Public lecture and banquet

Carol and Manny

Tonight Peter gave a public lecture on the topic 'What on Earth are we doing? outlining what we can learn from the past successful and unsuccessful attempts to mitigate damage to the environment and how many breakthroughs in understanding are facilitated, not just by good science, but by charismatic individuals who sponsor change and eventually get governments to listen.

Carol, Manny and Misty look at the poster

 The first arrivals at the lecture were Carol and Manny. It's Carol who has been taking me on my Wednesday adventures!
 
About 250 people came to the lecture and to the reception afterwards.  Students showed posters of their work and then about 80 people enjoyed a banquet in Peter's honour. Margaret Leinen, Director of Scripps Institute of Oceanography, gave a speech about Peter.  And there were presentations of gifts!  The whole event was masterminded by Bob and Renji Zhang and was quite an experience...though a wedding photograph of the pair of us appearing on the screen was rather a shock!

The poster!

Peter, Bob and Margaret Lineham 

Getting ready

Here's Phyllis who introduced me to her book group

Bob and Mary's family too!

The audience fills up

Peter and the John Junkins who heads TIAS

Beautiful table settings for the banquet

Bob, master of ceremonies

Two Ruths, one even smaller than the other!