Agenda

Note that the agenda is subject to change. All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Friday, October 17, 2025

Location: Dyson Center, O’Shea Lecture Hall, Marist University
30 John Winslow Drive, Poughkeepsie, New York, 12601

• 10:30 AM Registration Check-In at the Dyson Center.
• 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM TRA Book Prize Presentation featuring Author Edward F. O'Keefe, The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt. 
• 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch in the Atrium     
• 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Panel Discussion – The Authors
  
  • Dr. Stacy A. Cordery, Moderator
  • Dr. Michael P. Cullinane, Panelist
  • Mr. Edward F. O'Keefe, Panelist
  • Mr. Darrin Lunde, Panelist
  • Dr. Matthew Oyos, Panelist
  • Dr. David B. Woolner, Panelist
• 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Author Meet & Greet

Location: Locust Grove Estate
2683 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

• 4:45 PM Roundtrip Bus Service to Locust Grove Departing from the Inn at Bellefield & DoubleTree.
• 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Author Nathalia Holt, PhD Book Presentation, The Beast in the Clouds 
• 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Welcome Reception & Author Meet & Greet
• 7:00 PM Bus Service to Hotels
  
•    *Dinner on own.

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Location: Dyson Center, O’Shea Lecture Hall, Marist University
30 John Winslow Drive, Poughkeepsie, New York, 12601

• 10:00 AM - 10:20 AMState of the Field with TRA Public Historian
  
  • Dr. Michael P. Cullinane
• 10:20 AM - 11:30 AM Academic Panel Discussion - The Roosevelt Family Legacy
  
  • Dr. Michael P. Cullinane, Moderator
  • Dr. David B. Woolner, “On Progressivism”
  • Dr. Stacy A. Cordery, “It’s Complicated: ‘Tribal Feelings,’ the Sagamore Hill Women, and Eleanor Roosevelt”
  • Dr. Matthew Oyos, "The Call of the Sea: TR, FDR, and the U.S. Navy"
    
• 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch in the Atrium
  
• 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Fireside Chat: The Roosevelts and Conservation: Legacy, Education, and Responsibility
  
  • Dr. David B. Woolner, Moderator
  • Theodore Roosevelt IV, Panelist
  • Edward F. O'Keefe, Panelist
• 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM TRA Board of Trustees Meeting (Ulrich Room at the Dyson Center)

Cocktail Reception and Gala Awards Dinner

Location: Host Hotel / Inn at Bellefield, Hyde Park, NY
R/T Shuttle Bus available for DoubleTree Hotel guests to Gala Dinner; pick up at hotel: 5:30 PM and return 9:15 PM

• 6:00 PM– 7:00 PM Cocktail Reception
• 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Gala Awards Dinner
  
• 8:00 PM – 8:30 PM TRA Awards Presentations
  
  • USS TR Junior Officer of the Year Award
  • Bertha Benkard Rose Award
• 8:30 PM -9:00 PM Keynote Address
  • Ivan Schwartz, Founder/Director of StudioEIS
• 9:00 PM Bus Service to the DoubleTree Hotel