The Retired Men’s Association of Greenwich’s speaker on Wednesday, August 19 is Thomas Maier, whose talk is titled, “When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys.”
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“When Lions Roar” is the first comprehensive history of the deeply entwined personal and public lives of the Churchills and the Kennedys and what their “special relationship” meant for Great Britain and the United States.
It begins in the mid-1930s with a secret business deal initiated by Joseph P. Kennedy at Churchill’s Chartwell estate. From London to America, these two powerful families shared an ever-widening circle of friends, lovers, and political associates.
By the 1960s and JFK’s presidency, the Churchills and the Kennedys helped to define the “greatness” in each other.
Thomas Maier is an award-winning author, television producer and former Newsday investigative reporter, columnist, and editorial board member. He worked 40 years for Newsday, from 1984-2024. He is the author and producer of the Emmy-winning Showtime drama series Masters of Sex, adapted from his dual biography of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, and also the author and producer of Mafia Spies, a six-part documentary series which appeared in 2024.
As an investigative reporter at Newsday, Maier twice won the National Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award. He also won the Daniel Pearl Award from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. His 2009 multi-media project about victims of H-bomb testing in the Pacific won the National Headliners Award. He is a graduate of Fordham University and received his master’s in 1982 from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
The Greenwich Retired Men’s Association offers a free program every Wednesday that is open to the public, both men and women; no reservations are required. The RMA social break starts at 10:40 am followed promptly by the presentation at 11:00am. Programs are at the First Presbyterian Church, 1 West Putnam Ave. in Greenwich.
For additional information see www.greenwichrma.org.