Gerontology Symposium

Dr. Harry Moody

By Jodie Mocciaro
University Relations student-intern

Key issues relating to gerontology will be addressed at the third annual Gerontology Symposium on Monday, April 19. Dr. Harry Moody, an expert in gerontology, will lecture on "Dreams and Fairy Tales for the Second Half of Life," from 10 a.m. to noon in the Smittcamp Alumni House.

Moody will sign books and lecture on "Conscious Aging: The Five Stages of the Soul" from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Alumni House. As part of the symposium gerontology student posters will be on display from 3-7 p.m. in the Satellite Student Union. There will be a one-act play titled "Looking Backward: Reminiscences of the 21st Century" at 6 p.m. in the Satellite Student Union.

Moody is the director of the Institute for Human Values in Aging, affiliated with the International Longevity Center-USA in New York City . He is the author of more than 90 scholarly articles and a number of books, including "Abundance of Life: Human Development Policies for an Aging Society," "Ethics in an Aging Society," "Aging: Concepts and Controversies" and his latest, "The Five Stages of the Soul."

For more inf ormation contact Bill Dailey at 8-2838.