| 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? |
Programs
Winter/Spring 1993
| January 5 | ROBERT ARNOLD, Ph.D., Senior Economist and Co-Funder, Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy, Palo Alto The Economy after the Election |
| January 19 | LAURETIE GOLDBERG, PERFORMERS narrator from Music Sources, Center for Historically Informed Performance, Berkeley,California, Music of the 90’s in England and the United States: 1590, 1690, 1790, 1890, 1990 |
| February 2 | MARCIA MILLMAN, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz Warm Hearts and Cold Cash |
| February 16 | MARJORIE FARRAR, introducer,
PERFORMERS from Theater of the Homeless, Up from the Street |
| March 2 | TILLIE MADDOX, Docent at the Academy of Sciences, San Francisco World War II through a Child’s Eye |
| March 16 | MICHAEL MC ADAMS, Director, University of San Franicisco, Central Valley Regional Centers Crisis in Former Yugoslavia |
| April 6 | MICHAEL RUSTIGAN, Professor of Criminology, San Francisco Violence in America: Causes and Solutions |
| April 20 | DEBORAH WALROD and canine companion OREGON, Santa Rosa Canine Companions for Independence |
| May 4 | JOHN HARTE, Professor, Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley Global Sustainability: Charting the Course |
| May 18 | VALERIE COLEMAN, KCBS Radio, San Francisco Anchor With the Family in Mind |
| June 1 | GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN, former Governor of California The Nation State of California |
| June 15 | TOM CAMPBELL
What I Learned in the House of Representatives |
Fall 1992
| September 15 | EDWARD P. LAZEAR, Senior Feflow, Hoover Institution, and Professor of Urban and Labor Economics at the University of Chicago Economic Reform in Eastern Europe and Russia |
| October 6 | SISTER CAROl ANNE O’MARIE, author of mystery novels, and humanitarian, ministering to homeless women A Habit of Murder’ |
| October 20 | MURIEL BACH, actress and author, portrayer of risk-taking women :Of All the Nerve’ |
| November 3 | DANIEL R. WALTERS, syndicated political columnist and author, Sacramento Bee Today’s Election: What It Means to You |
| November 17 | DR. HERBERT ABRAMS, Professor of Radiology, Stanford Medical School, and Member-in-Residence, Center for International Security and Arms Control The President Has Been Shot: Confusion in the White House’ |
| December 1 | KARL A. TAUBE, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Callifornia at Riverside Gods and Glyphs: Recent Advances in the Interpretation of Ancient Maya Religion |
Winter/Spring 1992
| 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. |
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 |