| 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 |
Programs
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 |
Winter/Spring 1997
| January 7 | Dr. Ramon Cortines, Special Advisor to the U.S.Secretary of Education The Community’s Capacity to Improve Schools |
| January 21 | Dr. Estelle Freedman, Professor of History; Chair, Feminist Studies, Stanford University Maternal Justice: The Female Reform Tradition in Modern America |
| February 4 | James Ware, United States District Judge Access to Justice: Reclaiming our Rights |
| February 17 | Molly Ivins, political columnist, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Molly Ivins Can’t Say That, Can She? |
| March 4 | Susan Shillinglaw, professor of English; Director of the Steinbeck Research Center Steinbeck: A Voice for the Voiceless |
| March 18 | Victor Martinez, poet and novelist
From Poetry to the Novel |
| April 1 | I. Michael Heyman, Secretary of the Smithsonian
Dilemmas Faced by Public Museums |
| April 15 | Susan Sheehan, writer, The New Yorker The Second Best Job in the World |
| May 6 | Weslia Whitfield, song stylist
Mike Greensill, pianist and musical conductor A Journey of the American Song |
| May 13 | Joy Carlin, actress and director “Both Sides of the Footlights |
| May 20 | Orville Schell, Dean, Graduate School of Journalism, UC-Berkeley China and Hong Kong: A Marriage in Trouble |
| June 3 | Hon. Rebecca Q. Morgan, CEO, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network; former State Senator, former County Supervisor Shaping Policy in a Public-Private ConsortiumHon. Dianne McKenna, The Future of Our Children |
Fall 1996
| September 17 | Mr. Philip Trounstine, San Jose Mercury News Political Editor Covering the Republican and Democratic Conventions: Perspectives of a Political Writer |
| October 1 | Dr. Michael McFaul, Professor of Political Science, Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Presidential Elections: What Do They Mean for Russian Democracy |
| October 15 | Mr. Vincent Bugliosi, former prosecutor for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office; attorney, author, Outrage, Helter-Skelter The Prosecutor Speaks: Is Justice Being Served? |
| November 5 | Dr. Charles Barber, conductor, pre-concert lecturer Great Conductors and How They Got That Way |
| November 19 | Bruno Wassertheil, former CBS News chief radio correspondent in Israel; Israel and the Palestinians: Rushing Headlong Toward Peace or Disaster |
| December 3 | Dr. Angela Meyer, Director of Marketing & Client Services, Failure Analysis Learning From Disasters: Examples From the Files of Failure Analysis |
Winter/Spring 1996
| January 2 | Orville Schell, author; writer for The New Yorker China After Deng Xiaoping |
| January 16 | Seth Shostak, astrophysicist, SETI Institute Scientists Search for Extraterrestrials |
| February 6 | Chuck Finney, Deputy in Consumer and Environmental Division, of the San Mateo District Attorney’s Office; Talk Host, KAWL radio Significant Issues Facing Consumers in Day-to-Day Living |
| February 20 | James Fallows, Washington editor, The Atlantic Monthly How the Media Undermine American Democracy |
| March 5 | Dr. Norman Naimark, Chair, Dept. of History, Stanford University,
The Lessons of Bosnia: Preparing for the 21st Century |
| March 19 | Gerald Ulemen, professor, Santa Clara University Law School; Member, 03 Simpson defense team Lessons from the Trial |
| April 2 | Dr. Timothy O’Keefe, Chair, Dept. of History, Santa Clara University Ireland: From the Quiet Man to the Unquiet Woman |
| April 16 | Laurie Garrett, writer, Newsday; author, The Coming Plague The Coming Plague |
| May 7 | Loretta Green, feature writer, The San Jose Mercury A Reporter’s Notebook: A Look at the Human Angle |
| May 21 | David Gergen, editor-at-large, US News & World Report. |
| June 4 | Dr. Michael Krasny, talk host, KQED radio, professor of English,
Talk Shows & Toxicity: What We Can Do About the Poisoning of our Airwaves |
Fall 1995
| September 19 | Timothy Near, artistic director, Jose Repertory Theater What’s New With Area Theater |
| October 3 | James Benham, Chairman, The Benham Funds Stock Market: Is it Different This Time? Things to Worry About |
| October 17 | Jacques Leslie, author, journalist, foreign correspondent The Mark: A War Correspondent’s Odyssey from Saigon to Mill Valley |
| November 7 | Ann Richards, former Governor of Texas Ann Richards: From the Heart |
| November 21 | John Bunzel, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution Affirmative Action: The Debate over Race and Equality |
| December 5 | Anne Lamott, author How I Get a Little Work Done Everyday Despite it All |
Winter/Spring 1995
| January 3 | Michael McFaul, Ph.D., Research Associate, Center for International Security and Arms Control Prospects for Economic and Political Reform in Russia: View From the Frontline |
| January 17 | Jocelyn Marsh, Ph.D., Professor of English, Stanford University Filming Dickens Illustrated Lecture |
| February 14 | Denise Erickson, Instructor, Canada College Monet DeYoung Exibit |
| February 21 | Robert Scalopino, Ph.D, Institute of East Asian Studies Asia: What Next? |
| March 7 | Tom Nolan, Defense Attorney Our Criminal Justice System, An Insiders’ View |
| March 21 | Elizabeth Tallent, Author and Director of the Stanford Creative Writing Program,
The Writing Process |
| April 4 | Nancy Maynard, Director of the Institute for Journalism Education, Former Owner of the Oakland Tribune The Future of the Press |
| April 18 | Doris Kearns Goodwin, Author “The Fitzgeralds and Kennedys” “Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream” No Ordinary Time, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Home Front in World War II |
| May 2 | Peter Robinson, Hoover Institute, Stanford University, Author Snapshots from Hell — The Making of an MBA |
| May 16 | Ernie Young, PhD, CoDirector of the Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University BioMedical Ethics in Todays World |
| June 6 | David Zsady, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Who Says Spies Don’t Have a Sense of Humor? |
Fall 1994
| September 20 | Haynes Johnson, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author, Journalist, Television Commentator America: Crisis of Change |
| September 27 | Mark Shields, Television News Analyst American Politics: Inside and Outside Beltway |
| October 4 | Mervin Fields, Founder of the Field (California) Poll The Shape of the 1994 Elections |
| October 25 | Neil Sheehan, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author, Foreign Correspondent, Investigative Reporter American War Machine : From Vietnam To the Persian Gulf |
| November 1 | Paul Hawken, Author, Co-founder of Smith and Hawken,
Ecology of Commerce Changing the Way We Do Business |
| November 15 | Jan Goodwin, Author, Foreign Correspondent, BBC News Reporter Islamic Extremism Women and a Growing State of Terror |
| December 6 | Zeke Wigglesworth, Travel Editor, San Jose Mercury News Travel Outlook: Current Travel Trends for 1995 |
Winter/Spring 1994
| January 4 | Gail Lapidus, Ph.D., Chairman Berkeley-Stanford Program in Soviet Studies Russia Today: The Dilemma of State and Nation Building |
| January 18 | Terry Karl, Ph.D., Chairman, Latin American Studies, Stanford University Resolving Civil Conflicts: Lesson from El Salvador |
| February 1 | Joe Morchi, Founder, Director, Center For the American Musical The Road to Oklahoma |
| February 15 | Henry Greely,Ph.D., Professor of taw, Stanford University Reforming Healthcare |
| March 1 | Richard Reeves, Author, Journalist The Young Presidents: Kennedy and Clinton in the White House |
| March 15 | James Burke, Science Historian, TV Writer, Host, Producer Riding the Network: Journey Through Knowledge |
| April 5 | Desmond Lathom, Journalist, Broadcaster Radio 702; South Africa, Knight Fellow, Stanford University Sarenjevo, Mogadishu, South Africa |
| April 19 | Bill Frost, Monterey Bay Aquarium An Insider View of the Monterey Bay Aquarium |
| May 3 | Paul Hawken, Co-founder of Smith and Hawken, Author Ecology of Commerce: Changing the Way We Do Business |
| May 17 | Paul Erdman, Ph.D., Economist, Author Where the Economy is Headed |
| June 7 | Ronald Rebholz, Ph.D., Chairman Department of English Stanford University Sex, Lies, and the Theatre: Shakespeare and His Times |
Fall 1993
| September 21 | Carey Perloff, Artistic Director, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco A.C.T. and the American Theatre in the 90’s |
| October 5 | Gretchen Turner, De Young Museum Teotihuacan: City of the Gods |
| October 19 | Rollin Post, Political Commentator Preview of the 1994 Elections |
| November 2 | Anne Robinson, Co-founder and CEO of Windham Hill Records In Spite of Everything It Worked |
| November 16 | Andres Jimenez, Ph.D., Director, California Policy Seminar, U,C. Berkeley Building a Sound U.S. Immigration Policy |
| December 7 | Robert Commanday, Music Critic San Francisco Chronicle Copland and Bernstein: How Come? What Now? |