Oyster Bay Historical Society Calendar of Events

Arthur Donovan, Emeritus Professor of History at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), will deliver the first lecture in the 2006 20/20 series on Tuesday, March 14, 2005, 7:30 p.m. Professor Donovan, whose history of containerization is due out in April 2006, will preview his new book in his talk: 50 Years of Containerization: A Brief History of a New Way of Moving Freight That Revolutionized the Global Economy. The talk will be held at the new Series location, the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Library in Oyster Bay. Admission is free and refreshments will be served following the lecture.

A Harvard undergrad, Donovan did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin, and got his Ph.D. in history at Princeton. Before settling at USMMA, he taught the history of science and technology at the University of Illinois, West Virginia University, and Virginia Tech. A popular speaker, he is the author of a number of books and articles, including The Abandoned Ocean, a history of U.S. maritime policy, co-authored with former U.S. Maritime Administrator Andrew Gibson.