The Philadelphia Society's 41^st National Meeting
April 29– May 1, 2005
Hyatt Regency Miami – Miami, Florida

What Is An American?   

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Click on Name for Biographical Materials

Friday

      7:00 - 9:00   Midge Decter, The Heritage Foundation, Chairman

                        Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution, Link to related piece

Saturday              

      10:00 - 11:30  Culture and Creed in the Formation of Americans

                        Ellis Sandoz, Eric Voegelin Institute, Chairman, Paper

                        Bruce Frohnen, Ave Maria School of Law

                        Bradley C.S. Watson, St. Vincent College 

    12:00 - 1:30  Luncheon

                       Lee Edwards, The Heritage Foundation, Chairman

                       M. Stanton Evans, Education Research Institute                     

      2:00 - 3:30  Immigration and America

                        Nicholas Capaldi, Loyola University, New Orleans, Chairman 

                        Peter Brimelow, Author, Alien Nation      

                        Benjamin Powell, San Jose State University, Paper

                        Andrew Yuengert, Pepperdine University, Paper                  

      4:00 - 5:30   E Pluribus Unum

                        Forrest McDonald, University of Alabama, Chairman

                        Linda Chavez, Center for Equal Opportunity   

                        W. Wesley McDonald, Elizabethtown College, Paper

                        Barry Shain, Colgate University, Paper                                             

Sunday Breakfast

   8:30 - 11:00    What Should It Mean To Be An American Citizen?

                        Josiah Bunting, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Chairman

                        Matthew Spalding, The Heritage Foundation

                        Donald J. Devine, Bellevue University, Paper

                       John Willson, Hillsdale College

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