| January 7 | ALAIN ENTHOVEN, Marriner S. Eccles Professor of Public and Private Management, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University The U.S. Health Care System: A Paradox of Excess and Deprivation. |
| January 21 | SMADAR LAVIE, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of California at Davis, author of The Poetics of Military Occupation Arab Deserts, American Dollars, and Jewish Diasporas: Notes on the Bedouin as Israeli Colonialist Allegory. |
| February 4 | LESLIE LIPSON, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley Britain after Thatcher. |
| February 18 | TOMMY FULCHER, Jr., Executive Director, Economic and Social Opportunities, Inc., San Jose Being Black in America Today. |
| March 3 | COL. CHUCK SCOTT, former Iranian hostage and Middle East consultant Thriving on Adversity |
| March 17 | GEORGE ROCHE, President, Hilisdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan Heartland America in the 1990s. |
| April 7 | MOLLY MCGINN, International Projects Specialist, United Airlines GARY WINTZ, travel writer, lecturer, photographer Tibet and the World of the Dalai Lama. |
| April 21 | PAUL BERG, Nobel laureate, Professor of Biochemistry, Stanford University Genes and Disease. |
| May 5 | J. CRAIG FONG, civil rights attorney with the Los Angeles County Bar Association Setting Immigration Priorities for the 90s. |
| May 19 | CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS, Washington Bureau Chief, San Francisco Examiner Politics of 1992. |
| June 2 | HELEN THAYER, All American athlete, explorer Skiing to the Top of the World. |
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Fall 1991
| September 17 | GAYLORD NELSON, former U.S. Senator, former Governor of Wisconsin, founder of Earth Day Challenges of the Environment: Where Do We Go From Here? |
| October 1 | CARL NOLTE, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Reporter, correspondent during the Persian Gulf War A War Like No Other: The Role of the Media. |
| October 15 | KAY CLARKE, R.N., Chair, San Francisco Rotary’s International Services GURDON PULFORD, M.D., Touch Romania: A Bay Area Experience. |
| November 5 | WALTER HOADLEY, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, former Executive Vice President and Chief Economist, Bank of America What’s on the Economic Horizon? |
| November 19 | WILMA MANKILLER, Chief of the Cherokee Nation History of the American Indian (To Present). |
| December 3 | PATRICIA HOLT, Book Editor, San Franciso Chronicle Controversies in Publishing. |
Winter/Spring 1991
| January 8 | Richard Lyman, Ph.D., Professor of Humanities, Director of Institute for International Studies, President Emeritus, Stanford University. How New a World?: Finding Perspective in an Era of Rapid Change. |
| January 22 | David Kennedy, Ph.D., William Robertson Coe Professor of History & American Studies, Stanford University. Can We Still Afford to be a Nation of Immigrants. |
| February 5 | Don Fehrenbacker, Ph.D., Coe Professor Emeritus of History, Stanford University Lincoln & the Literary Figures of His Time. |
| February 19 | Kathleen Cohen, Ph.D., Professor of Art History, San Jose State University
Images of the Goddess in Art & Their Meaning for Contemporary Women. |
| March 5 | Valeria Andreevna Kukharenko, Ph.D., Professor, Odessa University Women in the Soviet Union. |
| March 19 | Tony Haney, Director
Danny Duncan, Author, Theatreworks Go Down Garvey; Creating a New American Musical. |
| April 2 | Alan Heimert, Ph.D., Cabot Professor of American Literature, Harvard University A Brief History of Universities. |
| April 16 | Sue Bender, Author and Quilter Plain & Simple: A Woman’s Journey to the Amish. |
| May 7 | Timothy Taylor, Managing Editor, Journal of Economic Perspectives The California Lottery. |
| May 21 | Joel Beinin, Ph.D., Associate Professor History, Stanford University Prospects for Peace in the Middle East. |
| June 4 | Daniel Schorr, Reporter-Commentator America: Groping in the 1990’s. |
Fall 1990
| September 18 | Amy Tan, Author The Real Joy Luck Club & Other Truths about My Fiction. |
| October 2 | Rollin Post, Political Commentator, KRON-TV Elections 1990. |
| October 16 | Alan Harvey, Director of the Lamplighters The Story of Gilbert & Sullivan – Musical History with Four Singers. |
| November 6 | Jonathan Marshall, Editorial Page Editor, Oakland Tribune. The CIA’s Role in International Drug Traffic. |
| November 20 | Ron Nater, International Business Consultant, SRI. Japan, The Confused Giant. |
| December 4 | Gabriel Almond, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Political Science, Stanford University. Political Science in the Soviet Union. |
Winter/Spring 1990
| January 9 | John Farquar, M.D., Director, Stanford Center for Research on Disease and Prevention The American Way of Life Need Not be Hazardous to Your Health. |
| January 23 | John Shoven, Ph.D., Chairman Department of Economics, Stanford University Prospects for the U. S. Economy. |
| February 6 | Reese Erlich, Professor of Journalism, San Francisco State; Freelance Journalist,
What Lies Ahead for Chile? |
| February 20 | Constance Casey, Book Critic, San Jose Mercury News What’s Worth Reading? What’s Worth Reviewing? |
| March 6 | Gray Brechin, Cityscapes columnist and contributing editor, SF FOCUS magazine Victorian Estates of the Peninsula. |
| March 20 | Jim Murray, Former Police Chief, Milpitas; Visting Lecturer, Chinese People’s University of Public Security, Beijing A Policeman’s View of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. |
| April 3 | Ramona Rockway, Opera Director and Coach; Wendy 4-lartman-Carr, Soprano, and Tenor to -be -announced An Imaginary Tour of the Coming Opera Season, with Song and Backstage Reminisences. |
| April 17 | George Breslauer, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Chairman, Center for Slavic and East European Studies, Univ. of California, Berkeley Gorbachev and Eastern Europe. |
| May 1 | Marc Reisner, Author, Cadillac Desert Is the Water Crisis Real? |
| May 15 | Tom Cronin, Ph.D., Professor, Colorado College Leadership in America. |
| June 5 | Robert Maynard, Editor, Oakland Tribune Some Thoughts on the Media. |
Fall 1989
| September 19 | Martha Layne Collins, Former Governor of Kentucky Facing Challenges — Can America Stay on Top? |
| October 3 | Denise Erickson, Instructor, Foothill College New Star in Paris – Muse D’Orsay. |
| October 17 | Anthony Arnold, Visiting Scholar, Hoover Institution Afghanistan: The Human Problem. |
| November 7 | W. K. Laetsch, Ph.D., Vice—Chancellor, University of California, Berkeley The University of California in the 21st Century. |
| November 21 | Nien Cheng, Author Life and Death in Shanghai. |
| December 5 | Stephen Baker, Ph.D., Dean, International Policy Studies Division, Monterey Institute of International Studies Europe in 1992. |
Winter/Spring 1989
| January 3 | Mr. John Ehrlichman, former Assistant for Domestic Affairs to President Richard Nixon Rx for the New President |
| January 17 | Peter J. Duignan, Ph.D., Director of the African and Middle East programs, Hoover Institution The Future of Southern Africa |
| February 7 | Ms. Kay Mills, Los Angeles Times editorial writer How Female Reporters have Influenced the News. |
| February 21 | Mr. Joel Kotkin, West Coast Editor, Inc. Magazine The Third Century: America’s Resurgence in the Asian Era |
| March 7 | Mr. Orville Schell, author and New Yorker writer Discos and Democracy: China in the Throes of Reform |
| March 21 | Prof. Ken Bruce, De Anza College history department The ’20s: Beginning of the Modern Era |
| April 4 | Dr. W. Glenn Campbell, Director of Hoover Institution, Stanford University The Role of Think Tanks in American Public Policy |
| April 18 | Prof. William M. Brinner, Near Eastern Studies Department, UC Berkeley The Middle East Cauldron |
| May 2 | Prof. Diane Middlebrook, English Department, Stanford University Finding the Story in a Life: The Art of Biography |
| May 16 | Mr. Dave McElbatton, Eyewitness News Anchorman, KPIX, Channel 5, San Francisco Inside TV News’ 89 |
| June 6 | Ms. Ellen Goodman, Associate Editor and Columnist, The Boston Globe At Large… Commenting on a Complex Society |
Fall 1988
| September 20 | Phillip Butler, Ph.D., a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for eight years Tragedy to Triumph |
| October 4 | Ms. Beverly Fuchs, Director of Group Services, Senior Coordinating Council of Palo Alto The Graying of America |
| October 18 | Ms. Joan Fontaine, Academy Award-winning actress The Golden Years of Hollywood |
| November 1 | Ms. Loretta Green, reporter/columnist, Peninsula Times Tribune A Reporter’s Notebook: A Look at the Human Angle |
| November 15 | Mr. Christopher Matthews, Washington Bureau Chief, San Francisco Examiner The Significance of Last Week’s Election |
| December 6 | Dr. Loren Acton, astronaut/scientist on the space shuttle Challenger The Ecstasy and Agony of Spaceflight |
Winter/Spring 1988
| January 5 | Mr. Lawrence D. Dabms, Executive Director, 1988 Metropolitan Transportation Commission Gridlock! Remember When ‘Getting There’ was Half the Fun? |
| January 19 | Ms. Irene Kampen, Author and Humorist It’s a Funny World. |
| February 2 | W. Mark Fruin, Professor of Business and Economic History, California State University, Hayward Inside Toshiba: Industrial Work in Modern Japan. |
| February 16 | The Honorable Jean Moorhead Duffy, former Assembly woman, California State Legislature Laws and Sausage–Making Them Isn’t a Pretty Sight. |
| March 1 | William Paterson, veteran actor with the American Conservatory Theatre My 40 Years in Regional Theatre. |
| March 15 | Mervyn F. Silverman, M.D., President, American Foundation for AIDS Research AIDS: Causes, Cure, Prevention. |
| April 5 | Harold Gilliam, author and environmental and futurist columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle Carmel–An Environmental Pioneer. |
| April 19 | Marianne Alireza, author and former wife of Saudi Arabian diplomat At the Drop of a Veil. |
| May 3 | Marva Collins, educator and founder o Chicago’s Westside Preparatory School Relighting the Candle of Excellence. |
| May 17 | Elie Abel, Stanford University Professor of Journalism and former network news broadcaster Who is Managing the News? |
| June 7 | Scott Rice, Professor of English at California State University, San Jose It Was a Dark and Stormy Night… How Bad Writing Can Bring Out the Best. |
Fall 1987
| September 15 | The Honorable Rose Elizabeth Bird, Former Chief Justice of California Women and the Constitutional Bicentennial. |
| October 6 | Dr. Stephen A. Garrett, Professor of International Policy Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies The Central Intelligence Agency: Myths and Realities. |
| October 20 | Dr. Terry Lynn Karl, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University Central American Peace and Prosperity: What are the Chances? |
| November 3 | Brigadier Francis Ingall, Honorary Consul General of Pakistan and former commander of the famed Bengal Lancers Pakistan Then and Now. |
| November 17 | Mr. James D. Houston, co-author of Farewell to Manzanar with his wife, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston The Truth About Fiction: Where is the Line Between Real and Imagined Events? |
| December 1 | Dr. Erik Storm, scientist and research director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory If You Thought the Energy Crisis Was Over, You Have Another Think Coming. |