If you are a retired male and have an interest in living an interesting life with like-minded men… new members are always welcomed. Put on your business casual attire or jacket & tie (or something more casual from May to September) and attend a meeting.
Meetings are held each Tuesday in the council meeting room of the New Providence NJ Municipal Center at 360 Elkwood Ave, New Providence NJ, starting at 9:30 a.m. with coffee and conversation, followed by programs consisting of stimulating talks by people such as past governors, mayors, politicians, Nobel Prize winners, physicians, judges, professors, scientists, economists, authors, journalists, etc.
After the meetings, many members join together to have lunch at various local restaurants.
In addition to the weekly meetings, there are activity groups for golf, bridge, hiking, trips, computer help, tennis and more.
For more information, contact James Hewitt, Chairman, Membership Committee, (908) 233-5507, info@SummitOldGuard.org. You can also visit summitoldguard.org.
MARCH 2019 SPEAKER’S OLD GUARD
March 5
Research on homeless and helping young children advance to College
Rabbi Charles Kroloff, Rabbi Emeritus Temple Emanu-El Westfield, NJ and Professor at Hebrew Union College, New York. will speak about his research and his book on the homeless population, ‘When Elijah Knocks’ (A Religious Response to Homelessness) and also about “I Have a Dream” project to help underprivileged children.
March 12
College Athletics – Then and Now
Mr. Robert Beller, Risk Management and Institutional Compliance Officer- Athletics at Rutgers University will speak about today’s demand on men and women’s college athletic programs versus the demands of decades ago. Mr. Beller was a member of Harvard’s basketball team in the 1970s.
Mar 19
Our Annual Special Topics for Saint Patrick’s Day
Dr. Dermot Quinn, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at Seton Hall University, discussed last year at the Summit Old Guard, the diaspora of the Irish to New Jersey. This year he will continue speaking about some special interests with the Irish and Ireland.
March 26
Sports Trivia Part Two – The rest of the story
Mr. Joseph S. Gyenes, educator, basketball referee and trivia expert, spoke at an Old Guard meeting in 2017. At this meeting his topic was ‘Sports Trivia with a Personal Touch’. At today’s meeting he will continue his enjoyable discussion with more sports stories and information which we probably have never heard.
(above) Matt Wyvratt (pictured left) of Mountainside was sworn in as a new member during the Summit Old Guard’s Dec. 4, 2018 meeting. The meeting was also the celebration of the organization’s 4000th weekly meeting.
