The Academy for Lifelong Learning at St. Mary’s Sewanee will meet at noon, Thursday, April 14, when Dr. John Thompson will present the program. Thompson will talk about “Defending the Indefensible: Dachau, 1945.”
Thompson will tell the story of Douglas T. Bates II, an attorney from Centerville, Tenn., who was assigned the task of defending German war criminals at the end of World War II, in the first of the war tribunals. Douglas Bates’ son will also be present at the talk. Thompson graduated from Battle Ground Academy in 1964, Duke University in 1968 and Emory School of Medicine in 1973. He practices internal medicine in Nashville and spends as many weekends as possible at his home in Monteagle.
The Academy for Lifelong Learning at St. Mary’s Sewanee provides a program each month covering a wide range of topics. Each session runs for one hour. Membership to the Academy is $12 per year. A box lunch ($12) can be ordered by calling Debbie at 598-5342. This month’s choices are turkey and Swiss wrap or hummus and veggie wrap, pasta salad or chips, and shortbread or brownie bites. You are welcome to bring your own lunch if you prefer. For more information contact Anne Davis at (931) 924-4465.
Thompson will tell the story of Douglas T. Bates II, an attorney from Centerville, Tenn., who was assigned the task of defending German war criminals at the end of World War II, in the first of the war tribunals. Douglas Bates’ son will also be present at the talk. Thompson graduated from Battle Ground Academy in 1964, Duke University in 1968 and Emory School of Medicine in 1973. He practices internal medicine in Nashville and spends as many weekends as possible at his home in Monteagle.
The Academy for Lifelong Learning at St. Mary’s Sewanee provides a program each month covering a wide range of topics. Each session runs for one hour. Membership to the Academy is $12 per year. A box lunch ($12) can be ordered by calling Debbie at 598-5342. This month’s choices are turkey and Swiss wrap or hummus and veggie wrap, pasta salad or chips, and shortbread or brownie bites. You are welcome to bring your own lunch if you prefer. For more information contact Anne Davis at (931) 924-4465.
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