Club CEO Dr. Gloria Duffy opens the festivities with some brief remarks.

Secretary Schultz's tie says it all: Democracy is not a spectator sport.

Ambassador Lane gets ready to unveil a surprise gift to the Club.

Ambassador Lane unveils prized Sunset Magazine February 1903 Cover art. It took someone with a little clout at Lane Publishing to deliver this prize. The Southern Pacific Company published the magazine until 1929, when Lane Publishing took over. The rest is history.

Club President, and Chair of the Centennial Committee, Dr. Joseph Fink of Dominican University makes some pointed remarks.

California State Historian Kevin Starr recounts the complex swirls of history affecting both the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth Club.

Rose Guilbault, Member of the Club Board of Governors, addresses the group.

After donning their cowgirl outfits to greet S.F. Mayor Willie Brown and the horse-drawn Wells Fargo stage coach, Dennise Carter and Club CEO Gloria Duffy join the Edward F. Adams impersonator to form a strangely-dressed trio.

With eyes tightly shut, the strangely familiar Edward F. Adams impostor reads the Club charter speech delivered by Edward F. Adams to the four other founders of the Club on February 3, 1903.

Many of the distinguished speakers are at the table on the left. Many more distinguished guests can be found throughout the room. Click on the original size for giant image to identify more faces.

The distinguished guests at this table include University of California President Richard Atkinson (far right, bottom) whose predecessor, Benjamin Ide Wheeler was one of five founders of the Club on February 3, 1903. Others include Centennial Gala Chairperson Athena Troxel Blackburn and her husband Timothy Blackburn.

Past President Joe Perelli, Club member Julie Lundgren, and Rose Guilbault.

KGO-AM Radio personality Ray Taliaferro, also a Club Board Member, and Skip Granger flank the E.F. Adams mystery guest.