How to be a member of the cosmos club?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to be nominated as a member. I’ve been a leader in the education field doing work in diversity, leadership and organizational development as a superintendent of schools and a church leader in Penna. Have done some work with President Bush and Gov Tom Ridge.
I want to continue to grow and learn, and contribute, through membership. Thank you!

I'm not affiliated with the Cosmos Club and don't really know, but does this really fit with the kind of *intellectual* accomplishment they require?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Old, old money, doctors/profs from Georgetown, Brookings elite, neurologists, and shrinks and Jacob Javitz/Rockefeller style Republicans. You need an invite from a member.

I'm not so sure about that. Even the old money has to have some accomplishments. And while mixed, I think the membership leans liberal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband is a member, has been for many years. Accomplished in physics & diplomacy.

Anyone who says they thought about joining and decline as BSing, either turned down or have no knowledge of how it works. It's an esteemed club - no buying your way in.

I’m in the same field as your DH and know some members, but am not accomplished enough. Awaiting an invitation that will never come…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’d like to be nominated as a member. I’ve been a leader in the education field doing work in diversity, leadership and organizational development as a superintendent of schools and a church leader in Penna. Have done some work with President Bush and Gov Tom Ridge.
I want to continue to grow and learn, and contribute, through membership. Thank you!

I'm not affiliated with the Cosmos Club and don't really know, but does this really fit with the kind of *intellectual* accomplishment they require?

No.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My grandmother was a member and I think it was because she moved in very political circles from the 1940s-1980s or so. She was a real Washington society doyenne.

Women weren't allowed to join until recently. Sorry.

Then I guess she had spousal privileges? Not really sure, it isn’t my type of thing. But I definitely went there a ton with her.

Are you thinking of sulgrave club

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The easiest way to get invited to join is to become an Ambassador.

I am personally more interested in how people get to join the Metropolitan Club and who those people are.

Lol, so you just need to be a big donor? That seems antithetical to CC

[Anonymous]

My (white) parents are academics but no Pulitzer or Nobel so I assume they’re not fancy enough to be members. They’re not private club types anyway but I’m sure they’d love the dinner conversation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My grandmother was a member and I think it was because she moved in very political circles from the 1940s-1980s or so. She was a real Washington society doyenne.

They did not have women members, or even allow women to use the front door, until at least sometime in the 1970’s.

My mother got my scientist father to resign when they got married in the 60’s.

[Anonymous]

My father is a member. He is a distinguished scientist with policy /gov chops and leadership roles in academe. I actually gave a talk there and subsequently was recruited a few years ago (I declined to pursue it further as I was leaving dc plus it’s stuffy and I’m not really a club type). I suppose l have some credentials but not like my dad…. mostly I think they need female and younger members so that helps, plus it helps to be distinguished in your field…and maybe the more niche it is the easier/better…:perhaps the family connection helped although the members who recruited me seemed unaware of it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The easiest way to get invited to join is to become an Ambassador.

I am personally more interested in how people get to join the Metropolitan Club and who those people are.

Lol, so you just need to be a big donor? That seems antithetical to CC

That's the best club in D.C.

[Anonymous]

My scientist father was a member when he married my mom in the early 1960's. She made him quit because she thought it was sexist only men could join and women were only allow in the building on certain occasions

I posted upthread that my dad is a member (also physics/geospatial before branching out to climate). My mom did the same thing! Made my dad resign (he didn’t want to) and he rejoined when they let in women!!!

[Anonymous]

I had a friend in college who bartended there. Said it was a bunch of gross, sleezy old men who ordered just martinis and manhattans and constantly came on to her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to be nominated as a member. I’ve been a leader in the education field doing work in diversity, leadership and organizational development as a superintendent of schools and a church leader in Penna. Have done some work with President Bush and Gov Tom Ridge.
I want to continue to grow and learn, and contribute, through membership. Thank you!

They are looking for Nobel Prize winners and Supreme Court justices. Not diversity experts. I think you may be out of luck.

[Anonymous]

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If you want to join, do some research and find acquaintances or colleagues who are members. They can propose you and likely the club will be happy to have you, as long as you're reasonably well behaved and have an intellectual credential or two. Yes, there's a whole wall of Nobel Prize winners, but I think it's been a while.

I’ll admit it, I’d like to join. I know at least one member - a former coworker - but not that well. So how does one “do some research” to find these acquaintances or colleagues? This seems like an impossible problem: to get into this group you need information that only people in the group are going to have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband is a member, has been for many years. Accomplished in physics & diplomacy.

Anyone who says they thought about joining and decline as BSing, either turned down or have no knowledge of how it works. It's an esteemed club - no buying your way in.

I'm not BS-ing, and I have been there several times as a guest. I don't feel like joining, OK?