Orange County Financial Society Events

All events are held at the Santa Ana Country Club. Events begin promptly at 11:30 AM.

Location: Santa Ana Country Club
20382 Newport Blvd
Santa Ana, CA 92707
(714) 556-3000

Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

2010 Events

February 18, 2010
Guest Speaker: Donald Saari, Distinguished Professor of Math & Economics, UCI
and Director for the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences
How does a “physical scientist” become a “social scientist?” In my case, by teaching and chatting with bright graduate and undergraduate students from economics where I discovered and became fascinated by the challenges of the social sciences—an interest that resulted in me also becoming a member of the Dept. of Economics, the Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Engineering Science, and the Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics. Motivated by many conversations with students and faculty from the social sciences, my research shifted to emphasize dynamics of the social sciences, such as the “Invisible Hand” story, and to modify dynamical concepts to address concerns coming from the social and behavioral sciences. I reported on some of my new approaches at a NRC conference where I met Duncan Luce. A couple of years later, Duncan invited me to spend a term at UCI where he started recruiting me. Although we had no intensions of ever leaving Northwestern, I became intrigued and attract ed by the innovative, high-powered research being done here at the IMBS, the School of Social Sciences, and by many faculty including Duncan Luce, Bernie Grofman, Louis Narens, Kim Romney, and Brian Skyrms. So, after three decades at NU, in July 2000, Lillian and I moved to UCI where I am a Distinguished Professor of Economics and Mathematics as well as the Director of the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences. I am the Chief Editor of the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, member of the National Academy of Sciences, the AAAS, a Guggenheim Fellow, the past chair of the US National Committee of Mathematics, chair of the US delegation to the 2002 general assembly of the International Mathematical Union, and a member of several NRC committees including Math Science Education Board.

April 15, 2010
Guest Speaker: Robet Mosier

June 17, 2010
Guest Speaker: Webster Gullory

Sept 16, 2010
Guest Speaker: Pat Bates or John Moorlach

Nov 18, 2010
Guest Speaker: Pat Bates or John Moorlach

Dec 16, 2010
Guest Speaker: TBD

The meetings offer award-winning cuisine, an outstanding guest speaker and an open bar. The holiday luncheon features the Santa Ana Country Club's renowned Holiday Luncheon Buffet.

SOME OF OUR PAST GUEST SPEAKERS
Hon. John Moorlach (Orange County Supervisor)
Hon. Miguel Vega (Trade Commissioner of Mexico)
Matthew C. McGuinness (Former CFO, Diedrich Coffee)
Michael Pinto (Vice-Chair, The Great Park, Inc.)
Al Gobar (Real Estate Economist)
Mary Evans (COO, Covenant Care)
Peter Norell (Supervising Spcl. Agent, FBI)
Dr. David Kelly (Chief Economist, Putnam Investments)
Hon. Janet Nguyen (Orange County Supervisor)