Golden Sages

The Golden Sages is an affinity group of Bryn Mawr College alumnae/i who have celebrated their 50th reunion or are graduate school alumni over the age of 72. Under the organization of a planning committee, this cohort gathers several times a year for lectures and special outings—often with Haverford Scarlet Sages and Swarthmore Garnet Sages.

2025-2026 Planning Committee

Kit Burns ’66 (co-chair)
Terry Newirth Hirshorn ’67 (co-chair)
B.K. Atrostic '73
Mary Hediger '72
Mae Obrien '74

Upcoming Speaker

Join the Golden Sages for the next virtual speaker event featuring Dr. Gary Vikan, former Director of the Walters Art Museum, for an engaging exploration of art forgery and deception.

Thursday, October 29, 2026
2:00 PM ET
Via Zoom

Past Speakers

Fall 2025 (Virtual) “The Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future,” presented by Wendy Cadge, President and Professor of Sociology.
Spring 2025 (Virtual) “Transport Properties of Coral and Other Ways Physics Can Help Us Understand Biology,” presented by Dr. Asja Radja.
Fall 2024 (Virtual) “The Good Life: Lessons from the Longest Scientific Study of Happiness,” presented by Dr. Mark Schultz.
Spring 2024 (Virtual) “Wetlands and Environment,” Presented by Dr. Thomas Mozder.
Fall 2023 (Virtual) " Reading Archives Against the Grain", presented by Allison Mills, Bryn Mawr College Archivist.
Spring 2022 (Virtual): "Sacred and Stolen: Confessions of a Museum Director," presented by Gary Vikan
Fall 2021 (Virtual): "A Brief History of Water in the Universe," presented by Michelle Francl
Spring 2021 (Virtual): "What we owe to the history of Spain," presented by Dr. Roger Allen
Fall 2020 (Virtual): "Abraham Lincoln and the Question of Greatness," presented by Dr. Roger Lane
Spring 2019: "The Aging Brain," presented by Dr. Jay Pomerantz.
Fall 2018: "Let’s Act Like the Majority We Are," presented by Lynn Yeakel, Director, Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Spring 2018: "Environmental Concerns: Differing Approaches in China, Germany, and the U.S.," presented by Prof. Robert Dostal, Rufus Jones Professor of Philosophy and Religion.