The Philadelphia Society

Grand Rapids Regional Meeting

"In God We Trust? Covenant, Character & Virtue in the American Republic"

November 10-12, 2000

Ellis Sandoz, Eric Voegelin Institute, LSU, Chairman

Patriotic Music performed by the Hillsdale College Chamber Choir, James Holleman, Conductor
Introduced by Bill Campbell, Secretary, The Philadelphia Society

Larry Arnn, President, Hillsdale College, Liberal Education & the Constitution

Perspectives of Statesmen

Ellis Sandoz, Chairman

Matthew Spalding, Heritage Foundation, George Washington

Jean M. Yarbrough, Bowdoin College, Thomas Jefferson

Greg Russell, University of Oklahoma, Theodore Roosevelt

Religion, Constitution and Character

Robert Sirico, The Acton Institute, Chairman

David W. Hall, Kuyper Institute, On the Founders

Graham Walker, The Catholic University of America, How the Constitution Establishes Religion

Richard E. Morgan, Bowdoin College, On the Courts

Saturday Luncheon

John Willson, Hillsdale College, Chairman

William B. Allen, Michigan State University, The Good Citizen

The Virtues of Economy and Charity

Lawrence Reed, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Chairman

Burton Folsom, Center for the American Idea

Barbara J. Elliott, Center for Renewal

Did Character Count in the 2000 Election?

David Keene, ACU, Chairman

John A. Howard, The Howard Center

James Y. Stern, editor, The Crimson, Harvard University

Sunday Luncheon at the Russell Kirk Center, Mecosta, Michigan

Annette Kirk, The Russell Kirk Center, Chairman

Ian Crowe, The Russell Kirk Center, editor of The Enduring Edmund Burke

Gleaves Whitney, Engler Administration, The Russell Kirk Center

Edward Ericson, Calvin College

Vladimir Zolotyke, Udmurt State University, Russia