The Philadelphia Society

Los Angeles Regional Meeting

California and the Formation of the American Spirit

October 15-16, 1999

John Willson, Hillsdale College, Chairman

Edwin Meese III, The Heritage Foundation, "What Went Right in California: Ronald Reagan and His Legacy" 

The Legacy of the Sixties

Robert Ernst III, Attorney, Chairman

Balint Vazsonyi, The Center for the American Founding

Midge Decter, The Heritage Foundation

What's Left of the Party in Hollywood?

Robert W. Poole, Jr., Reason Foundation, Chairman

Lloyd Billingsley, Pacific Research Institute

Martha Bayles, Claremont McKenna College

Saturday Luncheon:

Faith and Freedom in California: Tributes to Ed Opitz

William F. Campbell, Louisiana State University, Chairman

David Keyston, Real Estate Developer

Edmund Opitz, Foundation for Economic Education 

Cutting Edge Issues in California Politics

Michael Warder, The Claremont Institute, Chairman

Sally Pipes, Pacific Research Institute

Eloise Anderson, The Claremont Institute

Roberto Blum, CIDAC 

Future of Conservatism in California

Charles R. Kesler, Claremont McKenna College, Chairman

Arnold Steinberg, Steinberg and Associates, Inc.

Bruce Herschensohn, The Claremont Institute

Steven Hayward, Pacific Research Institute