The UNM 21 Club

The UNM 21 Club was formed at the University of New Mexico in 1949 by Archie J. Bahm, a Professor of Philosophy.

Professor Bahm hoped to establish a dialog between each of the 21 departments that existed at that time.

His hope was fulfilled and continues with a select group of faculty and administrators who have distinguished themselves by their teaching and/or research.

Typically four meetings of the 21 Club are held during the academic year. Membership is by invitation.

Last Meeting

Our last meeting featured a guest lecture given by Dr. Pace VanDevender. Pace discussed his ongoing work to understand Dark Matter, an as yet unknown form of matter that is theorized to compose 85% of the matter in the Universe. Pace retired from Sandia National Laboratories after serving as both their CTO and Vice President of Science and Technology.

Next Meeting

Please mark your calendar for our first meeting of the ’24-’25 academic year at 4:30 pm on Tuesday, October 1 in room 2540 of the UNM Physics, Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Science (PAIS) building. Member Diane Thiel (Regents’ Professor, Dept. of English) will read to us from her latest collection of poems, Questions from Outer Space, as well as some poems from a book in progress. Questions from Outer Space won the 2023 Independent Press Award in Poetry. This should prove to be a great experience, so please plan to attend. For more details please click here.