Saturday, January 25, 2020
Tours: 1:00 p.m., 1:20 p.m., 1:40 p.m.
Lecture 2:00 p.m.
Reception following
Join us as Thomas MacLaren School and Colorado College collaborate to present MacLaren Society: Leisure, on Saturday, January 25, 2020.
We will discuss the purpose of education, the history and value of the Liberal Arts, and the classical influence of leisure, with Dr. Timothy Fuller and Mr. Benjamin LaBadie.
A board member at Thomas MacLaren School, Dr. Timothy Fuller has been on the faculty of Colorado College since 1965. He served as Acting President from August 2001 to January 2002. Before that, Tim was Dean of the Faculty and College from 1992 to 1999. He chaired the Political Science Department from 1985 to 1991. He received a Ph.D. (with distinction) from Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) in 1971, an M.A. in 1965, and a B.A. from Kenyon College (with Honors) in 1961.
Mr. Benjamin LaBadie is an alumnus of Colorado College, having studied Classics-History-Political Science. Following Graduation, he became a faculty member and Dean of Boys at Thomas MacLaren School. Ben went on to earn a Master's in Theology at Boston College, after which he entered Boston College's PhD program in Theological Ethics. He is now the Assistant Head of Upper School at MacLaren and pleased to be back supporting the mission of the school with the believe that all human beings can know truth, create beauty, and practice goodness.