Torch Club of Columbus, Ohio
Schedule of Programs 2023-2024
October 5 Morocco: Expectations and Surprises
Mary Beth Wise, Associate Professor Emeritus, OSU Internal Medicine
November 2 Land Grant Contributions to Foreign Policy
David Hansen, OSU Professor Emeritus, International Program in Agriculture
December 7 Holiday Music
Grandview High School Chorus
January 4 Note: OSU Faculty Club is closed. See June 6 for the program orginally scheduled for this date.
February 1 Recent Advances in Medicine Part II-Focused on selected specific disease treatments
Gary Hinzman, MD
March 7 Buckeye Tailgate Party
Trevor Zahara, author of Buckeye Tailgate and Confessions of an OSU Usher
April 4 Walking Each Other Home: Ram Dass, Psychedelics and the Trip of a Lifetime
Rev. Dr. Susan Warrener Smith, PCUSA clergy (retired) and Ann Wallingford
May 2 How does Psychotherapy Work? Clearing the Way for Success
Anne Croskey, Psychologist
June 6 Cemeteries, Genealogy…Gone but not Forgotten
Kent Bermingham, CPA
Torch Club newsletter
The Torch Club of Columbus, Ohio, publishes a newsletter, The Torch Lighter, that is distributed monthly (September through May) via email to all members. Each newsletter offers a preview of the next Torch paper, prints the Member’s Moment that each month highlights the life and career of a club member, and reports other news about members and club activities.
Click on the month below for the recent newsletters:
January 2024 (no newsletter; Club did not meet)
Click here to view the monthly newsletters from the previous three years.
Columbus Torch was well represented in Baltimore at the convention of the International Association of Torch Clubs in June of 2023.
More than 50 members braved cold and snow to attend Francille Firebaugh’s presentation, “How do Women and Men differ in their Work and Careers?” on January 6, 2022 at the OSU Faculty Club.
OSU Mens Glee Club entertain at the Dec 2021 meeting.
In December 2016, the Columbus Torch Club celebrated the 90th anniversary of its founding. Holding the numbers are past club presidents Jeff Caswell and Dorothy Driskell.