The Faculty Club Newsletter

August 2003

           As August begins we realize how soon the new school year will be under way. I hope you all had a good summer. We are looking forward to having everyone back at the Club. We had several outstanding events during the summer, and a glance at the list above shows that there’s more to come. We are working on Fall events, so mark your calendars as you see them come up. For example, we hope to have a dinner and discussion covering the gubernatorial recall election. The Board and Management have been working on further renovation plans and we’ll keep you informed as they progress. As always, I am available at the Club to take any of your questions or suggestions. Thank you.

        Join your friends at another elegant dinner planned by Felix and our chef around the wines to be presented by Flora Spring Winery on Thursday, August 21st. This winery has award winning chardonnays, cabernets, sauvignon blance, pinot grigio, and others, several of which will be featured at the dinner. Members will have the chance to order wines at advantageous prices. All for $60 per person. Reception at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. Call extension 224 today.

        Members of this group of members will be receiving a mailing about the August 13th meeting during the coming week. The group is open to all widows (and widowers) of members. (We’ll change the name when the first man joins!) For more information, call Phyllis Schafer at 510-704-9951.

        William Jolly, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, returns to the Club Gallery with new photography prints created by his specially devised process of Silver Mirroring, which is very different from the usual black-and-white print. The chemist merges with the artist/photographer (not a computer!) during the development of the prints. For more information, e-mail to wljolly@socrates.berkeley.edu.

       Here it comes again! One of the most popular events on the Club calendar. Join your friends on September 19th for our fall wine tasting on the glade. Tables are set out under the trees with a wide range of wines available here at the Club and by special order. After tasting, go inside to enjoy a special dinner, with dancing until 9 p.m. Many members find this is a perfect way to introduce new colleagues to the Club, or to repay social obligations without a lot of hard work. The tasting begins at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. The cost is $38 per person, all inclusive.

       Last month we announced the upcoming celebration of the 80th birthday of the Women’s Faculty Club. anniversary of the founding of The Faculty Club. Here once again are the details of that event. In the 1920's our Club did not welcome women as members. It was 70 years before this was remedied. In the mean time, the women on the faculty organized their own Club–housed since 1923 in the elegant white building just behind ours. Now, in a more enlightened age, women can belong to The Faculty Club and, in reciprocity, men can be members of the WFC. Let’s all join in the WFC 80th birthday celebration. On Friday, August 22nd, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., all members of both clubs are invited to a Summer Garden party, with buffet dinner, dancing to a live jazz-swing band, and champagne. The aim is to evoke the memories of the days of the 20's and the women who founded the WFC. Learn to dance the Charleston! There will be a prize for the most authentic, glamorous costume. All for $20 per person! Make your reservations by calling 642-4175 (WFC).

       On August 7th Tom Bopp will once again desert Yosemite for our woodsy lodge. Events Chairman Jack Coons has prevailed on Tom to return. Tom’s nostalgic music makes a fine accompaniment to yet another Felix feast. For $45 a person (including tax and tip), you get cocktails at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., and Tom, more or less constantly all evening. Yes, you could drive all the way to Yosemite and pay a high price at one of the great lodges to hear this internationally known entertainer. But it’s a lot easier (and much cheaper!) to catch him at the Club. Space will be limited, so get your reservations in now (540-5678, extension 224).

       Members are encouraged to join those who continue to discovery and enjoy the biggest dining bargain in Berkeley. Come to the Kerr Dining Room any weekday evening before 6:30 and enjoy a three-course dinner for the remarkable price of $11.95. Always at least two choices of entrée, a choice of soup or salad, and a sinful dessert. The August menu is enclosed with this Newsletter. Reserve to be sure of a table.

        Enjoy a quiet breakfast, Monday through Friday from 7 to 10 a.m. in the Kerr Dining Room, at a super special price: juice, eggs, coffee and toast: $2.99! Pick up a newspaper and fortify yourself before facing the day.

       President Bolt with Bob and Carol Clarke at the formal planting of the southern oak selected by campus landscape architect Jim Horner to be the Club’s Centennial Tree. Carol Clarke and Audrey Richards have donated the tree in honor of their husbands, Bob Clarke and Paul Richards. Paul and Audrey could not be present at the planting but we will all watch for the unveiling of the plaque. Check our tree, just west of the bar! Photo by Peg Skorpinski

 
 

The Club by Herb Stanbury

"If we could clone Felix, maybe we could
establish a whole chain of clubs."

 
 
 

The Faculty Club Newsletter is published monthly by:  The Faculty Club  University of California  Berkeley. CA 94720-6050  Contributions and comments may be mailed to the Editor, Phyllis Brooks, at the Club, or by e-mail to pbrooks@vdn.com  Board of Directors, 2003-2004:  Bruce Bolt, President  Dick White, Treasurer  Dan Melia, Recorder  Jack Coons, Karl Pister  Bill Oldham    Phyllis Brooks  Club Manager: Felix Solomon

Club numbers:  Telephone:  510-540-5678  Fax:  510-540-6204  Reservations:  Kerr Dining Room:  Extension 0  Parties:   Extension 5  E-mail: info@berkeleyfacultyclub.com  Website: www.berkeleyfacultyclub.com  Kerr Dining Room hours Breakfast 7:30-10:00; Lunch M-F 11:30 -1:30; Dinner M-F 5:00-8:30  Bar hours: M-F 11:30-1:30; Happy Hours 4-30-6 30; closes at 8:30 p.m.  Buffet lunch: 11:30-1:30 M-F  Guest accommodations available:  Reservations may be made at 540-5678, ext. 3 or through our website.  Membership: Call Felix, at ext.  9.

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