The next meeting of the Roundtable is at noon, Thursday, February 20th, at the Capital City Club downtown. This meeting is for Roundtable members only.
Our speaker is Dr. Richard Harker, CEO of the Historic Oakland Foundation. The foundation funds maintenance and development of Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta’s oldest public park and the final resting place of many of the city’s prominent citizens. The cemetery opened in 1850 and spans 48 acres, including gardens, sculptures, interesting architecture, and ancient oaks. It’s an Atlanta treasure. There are 70,000 residents.
Richard Harker was raised in Croydon near London. As a student at St. Andrews University, he was awarded a Bobby Jones scholarship for a year’s study at Emory University. He adopted Atlanta and eventually received his PhD in public history from Georgia State University.