Town Hall Lecture Series featuring Walter Isaacson

Renderings of what the Ringling College Library will look like were on all the tables at the luncheon.

Chairwomen Ollie Johnson and Kathy Standard

Uta Christ-Janer and Stacey Corley

Kirsten Regal with Dave Herbert

Jeanne and Mark Thompson

Bruce Behne with his daughter, Alisa Behne

Mackenzie Hanus and Matthew Meyer

Jean Martin and Isabel Norton

Douglas Chismar with Kathleen List

Merry and Stan Williams

Sponsors Janet and Richard Smalley with guest speaker Walter Isaacson

Merry Williams, president of RCLA, and guest speaker Walter Isaacson

Larry Thompson, president of Ringling College of Art + Design, with his wife, Pat.

Dawn and Tim Jackson

Jean Martin with John and Mary Ann Meyer

Debra Jacobs with Isabel Norton

Sandy and Rich Stevenson

Tom and Carol Williams

Lyn Kayser and Barbara Campo

Joan Kindred with Doc Werlin

Bernice Weiss and Nancy Maypole

Marlene Helfrich, Helen Burrill and Annie Kellis

John and Barbara Rade

Mark and Sally Welker

Stephanie Grosskreutz, chairwoman of the 2013 Town Hall Lecture Series, listens as guest speaker Walter Isaacson answers some questions at the luncheon.

More than 120 people attended the 20th anniversary ALSO Gala Friday, Sept. 7 at the Polo Grill in Lakewood Ranch.