Alfred M. Landon
1887 to 1987
1887 to 1987
Past Speakers of the:
LANDON LECTURES
This page contains the archived versions of previous Landon Lecture Series speakers. Content is provided in four different versions:
LANDON LECTURES
This page contains the archived versions of previous Landon Lecture Series speakers. Content is provided in four different versions:
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| Thomas Donilon -BIO- Former national security adviser to President Barack Obama April 15, 2014 |
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| John Skipper, Bob Bowlsby, DeLoss Dodds, Kirk Schulz -BIO- ESPN Inc. president and three leaders in collegiate athletics April 2, 2014 |
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2013
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| Mike Johanns, Ann Veneman, Dan Glickman, Ed Schafer, Mike Espy, and John Block -BIO- Six Past U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture October 21, 2013 |
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| Michael Oren -BIO- Israeli Ambassador January 29, 2013 |
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2012
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| Gen. Martin Dempsey -BIO- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff October 1, 2012 |
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| Tom Vilsack -BIO- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture April 10, 2012 |
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2011
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| Alan K. Simpson -BIO- Former U.S. Senator October 26, 2011 |
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| Sonia Sotomayor -BIO- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, January 27, 2011 |
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2010
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| Kathleen Sebelius -BIO- Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, November 29, 2010 |
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| Adm. Michael G. Mullen -BIO- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, March 3, 2010 |
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| Dennis C. Blair -BIO- Director of National Intelligence February 22, 2010 |
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2009
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| Sheila C. Bair -BIO- Chairman of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation November 02, 2009 |
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| Gen. David Petraeus -BIO- Commander of the U.S. Central Command April 27, 2009 |
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2008
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Vicente Fox -BIO- |
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Gen. Michael Hayden -BIO- |
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2007
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Robert Gates -BIO- |
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2006
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2005
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Ted Turner -BIO- Co-Founder of CNN and other Major Network Channels and World Renowned Philanthropist November 28, 2005 |
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Jim Lehrer -BIO- Executive Editor and Anchor of "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" on PBS "Politics and the Discourse Deficit" April 4, 2005 |
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2004
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Bill Schneider -BIO- Senior Political Analyst at CNN Analysis and Insight Into the Presidential Election Nov. 16, 2004 |
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Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. -BIO- Publisher of The New York Times How the Use and Misuse of News and Information is Undermining Our American Political System Sept. 13, 2004 |
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Sen. Tom Daschle -BIO- U.S. Senator, South Dakota and Senate Minority Leader “Can We Talk? Free Speech and Civil Discourse in Turbulent Times” May 10, 2004 |
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Sen. Pat Roberts -BIO- U.S. Senator, Kansas The Adequacy and Quality of Our Intelligence Prior to the Iraq War May 3, 2004 |
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Robert Mueller -BIO- Director of the FBI "The FBI: Changing to Meet Today's Challenges" April 13, 2004 |
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2003
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David McCullough -BIO- Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author "The Founders: The greatest generation" Feb. 1, 2002 |
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2001
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David Gergen -BIO- Editor-at-large of U.S. News and World Report "SEPT. 11 is a New Call to Public Service" Nov. 2, 2001 |
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Ernesto Zedillo -BIO- Former President of Mexico "More, Not Less, Globalization IS the Answer" May 3, 2001 |
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Donna E. Shalala -BIO- Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services "The American Spirit" Nov. 17, 2000 |
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1999
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Sen. Howard Baker -BIO- Former U.S. Senator, Tennessee "Contemporary American Politics" March 9, 1999 |
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Sen. John McCain -BIO- U.S. Senator, Arizona "No decade in this century began more auspiciously than the 1990's" March 15, 1999 |
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1997
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Doris Kearns Goodwin -BIO- 1995 Pulitzer Prize Winner in History "The Past...in All its Beauty, Sorrow, Glory" April 22, 1997 |
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William S. Cohen -BIO- Secretary of Defense "Staying the Course: Our Legacy and Our Destiny" Sept. 12, 1997 |
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Sen. Phil Gramm -BIO- U.S. Senator, Texas "How to Reform Medicare and Social Security" Oct. 17, 1997 |
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Dr. Harold Varmus-BIO- Director of the National Institutes of Health "Gene Research: A Biological Frontier" Feb. 5, 1996 |
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Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski-BIO- Former President of Poland "Moving Poland Toward Democracy" March 11, 1996 |
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Secretary Henry Kissinger-BIO- Former U.S. Secretary of State "Different Histories, Different Conceptions: The New World and Our Role in International Relations" April 29, 1996 |
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Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum -BIO- U.S. Senator, Kansas "The Intersection of Hope and Doubt" Sept. 9, 1996 |
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Marlin Fitzwater -BIO- Former U.S. Press Secretary Reagan and Bush "Surfing the Tidal Wave: Changes in the Practice of Journalism" Nov. 21, 1996 |
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1995
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Dan Glickman -BIO- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture "Securing Our Place in the Global Economy" Sept. 8, 1995 |
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William Raspberry-BIO- Urban Affairs Columnist for the Washington Post "A Crisis of Community" April 13, 1995 |
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William Perry-BIO- U.S. Secretary of Defense "The Consequences and Choices of Alternative Security Policies in Bosnia" March 9, 1995 |
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H. Ross Perot-BIO- Former Presidential Candidate and Businessman "Career Advice for the 21 st Century" Jan. 24, 1995 |
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1993
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Robert Strauss-BIO- Former U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union "Participating in the Promise of Spring in Russia" May 5, 1993 |
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson-BIO- Civil Rights Leader and Activist "Trapped in the Tradewinds of our Times: Violence and Crime in America" Nov. 29, 1993 |
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BACK TO TOP 1992
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President Violeta Chamorro-BIO- President of Nicaragua "Changing the State of History in Nicaragua" April 8, 1992 |
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Lynne Cheney-BIO- Director of National Endowment for the Humanities "Let's Get Back to Teaching Truths" Oct. 30, 1992 |
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Bernard Shaw-BIO- CNN Principal Washington Anchor "An Uneven Playing Field in America" Nov. 20, 1992 |
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1991
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Sen. Bill Bradley-BIO- U.S. Senator, New Jersey "The New World Challenges America Faces" April 15, 1991 |
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President Jimmy Carter-BIO- Former U.S. President "Life after the White House: Global Issues and the Middle East" April 26, 1991 |
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Sen. David L. Boren-BIO- U.S. Senator, Oklahoma "The Next Century: Is America Ready for It?" Oct. 14, 1991 |
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Ambassador Abba Eban-BIO- Former Israeli Ambassador to U.N. and U.S. "Prospects for Peace in the Middle East" Jan. 29, 1990 |
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Elizabeth Dole-BIO- U.S. Secretary of Labor "Reflections on the State of the American Workforce" Oct. 31, 1990 |
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Adm. Richard H.Truly-BIO- Former Astronaut, and current NASA Administrator "The Exploration of Space" Dec. 12, 1990 |
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1989
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Secretary Clayton Yeutter-BIO- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture "Get Sophisticated in Your Education" Oct. 3, 1989 |
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Gen. Colin Powell-BIO- Commander in Chief at Forces Command "Is the Future What It Used to Be" Nov. 8, 1989 |
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Jim Wright-BIO- U.S. Rep., Texas and Speaker of the House "Mediocrity Is Not Our Destiny" April 25, 1988 |
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Ambassador Vernon Walters-BIO- U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. "Successes of the United Nations" Nov. 11, 1988 |
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1987
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Franco Modigliani-BIO- Nobel Prize Winning Economist "What We Have Learned from the Reagan Economic Experience" April 21, 1987 |
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President Oscar Arias Sanchez-BIO- President of Costa Rica "History is Ours to Write" Sept. 21, 1987 |
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Secretary George P. Shultz-BIO- U.S. Secretary of State "Moral Principles and Strategic Interests: The Worldwide Movement to Democracy" April 14, 1986 |
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Secretary William J. Bennett-BIO- U.S. Secretary of Education "Once More, A Plea for History" Sept. 9, 1986 |
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1985
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Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr.-BIO- U.S. Rep., Massachusetts and Speaker of the House "Half a Century of American Achievement" April 22, 1985 |
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Vice President George H.W. Bush-BIO- U.S. Vice President "Looking Forward to the Summit Conference" Sept. 9, 1985 |
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy-BIO- U.S. Senator, Mass. "The Changing Relationship Between Politics and Public Policy" Jan. 30, 1984 |
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Rep. Patricia Schroeder-BIO- U.S. Rep, Colorado "Great Expectations: From Abigail Adams to the Hodding Carter III Whose News Is It?" March 19, 1984 |
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Hodding Carter III-BIO- Anchorman and Chief Correspondent -- PBS' Inside Story "Whose News Is It?" April 6, 1984 |
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Mayor Tom Bradley-BIO- Mayor of Los Angeles "There Are No Impossible Dreams for Possibility Thinkers" April 16, 1984 |
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President Jose Napoleon Duarte-BIO- President of El Salvador "The Democratic Process in El Salvador" Nov. 2, 1984 |
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1983
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Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani-BIO- Saudi Arabian Minister of Oil "Control and Decontrol in the Oil Market" March 28, 1983 |
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1981
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Paul A. Volcker-BIO- Federal Reserve Chairman "Dealing with Inflation: Obstacles and Opportunities" April 15, 1981 |
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Sir Harold Wilson-BIO- Former British Prime Minister "Western World: Economic Crisis" Sept. 30, 1981 |
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Secretary John R. Block-BIO- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture "Clearing the Road for Tomorrow" Oct. 30, 1981 |
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BACK TO TOP 1980
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Hugh Sidey-BIO- Time Magazine Political and White House Correspondent "Power and the Media" March 27, 1980 |
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James R. Schlesinger-BIO- Former U.S. Secretary of Energy "American Security and Energy Policy" April 28, 1980 |
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1979
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Dr. Norman Borlaug-BIO- Agriculture Scientist "Civilization Will Depend More upon Flourishing Crops than on Flowery Rhetoric" March 20, 1979 |
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Vice President Walter F. Mondale-BIO- U.S. Vice President "SALT II: An American Decision" July 17, 1979 |
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Malcolm S. Forbes-BIO- President and Editor, Forbes Magazine "Where We're At and Where We're Headed" Jan. 24, 1978 |
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Dr. Milton Friedman-BIO- Nobel Prize Winning Economist "Free Trade: Producer Versus Consumer" April 27, 1978 |
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1977
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Sen. Charles H. Percy-BIO- U.S. Senator, Illinois "Does the United States Have a Responsibility to Feed the World?" March 4, 1977 |
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Mike Mansfield-BIO- Former U.S. Senator, Montana, and Senate Majority Leader "Best of Times-Worst of Times" April 12, 1977 |
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Secretary Bob Bergland-BIO- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture "Toward a National Food Policy" Sept. 9, 1977 |
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David Broder-BIO- Political Analyst and Pulitzer Prize Winner "American Politics in the Carter Era" Dec. 9, 1977 |
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Sen. Charles McCurdy Mathias, Jr.-BIO- U.S. Senator, Maryland "The Alternatives to Detente" April 27, 1976 |
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Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton-BIO- U.S. Senator, Missouri "1977: Year of Opportunity in the Middle East?" Dec. 8, 1976 |
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1975
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William Fulbright-BIO- Former U.S. Senator, Arkansas "Energy and the Middle East: Interests and Illusions" Feb. 13, 1975 |
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Secretary William E. Simon-BIO- U.S. Secretary of Treasury "Restoring Our Prosperity" March 18, 1975 |
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BACK TO TOP 1974
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Dr. Walter H. Heller-BIO- Regents Professor of Economics at University of Minnesota "The Energy Crisis and the Economy" March. 19, 1974 |
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1973
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Secretary Elliot Richardson-BIO- U.S. Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare "Human Needs and Government -A Realistic Assessment" Jan. 24, 1972 |
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William D. Ruckelshaus-BIO- Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency "The Crisis of Trust and the Environmental Movement" April 12, 1972 |
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Secretary Earl L. Butz-BIO- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture "The Future Belongs to Those Who Prepare for It" May 4, 1972 |
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1971
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Hubert H. Humphrey-BIO- Former U.S. Vice President "How We Can Make Our Government Work" Jan. 9, 1970 |
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Rev. Fulton J. Sheen-BIO- Archbishop of the Titular See of Newport (Wales) "Three Forms of Love" March 16, 1970 |
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Secretary Walter J. Hickel-BIO- U.S. Secretary of Interior "Be Part of the Solution: Not Part of the Problem" April 6, 1970 |
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President Richard M. Nixon-BIO- U.S. President "It's Time to Stand Up and Be Counted" Sept. 16, 1970 |
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1969
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Sen. Mike Mansfield-BIO- U.S. Senator, Montana and Majority Leader "A Pacific Perspective" March 10, 1969 |
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Gen. W. C. Westmoreland-BIO- U.S. Army Chief of Staff "The Role of the U.S. Army in Today's World" April 9, 1969 |
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Sen. Edward W. Brooke-BIO- U.S. Senator, Massachusetts "National Security: Dollars, Demands, and Dilemmas" Oct. 6, 1969 |
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Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller-BIO- Governor of New York "Our Country's Problems, Solutions" May 9, 1968 |
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Arthur Schlesinger-BIO- Former Presidential Adviser "The 1968 Election: An Historical Perspective" Nov. 14, 1968 |
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1967
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Ralph McGill-BIO- American Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist and Publisher "The Emerging South: Politics and Issues" May 17, 1967 |
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Governor Ronald Reagan-BIO- Governor of California "Higher Education: Its Role in Contemporary America" Oct. 26, 1967 |
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Governor George Romney-BIO- Governor of Michigan "The Challenge of International Development" Dec. 6, 1967 |
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1966
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Alfred M. Landon-BIO- Former Governor of Kansas and Former Presidential Candidate "New Challenges in International Relations" Dec. 13, 1966 |
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