THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, October 4, 1996 TAG: 9610020116
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 06 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
LENGTH: 42 lines
Dr. Alvin P. Long Jr., a pathologist turned computer wizard, will be the first speaker for the fourth annual Second Tuesday Forum series opening Oct. 8.
``Information: Chopping, Dicing and Serving It With Chef Long'' will be the topic of his noon talk at the Commodore Theater.
Long was a pioneer in the use of computers in medicine and programmed all the laboratory calculations of Portsmouth General Hospital in 1968. He writes a monthly column for the bulletin of the ``Information Technology Exchange,'' a group of local data-processing professionals.
The Second Tuesday Forum, free to the public, is sponsored by the Portsmouth Public Library and funded by the Portsmouth General Hospital Foundation, the Portsmouth Museums and Fine Arts Commission and the Public Library Foundation. All five sessions of the 1996-97 series will be held at the Commodore, where complimentary beverages will be provided.
These other forums are scheduled:
``Fiction Alive!'' Carole Rosenthal, a New York writer and performer, Nov. 12.
``Publishing the Good Stuff: From P-Town to the Big Apple,'' Charles Harris, a New York publisher and a Portsmouth Notable, Jan. 14.
``Finding Jane Austen,'' George H. Tucker, author and columnist for The Virginian-Pilot, Feb. 11.
``Archaeology to Aerospace,'' John L. Mouring, master planner and chief architect, NASA Langley Research Center, March 11.
Second Tuesday Forum was started in the fall of 1993 by a local lawyer, Louis Brenner. He had attended lunchtime lectures in Sarasota, Fla., and when he returned home, he decided to start a series on a small scale to see what happened.
As it turned out, the series was very popular in Portsmouth, he said. The annual series has grown from four to five speakers.
A committee working under the auspices of the Portsmouth Public Library Board seeks foundation grants and books speakers, who are paid a small honorarium.
Brenner was succeeded last year as chairman by Margaret Gupta. by CNB