Distinguished Lecture
The Shep and Edna Pryluck Distinguished Lecture Series
The community has always been an important part of the lives of Shep and Edna Pryluck. As owners of Pryluck's Pharmacy in Middletown, they came to know generations of families. Their contribution to Orange County Community College is symbolic of their continued commitment to the community. Their gift to the SUNY Orange Foundation has created a permanent endowment so that each and every year the college can host a Distinguished Lecture Series. The Prylucks have also endowed a scholarship which is designed to benefit students demonstrating financial need and studying in the College's nursing program.
Previous Distinguished Lectures
| Les Jauron |
| Vice President of Planning and Information, Butte College (Calif.) |
| April 14, 2009: "Greening Commuinty Colleges " |
| Angela Sportelli-Rehak |
| Author of children's book for military families and psychology instructor. |
| April 6, 2005: "When Duty Calls" |
| Diana J. Mason, RN, PhD, FAAN |
| Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Nursing |
| Monday, April 26 2004: Issues in the dissemination of health care research |
| Jane Hettrick, DMA |
| Internationally recognized authority on the music of Antonia salieri and a concert organist. |
| Thursday, March 13, 2003: Amadeus Revisited: Did Salieri Murder Mozart or Did Mozart Slay Salieri? |
| Mr. Henry Holden |
| Stand-up comic, Broadway, television and film actor, lecturer and activist for the rights of the disabled. |
| April 22, 2002: The Misconceptions Continue: How The Media Represents People With Disabilities |
| Mr. Todd Brewster |
| Senior editorial producer, ABC-TV's The Century |
| October 19, 2000: The Next Century: Lessons from the last. |
| Dr. Margaret Washington |
| Associate Professor of History - Cornell University |
| October 27, 1999: Sojourner Truth: Writing the Life of a Legend |
| Dr. Alan B. Kuper |
| Professor Emeritus of Physics, Case Western Reserve University |
| April 1997: Overpopulation: The World's Greatest dilemma |
| Mr. John Keegan |
| Vassar College's Delmas Visiting Distinguished Professor of History |
| December 3, 1997: War and Human nature: The Conflict Within |
| Dr. William H. McNeill |
| Professor Emeritus of History, University of Chicago |
| April 1996: Plagues and Peoples: The effects of Human Disease on World History |
| Mr. Roger Ricklefs |
| Small Business and Management Editor of the Wall Street Journal |
| April 3, 1995: Small Business Outlook: Prospects and Pitfalls |
| Mary Lyndon Shanley |
| Professor of Political Science, Vassar College |
| October 1995: Women in Society: The Legacy of the Suffrage Movement |
| Mr. Peter Francese |
| President and Founder of American Demographics, Inc. |
| April 5, 1994: Edge City: The Future of Orange County |
| Dr. Michael J. Sandel (Jonas Lecturer) |
| Professor of Government, Harvard University |
| October 28, 1994: Democracy and Its Discontents |
| Dr. Byron K. Lichtenberg |
| Scientist/Astronaut |
| November 1993: Aspects of Space Flight |
| Dr. Eileen Leonard |
| Professor of Sociology, Vassar College |
| April 1993: Women and Technology: The Myth of Progress |
| Mr. David J. Garrow (Jonas Lecturer) |
| Fellow of the Twentieth Century Fund, Visiting Distinguished Professor of History, The Cooper Union |
| November 1993: Let Freedom Ring: The Evolution of Civil Rights in America |
| Ms. Mary Beth Norton (Jonas Lecturer) |
| Professor of American History, Cornell University |
| November 1992: The Curious Incident of the Gossiping Ladies |
| Mr. James A. Bill |
| Professor of Government, The College of William and Mary |
| April 1991: The Politics of War and Peace in the Persian Gulf |
| Mr. James M. McPherson (Jonas Lecturer) |
| Professor of American History, Princeton University |
| October 1991: The Civil War: Why Lincoln Won and the South Lost |
| Mr. Peter H. juviler |
| Professor of Political Science, Barnard College |
| April 1990: USSR in crisis: The Promise Land of Human Rights |
| Mr. Walter A. McDougal (Jonas Lecturer) |
| Professor of American History, Princeton University |
| October 1990: The New Europe: Struggle for the Future |
| Dr. Kenneth T. Jackson (Jonas Lecturer) |
| Mellon Professor of History, Columbia University |
| October 1988: Metropolitan Sprawl |
| Mr. Robert Kuttner |
| Financial Journalist |
| April 1982: The U.S. Economy: Realities and Illusions |