100 Most Influential People of the Last 1,000 Years (IN-PERSON)
Fall (14 hours or more) | This course has been canceled
Who were the most influential people of the last 1,000 years? This course will investigate the path of civilization through the people who most influenced the progress of that period of history.
Bring on your opinions, who you think are the most influential people, and together we will work toward a consensus master list. We will even have the audacity to compare and rank these 100 people as to their contribution and influence (Shakespeare, Columbus, Newton?).
This will be an interactive course. Participants will be asked to look up information on various influential people, sharing with the class their accomplishments, place in history, and influence on the progress of civilization. There will be no other preparation for the class. Just bring your years of experience, opinions, thoughts, and bias, too. Together we will have a fun and mind-stretching course.
Mike Galbraith
Michael Galbraith has a BS in Chemical Engineering from W.P.I. and an MBA from Northwestern University. After 45 years in the paint and detergent business and living and working throughout the country, he has retired to Hanover. Between making batches of paint, he became a pseudo-history buff and felt it would be more interesting to lead an Osher at Dartmouth course on a historical subject rather than one on how to make paint.