RETIRED MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH, Inc. (RMA)
Invites you to its meeting, August 19, 2026, at 11 am at Christ Church, Parish Hall, 254 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich. The program will also be shown on Zoom (click here for live feed), and on local cable channels 24 (Verizon) and 79 (Optimum)
(Note: This replaces the previously announced speaker for this date)
Thomas Maier
“When Lions Roar: The Churchills and the Kennedys”
“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.
Our next presentation, on August 26, is by Jim Wharton, CEO of the Beardsley Zoo, “Go Wild at the Beardsley Zoo!”
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. Our social break starts at 10:40 am followed promptly by our presentation at 11:00. For additional information, including parking, see
www.greenwichrma.org/upcoming-speakers.
