| January 3 | Dr. Walter M. Bortz, Clinical associate professor of medicine at Stanford University, co-chairman of the American Medical Association’s Task Force on Aging. Topic: Dare to Be 100: Redefining Human Aging. |
| January 15 | Wendy Wasserstein, Playwright, Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist. Topic: Reminiscences about my Life in the Theater. |
| January 29 | Haynes Johnson, Journalist, author, television commentator on PBS Washington Week in Review and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Newly published book: The Best of Times: America in the Clinton Years. Topic: Challenges of the New Millennium: Where Do We Go From Here? |
| February 19 | Jay A. Levy, M.D., Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, and Research Associate at UCSF’s Cancer Research Institute. 1983 co-discoverer of the AIDS virus now called HIV. Topic: The Economic and Social Impact of HIV/AIDS: How Science Responds to this Devastating Epidemic. |
| March 5 | Orville Schell, Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley. Author, China expert, scholar and journalist. Topic: Today’s Media and How It is Affected by the International Crisis. |
| March 19 | Joanne Levy, Historian, researcher of women of the Gold Rush, author. Winner of 1999 and 2001 WILLA award, Best Historical Fiction. Topic: Women Were Forty-Niners. |
| April 2 | Seth Lerer, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Stanford University. Winner of Hoagland Prize for Undergraduate Teaching. Topic: Is Comedy Still Possible? An Historical Perspective. |
| April 16 | Marco Barricelli, Artistic Associate, American Conservatory Theatre.Conservatory actor, director, and teacher. Topic: An Actor’s Life in the American Theatre. |
| May 7 | Scott Kirby, Pianist/composer. Premier ragtime artist and musical director for the two largest Ragtime music festivals in the country. Topic: A Century of Ragtime: Historical and Musical Narrative. |
| May 21 | Paul Erdman, Economist, author. Contributor to New York Times, the Washington Post, London’s Financial Times MarketWatch, and Bloomberg magazine. Topic: The Economy: The Future Looks Bright! |
| June 4 | Walid Kazeeha, Professor of Political Science, American University of Cairo. Specialty: Politics of the Arab East, Egypt, and the Gulf region. Topic: Political and Cultural Role of the Muslim Religion in the Middle East |
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Fall 2001
| September 18 | James Bushnell, Co-director of UC Energy Institute, Lecturer at Haas School of Business, Member of Market Monitoring Committee of California Power Exchange. Is There a Power Crisis?: Dissecting the Energy Market. |
| October 2 | Eleanor Clift, Contributing editor forNewsweek magazine, regular panelist on the nationally syndicated show, The McLaughlin Group, and political analyst for the Fox News Network. Views from Washington…including…Shattering the Last Glass Ceiling. |
| October 16 | Jeffrey A. Langholz, Professor of International Environmental Policy, Graduate School of International Policy Studies, Monterey Institute. National Parks and WalMart Wildlife Refuges Perils and Promise of Privatizing Nature Conservation. |
| November 6 | Pamela Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law, Stanford Law School. The Supreme Court — a Year Later |
| November 20 | Alan Dundes, Professor of Anthropology and Folklore, UC Berkeley. Holy Writ as Oral Lit: The Bible as Folklore |
| December 4 | Lotti Mansouri, Former General Director, San Francisco Opera, 1988-2001. International Opera Stage Director. How to Put on an Opera: A Behind the Scenes Look! |
Winter/Spring 2001
| January 2 | Lois Levine, Co-Author, Elegant But Easy Cookbook; Teacher From Fire to Microwave |
| January 16 | John R. Rothmann, Political and Foreign Policy Consultant, Radio Talk Show Host An End as Well as a Beginning Reflections on the Old and New Presidents |
| February 6 | Barbara Babcock, Author, Judge John Crown Professor of Law, Stanford University The Uses of Biography |
| February 20 | Dean Micszynski, Director of California Research Bureau, California State Library Traffic Congestion the Bay Area: Is There Solution? |
| March 6 | Michael McFaul, Sr. Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Assistant Professor and Hoover Fellow, Stanford University Creeping Dictatorship in Russia Under Putin: Implications for U. S.-Russian Relations |
| March 20 | Karen Warren, Author, Professor of Philosophy, Macalester College Ethics Fruit Bowl: Caring about Other Humans, Animals and the Natural Environment |
| April 3 | Gray Brechlin, Historical Geographer, Professor, UC-Berkeley The Silver Dynasties: San Francisco’s Great Families |
| April 17 | David Goldman aka The Laughing Stockbroker, Financial Writer, ABCNews.com Getting the Last Laugh on The Stock Market |
| May 1 | David Abernethy, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University Why did Europeans Dominate the World for Five Centuries? |
| May 15 | Jack Rakove, Coe Professor of History and American Studies and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University The Tao of Chads and Electoral College Mysteries Examined. |
| June 5 | Evan Thomas, Author and Assistant Managing Editor, Newsweek Magazine Bush’s Hundred Days–and Beyond |
Fall 2000
| September 19 | Leon Litwack, Author, Professor of History, University of California-Berkeley Trouble in Mind: Race Relations in America after WW II |
| October 3 | Chris Giorni, Biologist, Staff Educator at the California Academy of Sciences Excuse Me, Mister, Why Do Eagles Fly, Salmon Swim, Cheetahs Run and Bull Frogs Jump? |
| October 24 | Elena Dodd, Eleanor Roosevelt Scholar, Performing Artist Meet Eleanor Roosevelt |
| November 7 | Elliott Aronson, Professor Emeritus, Psychology, University of California-Santa Cruz Nobody Left to Hate: Teaching Compassion after Columbine |
| November 21 | Peter Grothe, Author, Professor, International Policies Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies Cross Cultural Communications in a Dangerous World |
| December 5 | Jehan Grist, Executive Director of Lehrhaus Judaica, Berkeley The Dead Sea Scrolls Today |
Winter/Spring 2000
| February 1 | Eugenia Scott, Executive Director, National Center on Science Education Much Ado About Evolution |
| February 15 | Anne Robichaud, Author, Lecturer Implications of Being Italian: Gestures |
| March 7 | Yvonne Pendleton, Astronomer, Astrophysicist, NASA Researcher Pathway to the Stars |
| March 21 | Ernie Young, Co-Director, Center for Biomeidcal Ethics Emerging Issues in Biomedical Ethics |
| April 4 | Orville Schell, Dean, Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley Why the West and China View Tibet So Differently |
| April 18 | Mary Jane Moffat, Writer, Editor, Teacher The Long Backward Glance: The Value of Writing Memoirs |
| May 2 | Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan, Foreign Correspondents and Co-Bureau Chiefs of The Washington Post Close-Up View of Japan and Korea |
| May 16 | Michael Keller, Chief Librarian, Stanford University Library System Re-Engineering Academic Libraries in the Twenty-First Century |
| June 6 | Michael beachloss, Historian, Author, TV Commentator Election 2000: What Can History Tell Us? |
Fall 1999
| September 21 | Tom Rogers, Curator of Collections, Filoli What’s New at Filoli? |
| October 5 | Lisa Specter, Concert pianist Piano Fest Featuring Scarlatti, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Amy Beach and Duke Ellington. |
| October 19 | Tia 0’Brien, Free-lance Journalist Quitting TV News to Write about Life in Silicon Valley. |
| November 2 | Kathleen M. Sullivan, Dean and Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Stanley Morrison Professor of Law, Stanford University High Court-Watching: Latest Trends at the United States Supreme Court. |
| November 16 | Peter Matthiessen, Author, Naturalist Reflections on a Literary Life. |
| December 7 | Byron Bland, Associate Director, Stanford University Center on Conflict and Negotiation Post-Troubles Troubles: Prospects for Peace in Northern Ireland. |
Winter/Spring 1999
| Jan. 5 | Judge Abraham Sofaer, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University The Threat of International Terrorism: A Search for Answers |
| Jan. 19 | Susan Estrich, Columnist, Political Advisor, Professor of Law & Political Science, University of Southern California Law Center Getting Away with Murder: Politics, Crimes, and the Rule of Law |
| February 2 | Dr. William Ratliff, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Who’s a Threat to the U.S. Now, Castro or the Embargo Lobby? |
| Feb. 16 | Linda Gradstein, NPR Correspondent in Israel; Knight Fellow, Stanford University Israel at Fifty: Maturity or Mid-Life Crisis? |
| March 2 | Adam Author, Professor, Graduate School of Journalism, UC-Berkeley King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa |
| March 16 | Stanton Glantz, Professor of Medicine, UCSF Medical School; author of The Cigarette Papers, anti-smoking activist The War Against the Tobacco Industry: Are the Good Guys Finally Winning? |
| April 6 | Wesla Whitfield, song stylist, & the Mike Greensill Duo The American Songbook: The Music of Rodgers & Hart |
| April 22 | Denise Erickson, Professor of Art History, Cafada College Impressionists and Winter: Effet de Niege |
| May 4 | Gloria Steinem, Writer, Lecturer, Activist, Humanitarian Women at the Millennium |
| May 18 | Barry Kraft, Actor, Dramaturge, Shakespeare Scholar; Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland Why the Continuing Interest in Shakespeare? |
| June 1 | Helen Thonias, Dean of the White House Press Corps; White House Bureau Chief of United Press International Front Row at the White House |
Fall 1998
| September 22 | Karen Breslau, White House Correspondent, Newsweek magazine 1:00 PM How Will History Judge the Clinton White House? |
| October 6 | Gerald Uelmen, Professor, former Dean, Santa Clara University, School of Law, The Grand Jury System: How Does it Work? |
| October 20 | Rev. Cecil Williams, Minister of Liberation, Glide Memorial United Methodist Church The Courage to Live Without Fear |
| November 3 | Gary Richards, Mr. Roadshow, SJ Mercury News Traffic Jams and the Guy Who Loves Them |
| November 17 | Anne M. Robichauld, Umbrian Regional Tour Guide, Teacher
Assisi Before and After the September 26, 1997 Earthquake |
| December 8 | Richard Reeves, Syndicated Columnist, Author, Professor of Journalism, Annenberg Center for Communication University of Southern California What the People Know: Freedom and the Press |
Winter/Spring 1998
| January 6 | Dr. Coit Blacker, Director, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University The US and NATO: Looking Into the 21st Century |
| January 20 | Prof. Andrew Fraknoi, astronomer, Foothill College If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be Mars |
| February 3 | The Hon. Judge Burton Katz, former Prosecutor and Superior Court Judge, Los Angeles County Unmasking the Criminal Justice System |
| February 17 | Dr. Diane Middlebrook, professor of English, Stanford University He or She: Who Was Billy Tipton? |
| March 3 | Tony Taccone, artistic director, Berkeley RepertoryTheater The American Theater: Past, Present, Future |
| March 17 | Paul Solman, commentator, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer The Business of Journalism |
| April 7 | On Soltes, Director, B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC Israel after 50 Years: What about it? |
| April 21 | Regis McKenna, Chairman, The McKenna Group,
Real Time: Preparing for the Age of the Never Satisfied Customer |
| May 5 | Dr. Sylvia Earle, Founder, Deep Ocean Exploration & Research Sea Change: A Message from the Ocean |
| May 19 | Rollin Post, political analyst The 1998 Election: Will it Make a Difference? |
| June 2 | Halstead Hohnan, M D, Prof of Medicine, Stanford University Who Should Be Negotiating the Health Care Problem |
Fall 1997
| September 16 | Dr. Stuart Brown, psychiatrist Play: the Creative Organizer |
| October 7 | Dr. Robert Sapolsky, professor of neurobiology Stanford University The Biology of Our Individuality |
| October 21 | Ron Miller, San Jose Mercury News Television Editor, author, Mystery TV Detectives Then and Now |
| November 4 | Gary Wintz, travel writer, lecturer, photographer China: the Awakening Dragon |
| November 18 | The Hon. Elizabeth Holtzman, former member, House of Representatives, Judiciary Committee Who Said It Would Be Easy? |
| December 9 | Nina Wemyss, historical researcher, Mondavi Winery The Seven Thousand Year History of Wine Through Art |