges.” 

School Address: 14299 Benedictine Lane, Ridgely, MD 21660 

Cost: $5 

Visit to Chesapeake Center 

With Donna Harrison 

Wednesday, April 10 

10:00-11:30am 

Location: Meet at Chesapeake Center, 713 Dover St., Easton, 

MD 21601 


Donna Harrison will lead a tour of Chesapeake Center 

which offers vocational training and life services to 

disabled residents of Talbot, Dorchester, and Caroline 

County residents. 

We will meet at Chesapeake Center at 10:00am. 

Cost: $5


MEBA 

With members of the MEBA staff 

Wednesday, May 29 

10:00am-Noon, Lunch at 12:10pm 

Location: Newberry Auditorium, MEBA, St. Michaels Road (Rt. 33) 



We will be provided with a history of Marine Engineers 

Benevolent Association (MEBA) training facility and will 

visit the ship bridge simulator (always a favorite!). 

You are invited to have lunch at MEBA but reservations must 

be paid by Tuesday, May 20 in order for MEBA to prepare 

your meal. 

Cost: $17.50 (Includes lunch at MEBA), payable by May 20 

to CBMM. 

N a m e Tags 

All members are urged to wear their ALL membership badges at 

all class and social functions. These can be altered to wear around 

the neck with the addition of punch holes and ribbons. This enables 

leaders and learners to interact in a more personal manner.


A Visit to Historic Druid Hill 

Conservatory 

With Alan Stein, Margaret Haviland Stansbury, and Kate Blom 

Thursday, June 6 

10:30am-2:00pm 

Location: Druid Hill Park at McCulloh and Gwynn Falls 

Parkway, Baltimore, 800-229-2925 


Druid Hill Conservatory (officially known as the Howard 

Peter Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of 

Baltimore), a lovely architectural relic from the Victorian era, 

still blooms in Baltimore today. 

Its original structures, The Palm House (the distinctive 

arched structure) and Orchid Room, were built in 1888. 

Later additions include the three greenhouses that each mimic 

desert, tropic and Mediterranean habitats. There is also a 

lobby and another reception area, making the conservatory 

and its outdoor gardens suitable as an event venue. 

The last of its kind, the Druid Hill Conservatory, was once 

one of several conservatories in Baltimore City parks. Clifton 

Park, Patterson Park and Carroll Park all had fanciful 

hothouses at one time, but each crumbled into disrepair and 

eventually met with the wrecking ball. 

Alan Stein is an internationally recognized authority on 

the history, design and manufacture of traditional glass 

architecture. He is President and Director of Architecture at 

Tanglewood Conservatories. Alan will give a short lecture 

about the Conservatory and its history and significance. 

Margaret Haviland Stansbury is founder of the Baltimore 

Conservatory Association and author of “Glass House of 

Dreams – Baltimore’s Victorian Glass Palace in the Park. 

Using original lithographic postcards drawn from her own

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collection, Margaret will take you back in time to a moment 

in history when glass houses captured the imaginations of 

urbanites across the nation and around the world. 

Kate Blom is Supervisor at the Howard P. Rawlings 

Conservatory & Botanic Gardens in Baltimore. She will lead 

a guided tour of the Conservatory – a virtual trip around the 

world and through history! The Palm House is a spectacular 

example of Victorian architecture and culture, built to 

exhibit plant specimens collected during a time of avid 

world-wide exploration. Join her for an in-depth look at the 

extensive collection of plants and experience first-hand their 

connections and contributions to the food, medicines, and 

economic vitality of Spaceship Earth. 

We will meet at the Acme parking lot in Easton at 8:45am to 

car pool to Druid Hill Park (about 90 minutes). 

Cost: $24 (includes entrance fees and lunch) 

HELP WANTED: 

CLASS Facilitator OPPORTUNITY! 

Most courses require a class facilitator… someone who will report 

early to each class to insure the proper arrangement of the chairs 

and tables, adjust the heat/air conditioning (if necessary), take 

attendance and assist the instructor in operating the audio-visual 

equipment. Would you be willing to do that in your class(es)? If so, 

contact Helen Van Fleet at 410-745-2916.


Visit to the U.S. Naval Academy 

Museum 

With Grant Walker, Education Director 

Wednesday, June 5 

9:00am-2:00pm 

Location: U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 



The U.S. Naval Academy Museum is located in Preble Hall 

on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy. The Museum 

offers two floors of exhibits about the history of sea power, 

the development of the U.S. Navy, and the role of the U.S. 

Naval Academy in producing officers capable of leading 

America’s sailors and marines. 

Displays combine historical artifacts with video and audio 

technology to bring to life the stories of the men and women 

who have served their country at sea. Whether you are a 

casual visitor, a student of naval history, or a member of the 

Brigade of Midshipmen, the Museum stands ready to make 

your visit a memorable one. 

The Museum houses the Rogers Ship Model Collection, the 

largest collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century 

ship models on public display in North America. More than 

seventy models in beautifully crafted display cases illustrate 

two hundred years of developments in warship design. It 

also is also home to the Beverly R. Robinson Collection of 

prints illustrating famous ships and naval scenes from the 

last 500 years. 

Bus Transportation to and from the Museum will be provided. 

Cost: $30, Lunch in Annapolis on your own.

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Stride and Boogie-Woogie 

Performed by an Englishman? 

Featuring Pianist Neville Dickey 

Friday, June 7 

8:00pm-? (Leave Easton at 4:00pm) 

Location: The Mainstay, 5753 Main Street, Rock Hall, MD 


Prepare yourself for some great piano artistry played by 

a man who has mastered the music which was the rage 

throughout the country in the 20s and 30s. 

Pianist Neville Dickey, who hails from Merry Old England, 

will make a rare appearance on the stage of The Mainstay 

on June 7 as part of a nationwide tour. His virtuoso playing 

of the great stride, ragtime, and boogie masterpieces is 

respected by jazz pianists from London to New Orleans. 

He has played the great tunes from the tradition of Ammons, 

Fats Waller and Pinetop Perkins on stages all over the 

world. His engaging style and sense of humor should add 

to your enjoyment of the performance. 

We will meet at the Acme Parking Lot in Easton at 4:00pm 

and car-pool to Rock Hall, arriving in time for dinner on your 

own and some strolling before the performance which begins 

at 8:00pm. 

Cost: $5 plus Mainstay Entrance Fee. Dinner on your own 

in Rock Hall.


Visit Poplar Island 

With Poplar Island Staff 

Tuesday, June 25 or Wednesday, July 17 or Monday, August 19 

9:00am-Noon 

Location: Boat leaves from Tilghman Island (directions below) 



Poplar Island, once on the verge of disappearing, is 

today a national model for habitat restoration and the 

beneficial use of dredged material. The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Baltimore District, teamed with the Maryland 

Port Administration and other State and Federal agencies 

to restore the island using dredged material from the 

Baltimore Harbor and Channel Federal navigation projects. 

Approximately 40 million cubic yards of dredged material 

will be placed to develop 570 acres of wetlands and 570 acres 

of uplands. 

A guided tour of the island’s 13 miles of dikes will offer 

views of emerging habitat for a variety of wildlife species 

including bald eagles, ospreys, herons, and egrets as well 

as insight into the challenges of island restoration. 

DIRECTIONS: Cross Knapps Narrows Bridge on Rt. 33 to 

Tilghman Island. Turn left at the first street, Chicken Point Road. 

The office is the 3rd building on the left, 21548 Chicken Point Road. 

Parking is available in the adjacent lot. Please park in the marked 

parking spaces. 

Follow the stone path from the parking lot to the pier. Terrapin 

departs promptly at 9:00am – the boat does not wait for stragglers. 

Closed toe shoes, dress appropriate to the weather and an outdoor 

location, and insect repellent are strongly recommended. 

Cost: $5

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A Tour of Elegance and Beauty 

With Tom Hollingshead 

Tuesday, June 18 

9:00am-approx. 5:00pm 

Location: Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, 4155 Linnean 

Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008 



Travel with us through wooded Rock Creek Park, on the 

outskirts of Washington, D.C., to Hillwood, a magnificent 

homestead and garden, formerly the home of art collector 

and philanthropist, Marjorie Merriweather Post. A passionate 

art collector, she assembled one of the finest private 

collections of Russian art in the country including paintings, 

furniture, Fabrege eggs, jewelry and textiles. The 36 room 

mansion, which was remodeled in 2000, also features an 

impressive collection of 18th century French furnishings, 

tapestries and porcelain. Hillwood estate is surrounded by 

25 acres of gardens including a Japanese garden and waterfall 

and an orchid greenhouse. 

We will meet at 8:30am and depart by bus at 9:00am from the 

main Easton Firehouse, 315 Aurora Park Drive, Easton. 

Cost: $35 – Includes bus transportation, admission fee and 

a docent-led mansion and garden tour. Lunch on your own.


Planning and Offering 

an ALL Course 

With Chip Britt and ALL Volunteers 

Wednesday, May 8 

1:00-4:00pm 



Open to ALL Members and Non-Members alike, this 

workshop will acquaint you with the types of courses ALL 

offers and the process of planning, proposing, and offering 

an ALL course. At this workshop you will be able to give 

your input on what types of courses and formats interest 

you most. You will also be able to evaluate your potential for 

presenting a course on your field of expertise, your hobbies, 

your interests or travels or maybe leading a group to some 

interesting place. 

You will learn about the many different types of course 

offerings, from multi-session courses, to discussion groups, 

to lectures and demonstrations, trips, and other possibilities. 

ALL volunteers who have offered successful courses will 

offer advice and observations about what works and help 

you decide if you have something of interest to share with 

other ALL members in the form of a course. 

This workshop is your opportunity to become involved with 

ALL, a learning cooperative that depends on its members to 

propose, develop, and offer courses for other members. 

Attend this workshop and learn how much you have to offer, 

even if you don’t know it yet. 

Cost: FREE

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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS 

Spring 2013 

Jim Adams: After retiring from the Federal Labor Relations Authority as a 

Supervisory Attorney and Director of Case Management Jim practiced as a labormanagement 

consultant until moving to Eastern Shore in 2003. Thereafter, Jim 

joined the Mid Shore Community Mediation Center in Easton as a volunteer 

mediator and currently serves on its Board as the Treasurer. 

Kate Blom is Supervisor at the Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic 

Gardens in Baltimore. Originally trained as a journalist, she obtained a second 

degree in Ornamental Horticulture. Kate has served on the Board of Directors 

of the Horticultural Society of Maryland, the Friends of Druid Hill Park and the 

Baltimore Conservatory Association. 

Lisa Benshoff is a dog behavior consultant and positive trainer. On the Eastern 

Shore, she is the only certified practitioner of Tellington TTouch ® , a two-year 

program. As she works towards certification as a dog trainer and behavior 

consultant, Lisa has been traveling the country to learn the most humane, 

effective, and creative methods of behavior modification and reward-based 

training from several leading behaviorists and trainers. She moved from 

Washington D.C. five years ago, happily leaving a job in legal journalism, and 

lives in Easton with her husband and two nearly perfect Labradoodles. Her 

business is Talbot TTouch ® llc, www.bestdogstalbot.com. 

Chip Britt is a retired physicist whose career was primarily in basic experimental 

nuclear and particle physics with some periods of administration at Los Alamos 

and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and a few stints as a program 

manager for nuclear physics programs at the Department of Energy and the 

National Science Foundation. 

Esty Collet has worked in executive search for twenty years specializing in 

the fields of healthcare and higher education. She attended Baldwin Wallace 

College, the Cours de Civilisation Francaise de la Sorbonne and served as a mentor 

for Education for Ministry, a theology program sponsored by The University of 

the South. She has been a resident of the Eastern Shore since 2003 and previously 

lived in Philadelphia. She has also resided in France and England. 

John Ford majored in Literature in college and is currently Facilities Manager at 

CBMM. John is President of the Easton Town Council. John has taught literature 

courses for CBMM-ALL for more years than he cares to remember. 

Jerry Friedman is a retired electrical engineering executive whose career was 

spent at the National Security Agency. He managed a world-wide information 

computer and communication technology organization. Jerry has been a boater 

all his life and has held a USCG Captain’s License for 51 years; he currently holds 

a 100-Ton Master’s License. In addition to cruising on his own trawler, Jerry is 

the lead captain of CBMM’s Mister Jim and has trained volunteer crew members 

and conducted orientation for the Buy Boat’s Masters and training for CBMM


dock hands. Jerry ran an emergency service towboat for BoatUS for several years. 

Captain Jerry provides instruction for private boat owners, delivers boats, and 

teaches navigation courses at Chesapeake College. 

Mike Henry became the Easton Airport Manager after retiring from the FAA in 

2003. He is a Chief Warrant Officer, W5(Ret.), Army Master Aviator with over 

15,000 flight hours. Mike has a Master’s degree in Safety from Central Missouri 

State University. He and his wife Christina have lived in Easton since 1993. 

Phillip Hesser, Ph.D., taught in the U.S. and Africa and served with the UNHCR 

and AED. Phil can be found teaching at Salisbury University and Wor-Wic 

Community College; running the marshes with his retrievers; or working on 

Blackwater: A Guide for Exploration, and Sitting in Limbo: Life and Livelihood on the 

Tumps of Chesapeake Bay. 

Tom Hollingshead is a retired Westinghouse Broadcasting Company sales 

executive. He majored in English/Creative Writing and History at the University 

of Missouri. Tom is also a notable jazz fan. Tom is past President of CBMM-ALL. 

Tom Huddleston earned a B.A. in History from New England College in 1969 

and has been a constant history buff ever since. He has been building and 

repairing antique guns for forty years. He lived in Caroline County for twenty 

years where he had three children. Tom Lived in Asia and Africa during his high 

school and college years and now lives in Neavitt with his second wife, Edie. He 

has a lifelong love of history. 

Brendan Keegan is the retired Executive Vice President of Human Resources, 

worldwide, for Marriott International Inc. where he served for 35 years. 

Brendan joined Marriott after a brief academic career where he taught religion 

and social issues. Brendan earned degrees in philosophy and psychology at 

the National University of Ireland, Divinity at Clonliff College, Dublin, and 

education and religion at the Catholic University of America. He has lectured 

widely on executive development and leadership and is an experienced 

public speaker. A native of Dublin, Ireland, he has a strong interest in history, 

particularly modern Irish history. 

Ron Lesher has a lifelong interest in math and physics, supplemented with 

teaching those subjects at the high school level. He has been a frequent 

instructor for ALL, with offerings “Gödel, Escher, Bach, “Flatland,” and 

most recently “Higgs, The Invention and Discovery of the ‘God Particle’” 

co-taught with Chip Britt. He majored in mathematics at Lafayette College 

and continued his formal education with a masters and doctorate in Research 

and Measurement at Lehigh University. 

Robert Lippson, Ph.D., is a retired marine biologist who has always had 

a camera with him especially while at sea. Since his retirement Bob has 

concentrated on nature photography in Kenya, along the wetlands of the Atlantic 

coast and in Chilean Patagonia. The last two books that he and his wife, A.J., 

have co-authored feature Bob’s photos on the covers.

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Kate Livie is the Director of Education at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. 

Her undergraduate work was in American Art History at Towson University, 

and her graduate studies in American Decorative Arts were with Parsons School 

of Design, Smithsonian campus. Kate has spent her professional career in the 

non-profit and museum world, working with the White House, the National 

Portrait Gallery, Mount Vernon, Sultana Projects, and the Chesapeake Bay 

Maritime Museum. Kate is active locally in the board of several organizations: 

The Chestertown Tea Party festival, The Chester River Association, and the 

Maryland Association for Historic Museums. She is also an admitted fan of the 

dystopian genre, and has consumed literature of that ilk since her 6th grade teacher 

caught her reading The Giver during math class and took it away. Kate lives in 

Chestertown with her husband, Ben Ford, and their two dogs. 

Robert Lonergan, a retired lawyer, has had a deep interest in the Civil War for 

many years. Last fall Bob conducted a course for ALL on the Civil War. He has 

been an adjunct professor at the University of Utah, and has guest lectured at a 

number of leading law schools. 

Richard Mattingley holds a B.S.A.E. degree in aeronautical engineering, an 

M.B.A. and a Juris Doctor degree. Dick’s work has spanned a wide range 

of careers including engineering for several major aerospace companies, 

management consulting, Assistant Professor at Norwich University, owner and 

operator of a Kent Narrows marina, and General Manager of a defense company. 

He recently retired from a fifteen year tenure as Senior Vice President/General 

Manager of Global Defense Industries in Easton, MD. His passion for the past 

forty years has been in the study and collecting of American antiques with an 

emphasis on American furniture and decorative arts from 1620 to 1850. His 

in-depth knowledge has enabled him to enjoy the challenge of investigating, 

evaluating and collecting of decorative arts once owned and made by our 

founding ancestors. He lives with his wife Jean in Royal Oak. 

George Merrill is a retired Episcopal priest. His work has included parish, hospital 

and hospice ministry and clinical chaplain, State of Connecticut’s Drug and 

Alcohol Program. He has directed pastoral counseling centers in Maryland and 

D.C. He served as a member of Loyola College’s graduate program in Pastoral 

Counseling in Baltimore. George is an avid photographer, writer, and sailor. 

Margot Miller holds a Ph.D. in French literature. She writes fiction as well as 

academic articles on contemporary women authors who write in French. And she 

paints. Her artwork can be seen at Occasional Art and at the Cottage Studio & 

Gallery in Easton. 

Don Rush is currently the News Director at Delmarva Public Radio in 

Salisbury MD. He has been in public radio for the last 40 years. He has reported 

on issues ranging from politics and economics to international relations. His 

time in journalism has taken him to the National Party Conventions since 1984 

and spent over a decade during the 1990s covering congress, the U.S. Supreme 

Court and the President. He has a wide range of experience engaging people 

and diverse communities.


Margaret Haviland Stansbury, is founder of the non-profit Baltimore 

Conservatory Association and author of Glass House of Dreams – Baltimore’s 

Victorian Glass Palace in the Park, a history of glass houses and the rebirth of the 

Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory, the second oldest surviving glass house 

in America. 

Alan Stein is an internationally recognized authority on the history, design 

and manufacture of traditional glass architecture. He is President and Director 

of Architecture at Tanglewood Conservatories, Ltd. Alan studied design at the 

California College of Art and graduated from the University of Maryland with a 

professional degree in architecture. 

Wilson Wyatt, Jr. is a published writer and photographer who has exhibited 

at several art galleries locally and in Scottsdale, Arizona. He won the Nikon 

Mentor Series “Best of Maryland” photo competition in 2012. His photography 

books include YOSEMITE – Catching the Light and CHESAPEAKE VIEWS – 

Catching the Light.” 

All views and opinions expressed by instructors and guest speakers are solely their 

own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Academy or the Chesapeake Bay 

Maritime Museum. 

ALL is a cooperative learning community 

The majority of our instructors come from our membership. 

We strongly encourage everyone to consider leading a 

course or program. 

We offer a workshop on May 8 (see page 27) to gather ideas for 

new course selections and to encourage prospective course leaders. 

The workshop will be an opportunity to work together to consider 

potential new course ideas, as well as a time for experienced course 

leaders to provide support and training for new leaders. 

Please take some time to think about what inspires your 

imagination and how ALL might help you share your knowledge 

and experience with others. 

More details will be forthcoming, but in the interim feel free to 

address inquiries to all@cbmm.org.

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Our New Look 

and 

Call for Photographs and Art Work 

We hope you like our new look. We have enjoyed 

creating it and feel it reflects the energy, and quality of 

ALL’s programs and membership. 

Each fall, winter, and spring, the Academy for Lifelong 

Learning Course Catalog will feature a cover photograph, 

or artwork, from an ALL member. We invite your 

submissions and hope to receive lots of choices. There 

are three catalogs a year. The final cover images will 

be featured on ALL’s website and Facebook page. 

We encourage your participation and look forward 

to acknowledging the talents of our membership. 

Please send us your work as an email attachment to 

estycollet@gmail.com. 

The Marketing Committee 

Academy for Lifelong Learning 

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum 

HELP WANTED: 

CLASS Facilitator OPPORTUNITY! 

Most courses require a class facilitator … someone who will 

report early to each class to insure the proper arrangement of the 

chairs and tables, adjust the heat/air conditioning (if necessary), 

take attendance and assist the instructor in operating the audiovisual 

equipment. Would you be willing to do that in your 

class(es)? If so, contact Helen Van Fleet at 410-745-2916.

C a l e n d a r of Events 

A p r i l 

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 

1 2 

3 4 

5 

6 

Spring Social 

4-6pm 

8 9 10 11 12 13 

Chesapeake 

Center 

10-11:30am 

Have Heart 

10:30-Noon 

15 16 17 18First Mate 19 20 

9-10:30am 

Irish 

Freedom 

10:30-Noon 

Mark Twain 

1-2:30pm 

Great 

Decisions 

5-6:30pm 

Easton Field 

10am-Noon 

Have Heart 

10:30-Noon 

Founding 

Fathers 

10:45am- 

12:15pm 

22 23 

Irish 

Freedom 

10:30-Noon 

Mark Twain 

1-2:30pm 

Great 

Decisions 

5-6:30pm 

24 25 26 27 

First Mate 

9-10:30am 

Have Heart 

10:30-Noon 

Founding 

Fathers 

10:45am- 

12:15pm 

29 

How it Ends 

1-2:30pm 

30 

Mark Twain 

1-2:30pm 

Great 

Decisions 

5-6:30pm

M ay 


1 

2 

First Mate 

9-10:30am 

Have Heart 

10:30-Noon 

Founding 

Fathers 

10:45am- 

12:15pm 

3 

4 

6 7 8 

Civil War 

10:30-Noon 

How it Ends 

1-2:30pm 

Ghost Towns 

11am-12:30 


1-2:30pm 

Great 

Decisions 

5-6:30pm 

Planning an 

ALL Course 

1-4pm 

9 

First Mate 

9-10:30am 

Have Heart 

10:30-Noon 

Founding 

Fathers 

10:45am- 

12:15pm 

10 11 

Digital 

Photography 

10:30-1pm 

Tellington 

TTouch ® 

1-2:30pm 

13 14 15 16 17 18 

Civil War 

10:30-Noon 

How it Ends 

1-2:30pm 

Ghost Towns 

11am-12:30 


1-2:30pm 

Great 

Decisions 

5-6:30pm 

Easton Field 

10am-Noon 

Benedictine 

School 

10-11:30am 

Have Heart 

10:30-Noon 

Digital 

Photography 

10:30-1pm 

20 21 22 

Civil War 

10:30-Noon 

How it Ends 

1-2:30pm 

Ghost Towns 

11am-12:30 


1-2:30pm 

Great 

Decisions 

5-6:30pm 

Book Club 

2:30-4pm 

23 

24 25 

Digital 

Photography 

10:30-1pm 

27 

28 

Ghost Towns 

11am-12:30 


1-2:30pm 

Great 

Decisions 

5-6:30pm 

29 30 31 

MEBA 

10am-Noon 

Meet the 

Author 

1-2:30pm

J u n e 


1 

3 

4 5 6 7 8 


1-2:30pm 

Great 

Decisions 

5-6:30pm 

Naval 

Academy 

9am-2pm 

Druid Hill 

10:30-2pm 

Boogie- 

Woogie 

8pm-? 

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11 12 13 14 15 


1-2:30pm 

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22 

Hillwood 

Estate 

9am-5pm 

Easton Field 

10am-Noon 

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29 

Poplar Island 

9am-Noon

J u ly 

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10 11 12 13 

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9am-Noon 

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9am-Noon

COUNT ME IN! 

Academy for Lifelong Learning 

Membership Participation Form 

The Academy for Lifelong Learning is a non-profit, all volunteer supported and run 

organization. We depend on the gifts and talents of our members and volunteer 

faculty. We know you have talents and would welcome your participation in a 

number of ways. Let us know what interests you. Check any of the following you 

would like more information about or contact a member of the Executive Committee 

with questions or ideas. 

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Contact us at 410-745-2916 or ALL@cbmm.org 

Visit our website http://www.cbmm.org/all 

Or on Facebook at facebook.com/academy for lifelong learning at CBMM.

ALL Offerings – 

A Cooperative Experience 

ALL is a cooperative learning community. The majority 

of our instructors come from our membership. 

We strongly encourage everyone to consider leading 

a course or program. 

In Spring of 2013 we will be offering a workshop 

to gather ideas for new course selections and to 

encourage prospective course leaders. The workshop 

will be an opportunity to work together to consider 

potential new course ideas, as well as a time for 

experienced course leaders to provide support and 

training for new leaders. 

Please take some time this Spring to think about what 

inspires your imagination and how ALL might help 

you share your knowledge and experience with others. 

More details will be forthcoming, but in the interim feel 

free to address inquiries to the curriculum committee at 

all@cbmm.org.

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