2023 - Nikole Hannah-Jones
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and creator of the 1619 Project
Staff writer at The New York Times Magazine
2019 - Dr. Scott Parazynski
Astronaut, Physician and Founder and CEO of Fluidity Technologies
The Opportunity and the Obligation to Innovate: To Infinity and Beyond
2018 - Jonathan Haidt
Renowned Social Psychologist
Politics and Polarization
2017 - Samantha Power
Former UN Ambassador
Why Human Rights Matter More Than Ever
2016 - Nancy Lublin
Founder and CEO of Crisis Text Line
The Giving Solution: How Philanthropy is Changing the World
2015 - Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Pulitzer Prize winners
Why Students Should Care About the World—& Change It
2014 - Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium
Science as a Way of Knowing
2013 - Jon Huntsman
Former governor, Utah
Challenges Facing America Today
2012 - Soledad O'Brien
CNN journalist
Her Life Stories
2011 - Steven D. Levitt
William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago
The World through the Eyes of a Freakonomist
2010 - Bob Woodward
Journalist and Author
From Nixon to Obama
2009 - Greg Mortenson
Author
Peace Through Education
2008- Retired Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft,USAF
U.S. Diplomacy in a Transforming World
2007 - Ruth Wedgwood
The Edward B. Burling Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, and Director of the Program in International Law and Organizations, at the School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, in Washington, D.C.
Fighting Terrorism within the Law
2006 – William Kristol
Editor of “The Weekly Standard”
American Foreign Policy after September 11th
2005 – Leon R. Kass, M.D., Ph.D.
Addie Clark Harding Professor in the Committee on Social Thought
Science, Politics and the Dilemmas of Bioethics
2004 – Linda Chavez
President, Center for Equal Opportunity
Thinking About Race: The Shifting Civil Rights Agenda
2003 – Lt. Gen. Bernard E. Trainor (Ret.)
United States Marine Corps
War and the Christian Conscience
2002 – Hon. Clarence Thomas
Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
Judging and the Court
2001 – Mary Ann Glendon
Learned Hand Professor, Harvard Law School
Perils and Promise of the International Human Rights Project
2000 – Christopher J. Matthews
MSNBC “Hardball” Anchor
Freedom
1999 – Paul D. Wolfowitz
Dean, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University
Quarrels in Far Away Countries: U.S. National Interests and Ethnic Conflicts
1998 – Gertrude Himmelfarb
Professor Emerita of History, The City University of New York
Two Cultures: A Nation Divided
1997 – Prof. James Q. Wilson
Collins Professor of Management, The University of California at Los Angeles
Criminal Trials: Judging vs. Explaining
1996 – Hon. Robert P. Casey
Former Governor, Pennsylvania
Not by Bread Alone: The Culture War and its Impact on the Politics of 1996 and Beyond
1994 – Gen. John R. Galvin (Ret.)
United States Army
The Uses of Military Force in Achieving National Objectives
1993 – Hon. Paul E. Tsongas
Former Senator, Massachusetts
The Future of America
1992 – Hon. Shirley Williams
Professor of Electoral Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
From Communism to Democracy: The Agony of Transition
1991 – Hon. John T. Noonan, Jr.
Judge, United States Court of Appeals
Free Exercise of Religion: Past History and Present Crisis
1990 – Hon. Antonin Scalia
Associate Justice, United States Supreme
Reflections on the Constitution
1989 – Robert M. Hayes
Founder, National Coalition for the Homeless
Fear, Loathing or Compassion? Confronting the Homeless on the Streets of America
1988 – Paul A. Volcker
Former Chairman, Federal Reserve System
Meeting Our Public Responsibilities
1987 – Bernard J. O’Keefe
Chairman, Executive Committee of EG&G
The U.S. Economy and World Peace
1986 – Dr. Constance E. Clayton
Superintendent, Philadelphia Public Schools
Cross-Currents and Conflicts in Educational Reform
1985 – William M. Dyal, Jr.
President, American Field Service International/Intercultural Programs, Inc.
Building Bridges of Understanding in a Divided World
1984 – Hon. R. Sargent Shriver
Founding Director, Peace Corps; Former Ambassador to France
1984: George Orwell versus Holy Cross
1983 – Hon. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Esq.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under President Carter
Politicizing God and Science: Whatever Happened to the Difference Between Madame Curie and Dr. Frankenstein?
1982 – Dr. Lester C. Thurow
Professor of Management and Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Can the United States Survive in a Competitive World?
1981 – Prof. Doris Kearns Goodwin
Former Aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson
The Presidency: Imperial or Impotent
1980 – Hon. Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.
Dean, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
The United States and the World in the 1980’s
1979 – Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge
Distinguished Public Servant
Needed Reforms in American Government and Foreign Policy
1978 – John Kenneth Galbraith
Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus, Harvard University
Inflation to Unemployment: The Anatomy of Economic Achievement
1977 – Hon. George W. Ball
Under Secretary of State, Ambassador to the United Nations
Diplomacy for a Crowded World
1975 – Prof. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Albert Schweitzer Professor of the Humanities, The City University of New York
The American Government and Economic Crisis
1974 – Prof. Archibald Cox
Harvard Law School
The Judiciary as an Instrument of Reform
1973 – Prof. Gino Germani
Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs, Harvard University
Democracy and Dictatorship in Latin America
1972 – Dr. Allen S. Whiting
Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan
Relations Between the United States and China: Realities and Myths
1971 – Hon. Charles E. Bohlen
U.S. Career Diplomat, Former Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Aspects of American Foreign Policy in a Post-War World
1970 – Dr. Adam B. Ulam
Russian Research Center, Harvard University
The Sources of the Cold War: Soviet Perspectives
1969 – Hon. John P. Collins
Professor of Government, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Dynamics of Urban Change
1968 – Prof. James Vorenberg
Harvard Law School
The Need for Light and Action
1967 – Prof. Edwin O. Reischauer
University Professor of History, Harvard University
Beyond Vietnam
1966 – Dr. Richard Neustadt
Harvard School of Public Administration
Presidential Power: Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
1965 – Hon. Paul C. Reardon
Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court
The Judiciary: State and Federal
*lecturers are listed by academic year