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Speakers
The W.L. “Larry” Cooke Memorial White Mass Banquet
at the home of Dr. Stephen and Anne Endsley
our guest speaker will be
Bill Schneeberger
Founder and CEO of BOGO Wines
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Bill Schneeberger has been in the wine distribution business for over twenty years, selling some of the nation's top brands. Cause marketing caught his attention in the fine wine business when many wine makers and sellers began marketing their brands with breast cancer's pink ribbon. Bill thought he might do the same until he read Life is a Blessing, A Biography of Jerome Lejeune. Lejeune was a highly regarded geneticist who discovered the causes of symptoms such as Down's Syndrome. Dr. Lejeune's strong stand on pro-life issues, Bill's deep faith and love for God's tiniest children, the unborn, led Bill to join "Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics" (www.stemcellresearch.org.) After learning of the plight of frozen embryos who would likely be used for Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Bill discovered the life-saving and life-giving benefits of Adult Stem Cell Research (ASCR.) It convinced him to combine his love for God and His defenseless children with a passion for great wine and create BOGO Wines, specifically to promote the benefits of ASCR. |
Learn more about BOGO wines at: Past Speakers
Last year's speaker: D. Clarke Forsythe, Esq. |
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Clarke D. Forsythe, Esq., has been with American United for Life (AUL) for 19 years, serving as president for 8 of those years. Before becoming president, he served as vice president and general counsel for six years, overseeing AUL’s nationwide litigation and legislation strategy. He has argued cases before federal and state court and has testified before Congress and state legislatures.
Clarke currently directs the AUL Project in Law & Bioethics, launched in January 2004. His research and publishing concentrates on the intellectual foundations for AUL’s legal work on bioethical issues. AUL’s Project advances the intellectual and scholarly foundation of AUL’s mission of changing law to protect human life, state by state. |
Learn more about our speaker and his organization at http://www.unitedforlife.org/staff/cforsythe.htm
End of Life Care: A Christian Perspective - Past Conference May 2006
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Rev. Germain Kopaczynski, OFM, Conv. Ethicist and Former Director of Education, National Catholic Bioethics Center, Boston Father Kopaczynski is a consummate wordsmith who draws on a wealth of experience. He is an ethicist, author and developer of many Catholic documents clarifying Church teaching on bioethics. |
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Wesley J. Smith, J.D. Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute, Seattle, WA Author of Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America, a warning about the dangers of the modern bioethics movement. Smith's writing and opinion columns have appeared nationally in Newsweek, New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Smith appears regularly on television talk/interview programs including ABC Nightline, Good Morning America, Larry King Live, CNN Crossfire, the CBS Evening News and Fox News. |
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Rev. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. President, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA A dynamic speaker and consultant for over 300 organizations including Boeing, Caterpillar, Toyota, Costco, and the British Prime Minister's Cabinet. He is co-founder of Healing the Culture, an educational organization that seeks to build a pro-life culture by teaching people to uphold the intrinsic dignity of every human person. Father Spitzer is the author of Healing the Culture: A Commonsense Philosophy of Happiness, Freedom, and the Life Issues. |
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William L. Toffler, M.D. Professor, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR As the National Director of Physicians for Compassionate Care Educational Foundation (PCCEF), Dr. Toffler is an experienced speaker who helps lead the fight against Physician Assisted Suicide in Oregon. The PCCEF affirms an ethic based on the principle that all human life is inherently valuable and that the physician's roles are to heal illness, alleviate suffering, and provide comfort for the sick and dying. |
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Most Rev. Robert Francis Vasa, J.C.L., D.D. Bishop of Baker, OR Bishop Vasa is a Canon Lawyer and Episcopal Advisor to the Catholic Medical Association. He is a nationally recognized leader in the pro-life movement.
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