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National Press Club Archives
January 2005
Eliot Spitzer
Jan. 31, 2005 -- New York State Attorney General
Edward Kennedy
Jan. 12, 2005 -- Massachusetts Senator
Elaine Chao
Jan. 10, 2005 -- Secretary of Labor
David Eisner
Jan. 5, 2005 -- CEO, the Corporation for National and Community Service
November 2004
Bruce Cole
Nov. 16, 2004 -- Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
Dan Glickman
Nov. 11, 2004 -- Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America
Placido Domingo
Nov. 10, 2004 -- General Director, The Washington National Opera
October 2004
George Soros
Oct. 28, 2004 -- Political Financier and Soros Fund Management LLC Chairman
Robert Matsui and Tom Reynolds
Oct. 22, 2004 -- Congressmen
George Allen and Jon Corzine
Oct. 18, 2004 -- Republican Senator from Virginia, and Democratic Senator from New Jersey
Ernest Borgnine
Oct. 15, 2004 -- Oscar-winning Actor
Gaddi Vasquez
Oct. 14, 2004 -- Peace Corps Director
September 2004
Bobby Knight
Sept. 27, 2004 -- Texas Tech University Basketball Coach
Rod Paige
Sept. 24, 2004 -- Secretary of Education
Hector Barreto
Sept. 21, 2004 -- Administrator, Small Business Administration
John Snow
Sept. 20, 2004 -- Treasury Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld
Sept. 10, 2004 -- Defense Secretary
August 2004
Gen. Michael Hagee
Aug. 23, 2004 -- Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
Lester Crawford
Aug. 2, 2004 -- Acting Commissioner of the FDA
July 2004
Mitt Romney
July 14, 2004 -- Governor of Massachusetts
June 2004
Dr. James C. Dobson
June 25, 2004 -- Focus on the Family Founder
Alphonso Jackson
June 17, 2004 -- HUD Secretary
Paul Schott Stevens
June 15, 2004 -- President of the Investment Company Institute
David Gergen
June 7, 2004 -- Commentator and Former Presidential Adviser
John Howard
June 4, 2004 -- Prime Minister of Australia
Ralph Nader
June 3, 2004 -- Independent Candidate for President
May 2004
Ossie Davis
May 28, 2004 -- Actor and World War II Veteran
Gordon England
May 26, 2004 -- Secretary of the Navy
Erika Dunlap
May 21, 2004 -- Miss America 2004
Catherine Reynolds
May 19, 2004 -- Philanthropist
Jonathan Majiyagbe
May 10, 2004 -- President of Rotary International
April 2004
Jim Davis
April 30, 2004 -- Creator of Garfield
Elaine R. Jones
April 28, 2004 -- President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Rep. Elijah Cummings
April 27, 2004 -- Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus
Dr. E.O. Wilson
April 19, 2004 -- Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard Biologist
Rep. Charles Rangel
April 15, 2004 -- (D-NY)
Michael O. Leavitt
April 14, 2004 -- Administrator of the EPA
Ann Veneman
April 6, 2004 -- U.S. Agriculture Secretary
March 2004
Admiral Thomas H. Collins
March 23, 2004 -- Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
Terrence D. Jones
March 23, 2004 -- President and CEO, Wolf Trap Foundation
Mark Everson
March 15, 2004 -- IRS Commissioner
Anthony D. Romero
March 9, 2004 -- Executive Director of the ACLU
Rep. Michael Oxley and Sen. Paul Sarbanes
March 1, 2004 -- Authors of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
February 2004
Supachai Panitchpakdi
Feb. 26, 2004 -- Director General of the World Trade Organization
Hilary Swank
Feb. 11, 2004 -- Academy-Award Winning Actress
January 2004
Marsha Evans
Jan. 28, 2004 -- President and CEO of the Red Cross
Frank Keating
Jan. 20, 2004 -- Former Governor of Oklahoma
Michael Powell
Jan. 14, 2004 -- Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
Kate Michelman
Jan. 12, 2004 -- President of NARAL Pro Choice America
December 2003
Lance Armstrong and Hamilton Jordan
Dec. 17, 2003 -- Tour de France winner/Former Chief of Staff for Jimmy Carter
November 2003
John DeStefano, Jr.
Nov. 24, 2003 -- Mayor of New Haven, Conn.
Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Nov. 21, 2003 -- Senior Council for the Natural Resources Defense Council
Tommy Thompson
Nov. 20, 2003 -- Health and Human Services Secretary
Dr. Julie L. Gerberding
Nov. 14, 2003 -- Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Spencer Abraham
Nov. 10, 2003 -- U.S. Energy Secretary
October 2003
James Wolfensohn
Oct. 29, 2003 -- World Bank President
Tony Stewart/George Pyne
Oct. 21, 2003 -- Winston Cup Champion/CEO, NASCAR
John Seffrin
Oct. 16, 2003 -- CEO, American Cancer Society
Tony Ridder
Oct. 8, 2003 -- Knight Ridder CEO
Sen. Orrin Hatch
Oct. 3, 2003 -- Republican -- Utah
September 2003
David Gunn
Sept. 30, 2003 -- President and CEO, Amtrak
Rod Paige
Sept. 24, 2003 -- U.S. Secretary of Education
Wynton Marsalis
Sept. 22, 2003 -- Pulitzer-Prize Winning Jazz Musician
Donald Rumsfeld
Sept. 10, 2003 -- U.S. Secretary of Defense
August 2003
Mark B. McClellan
August 8, 2003 -- M.D., Ph.D., Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
July 2003
William Donaldson
July 30, 2003 -- Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission
L. Paul Bremer
July 23, 2003 -- Director, Coalition Provisional Authority
Donald Palmisano
July 9, 2003 -- President-Elect, American Medical Association
June 2003
Dana Gioia
June 30, 2003 -- Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
Patrick Leahy
June 25, 2003 -- Senator, Vermont
Robert Mueller
June 20, 2003 -- Director, F.B.I.
Chuck Hagel
June 19, 2003 -- U.S. Senator (R-Neb.)
Raymond Gilmartin
June 17, 2003 -- Chairman, President, CEO, Merck & Co.
Ronald Sugar
June 3, 2003 -- President, Northrop Grumman
May 2003
Ossie Davis
May 23, 2003 -- Actor, Director, Producer
Ramsey Clark
May 12, 2003 -- Former U.S. Attorney General
Erika Harold
May 2, 2003 -- Miss America 2003
April 2003
Thomas Menino
April 30, 2003 -- Mayor, City of Boston
Tom Ridge
April 29, 2003 -- Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Gaylord Nelson
April 22, 2003 -- Earth Day Founder
Sean O'Keefe
April 17, 2003 -- NASA Administrator
Gale Norton
April 16, 2003 -- U.S. Interior Secretary
Tim Robbins
April 15, 2003 -- Actor, Director
Lee C. Bollinger
April 2, 2003 -- President, Columbia University
March 2003
Glenn Close
March 12, 2003 -- Actress
Elias Zerhouni
March 6, 2003 -- Director, National Institutes of Health
Myles Brand
March 4, 2003 -- President, NCAA
February 2003
Kim Clark
February 26, 2003 -- Dean, Harvard Business School
January 2003
Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Tom Daschle
January 27, 2003 -- House and Senate Minority Leaders
Edward Kennedy
January 21, 2003 -- U.S. Senator (D-Mass.)
Lynn Swann
January 15, 2003 -- NFL Hall of Famer and Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Paul Volcker
January 13, 2003 -- Chairman of the National Commission on Public Service
General James L. Jones
January 8, 2003 -- Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
Mario Cuomo
January 7, 2003 -- former Governor of New York
December 2002
George Stevens, Jr.
December 13, 2002 -- Founder and producer of the Kennedy Center Honors
Reza Pahlavi
December 12, 2002 -- Son of the late Shah of Iran
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
December 10, 2002 -- President-Elect of Brazil
Dick Armey
December 6, 2002 -- House Majority Leader
November, 2002
William D. Novelli
November 19, 2002 -- Executive Director and CEO, AARP
Danny Glover
November 12, 2002 -- Actor and Social Activist
John McDermott
November 6, 2002 -- Tenor
October 2002
Bob Newhart
October 30, 2002 -- Comedian
Archie Dunham
October 28, 2002 -- Vice Chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers and Chairman of ConocoPhillips
Earl A. Powell III
October 25, 2002 -- Director, National Gallery of Art
David Pottruck
October 18, 2002 -- President & Co-CEO, The Charles Schwab Corporation
Rep. Tom Davis
October 17, 2002 -- Chair, National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Rep. Nita M. Lowey
October 17, 2002 -- Chair, Democratic National Campaign Committee
Tom Donohue
October 8, 2002 -- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Sen. Patty Murray
October 2, 2002 -- Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Sen. Bill Frist
October 2, 2002 -- Chair, National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
Robert Zoellick
October 1, 2002 -- U.S. Trade Representative
September 2002
Ken Burns
September 18, 2002 -- Documentarian
Richard Myers
September 13, 2002 -- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Conrad Burns
September 12, 2002 -- United States Senator (R-MT)
Rod Paige
September 9, 2002 -- Secretary of Education
Frank Deford
September 5, 2002 -- Sportswriter and Broadcaster
August 2002
Leslie Lenkowsky
August 27, 2002 -- CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service
July 2002
Harvey Pitt
July 19, 2002 -- Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert Ingram
July 18, 2002 -- CEO and President, GlaxoSmithKline
Donald Carty
July 11, 2002 -- Chairman and CEO, American Airlines
Pat Cox
July 10, 2002 -- President of the European Parliament
Lynne Cheney
July 2, 2002 -- Wife of Vice President Dick Cheney
June 2002
Secretary Mel Martinez
June 18, 2002 -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
June 18, 2002 -- Senator, Massachusetts
Sam DiPiazza Jr.
June 17, 2002 -- CEO for PricewaterhouseCoopers
Henry M. Paulson
June 5, 2002 -- Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
May 2002
Ossie Davis
May 24, 2002 -- Actor and Host of the National Memorial Day Concert
Tom Daschle
May 22, 2002 -- Senator of South Dakota
Max Cleland
May 16, 2002 -- Senator of Georgia
Dan Quayle
May 9, 2002 -- Former Vice President of the United States
Raquel Welch
May 6, 2002 -- Actress and Model
Katie Harman
May 3, 2002 -- Miss America
Rev. Al Sharpton
May 2, 2002 -- Founder and President, National Action Network
April 2002
Tommy Thompson
April 30, 2002 -- Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services
Kay Coles James
April 25, 2002 -- Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management
William McDonough
April 24, 2002 -- The Utopian Architect
Horst Köhler
April 17, 2002 -- Managing Director, International Money Fund
John E. Potter
April 5, 2002 -- Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service
March 2002
Terrence D. Jones
March 26, 2002 -- Wolf Trap Foundation President and CEO
Kurt Warner
March 22, 2002 -- Quarterback of the St. Louis Rams
James Ziglar
March 19, 2002 -- Commissioner, I.N.S.
Henry Kissinger
March 5, 2002 -- Former Secretary of State
February 2002
Al Franken
February 14, 2002 -- Comedian and Author
Gale Norton
February 20, 2002 -- Secretary of the Interior
Pervez Musharraf
February 14, 2002 -- President of Pakistan
Salvatore Sodano
February 12, 2002 -- Chairman and CEO of The American Stock Exchange
Susan Eisenhower
February 11, 2002 -- President of The Eisenhower Institute
Tom Ridge
February 7, 2002 -- Homeland Security Director
David Satcher
February 4, 2002 -- U.S. Surgeon General
James Jeffords
February 1, 2002 -- U.S. Senator (I-VT)
January 2002
Franklin Raines
January 22, 2002 -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fannie Mae
Richard Meserve
January 17, 2002 -- Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Edward M. Kennedy
January 16, 2002 -- Senator of Massachusetts
Dr. Anthony Fauci
January 14, 2002 -- Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIH)
December 2001
Kim Gandy
December 11, 2001 -- President, National Organization for Women
Goldie Hawn
December 10, 2001 -- Actress and spokeswoman for WordsCanHeal.org
Sergei N. Khrushchev
December 6, 2001 -- Senior Fellow, Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies, Brown University
Rosalynn Carter
December 5, 2001 -- Former First Lady of the United States
Ivan Seidenberg
December 3, 2001 -- President and Co-CEO Verizon Communications
November 2001
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
November 28, 2001 -- Director, Office of Management and Budget
Jacques Rogge
November 27, 2001 -- President, International Olympic Committee
Robert Chase
November 16, 2001 -- President of the National Education Association
Alan C. Page
November 15, 2001 -- Minnesota Supreme Court Justice
James K. Coyne
November 12, 2001 -- President of the National Air Transportation Association
Laura Bush
November 8, 2001 -- First Lady of the United States
Dr. Ruth Simmons
November 7, 2001 -- President, Brown University
Anthony J. Principi
November 6, 2001 -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs
October 2001
Senator Bob Graham
October 25, 2001 -- (D) Florida
Darrell Green
October 23, 2001 -- Washington Redskin and Founder of the Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation
Jane F. Garvey
October 17, 2001 -- Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
Winston Churchill
October 11, 2001 -- Journalist, Author, Parliamentarian
Dan Snyder
October 2, 2001 -- Owner of the Washington Redskins
September 2001
Senator Joseph Biden, Jr.
September 10, 2001 -- Senator of Delaware
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton
September 6, 2001 -- Brazelton Institute, Child Development
Rod Paige
September 4, 2001 -- Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
August 2001
Erin Brockovich-Ellis
August 16, 2001
July 2001
Chris Peck and Terence Smith
July 26, 2001 -- Pew Center for Civic Journalism
Spencer Abraham
July 25, 2001 -- Secretary, Department of Energy
Yang Jiechi
July 24, 2001 -- Ambassador to the U.S. from the People's Republic of China
Charles Overby
July 23, 2001 -- President and CEO, The Freedom Forum
Hillary Rodham Clinton
July 19, 2001 -- Senator, NY
Hamilton Jordan
July 18, 2001 -- Former Chief of Staff for President Jimmy Carter
Condoleezza Rice
July 12, 2001 -- National Security Advisor
Marc H. Morial
July 10, 2001 -- Mayor of New Orleans,
President of U.S. Conference of Mayors
June 2001
Celeste Holm
June 29, 2001 -- Academy Award Winning Actress and President of Arts Horizons
Thabo Mbeki
June 27, 2001 -- President of South Africa
George J. Mitchell
June 25, 2001 -- Former Senate Majority Leader
Frank Keating
June 22, 2001 -- Governor of Oklahoma
Terrence D. Jones
June 18, 2001 -- President and CEO of Wolf Trap
Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick
June 8, 2001 -- Archbishop of Washington
Ralph Nader
June 5, 2001 -- Consumer Advocate
Gerald Ford
June 4, 2001 -- Former President of the United States
May 2001
George D. Warrington
May 24, 2001 -- President and CEO, Amtrak
Joseph Leonard
May 23, 2001 -- Chairman, President and CEO, AirTran Airways
Stefanie Powers
May 21, 2001 -- Actress and President of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation
Edward E. Whitacre
May 16, 2001 -- Chairman and CEO, SBC Communications Inc.
James P. Hoffa
May 15, 2001 -- General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
William Gates Sr.
May 11, 2001 -- Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Richard Moe
May 4, 2001 -- President, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Vladimir Gusinsky
May 3, 2001 -- Chairman of the Board, Media - MOST, parent company of NTV
Donna Brazile
May 2, 2001 -- Former Campaign Manager for Al Gore
April 2001
Angela Perez Baraquio
April 27, 2001 -- Miss America 2001
Dale Petroskey
April 25, 2001 -- President, Baseball Hall of Fame
David M. Walker
April 23, 2001 -- Comptroller General of the United States
Tommy Thompson
April 17, 2001 -- Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
John Hendricks
April 13, 2001 -- Chariman & CEO, Discovery Communications, Inc.
Founder, Women's United Soccer Association
King Abdullah
April 11, 2001 -- King of Jordan
Ted Forstmann
April 3, 2001 -- Senior Partner of Forstmann Little & Co.
Chairman and CEO of Parents in Charge
March 2001
Sam Nunn
March 29, 2001 -- Former Senator
Bill Moyers
March 22, 2001 -- Journalist
John Bogle
March 21, 2001 -- Founder, Vanguard Group
Queen Noor
March 8, 2001 -- Queen of Jordan
Michael Kaiser
March 6, 2001 -- President of the Kennedy Center
February 2001
Jesse Ventura
February 26, 2001 -- Governor of Minnesota
Scott McNealy
February 8, 2001 -- Chairman and CEO, Sun Microsystems Inc.
C. Michael Armstrong
February 7, 2001 -- Chairman and CEO of AT&T
John Sweeney
February 5, 2001 -- President, AFL-CIO
January 2001
Myles Brand
January 23, 2001 -- President, Indiana University
Sydney Taurel
January 18, 2001 -- President, Chairman & CEO, Eli Lilly
Dan Glickman
January 11, 2001 -- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
William Cohen
January 10,2001 -- U.S. Secretary of Defense
December 2000
Bill Ivey
December 18, 2001 -- Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
Susan Herman
December 15, 2000 -- Executive Director,
National Center for Victims of Crime
Henry Shelton
December 14, 2000 -- Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jane Henney
December 12, 2000 -- Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
November 2000
Bud Selig
November 28, 2000 -- Commissioner, Major League Baseball
Leonard Slatkin
November 27, 2000 -- Music Director, National Symphony Orchestra
Richard Riley
November 16, 2000 -- Secretary of Education
Julie Taymor
November 15, 2000 -- Director, The Lion King
October 2000
Kerry Kennedy Cuomo
October 31, 2000 -- Activist
Carl Reiner
October 25, 2000 -- Producer, Writer, Comedian
Charlene Barshefsky
October 19, 2000 -- United States Trade Representative
Dan Crippen
October 5, 2000 -- Director of the Congressional Budget Office
Bill Richardson
October 4, 2000 -- Secretary of Energy
Carol Browner
October 3, 2000 -- Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
September 2000
Donald Marron
September 29, 2000 -- Chairman & CEO of PaineWebber
Admiral James Watkins
September 28, 2000 -- President of the Joint Oceanographic Institutes and the Ocean Drilling Program
Ivan Seidenberg
September 25, 2000 -- President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Verizon
Horace Deets
September 8, 2000 -- Executive Director of AARP.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
September 7, 2000 -- Lieutenant Governor.
August 2000
Horst Köhler
August 7, 2000 -- Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
July 2000
Jacques Nasser
July 27, 2000 -- Ford Motor Company CEO dicussed Strategies for Customer Satisfaction and Environmental Leadership.
Ralph Nader
July 18, 2000 -- Green Party Presidential Candidate spoke about what a third party candidate can do.
Helen Thomas
July 13, 2000 -- Former UPI White House Reporter spoke about her very interesting career.
June 2000
Christopher Whittle
June 28, 2000 -- The founder and CEO of Edison Schools Inc. spoke about the reformation of America's schools.
Peter Rockwell
June 20, 2000 -- A sculptor and the youngest son of Norman Rockwell spoke about a new exhibit of his father's work.
Frank Zarb
June 13, 2000 -- CEO of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD) spoke about the "New Economy."
Michael Dell
June 8, 2000 -- The founder of Dell Computers addressed the future of e-business.
Gerald Ford
June 5, 2000 -- The former U.S. president spoke about his years in office.
James P. Hoffa
June 1, 2000 -- The president of the Teamsters spoke about "The State of the Union."
May 2000
Marie Osmond
May 31, 2000 -- The country singer and talk show host spoke about illness in children.
Cardinal Roger Mahony
May 25, 2000 -- The Archbishop spoke about the death penalty.
Franklin Raines
May 12, 2000 -- The CEO of Fannie Mae spoke about the mortgage market.
Tom Delay
May 4, 2000 -- The Senate Majority Whip talked about about integrity in public office.
Lawrence Summers
May 3, 2000 -- The Secretary of Treasury spoke about U.S. economic issues.
Tom Vilsack
May 2, 2000 -- The Governor of Iowa spoke about genetic farming.
April 2000
Heather French
April 28, 2000 -- The reigning Miss Anerica spoke about Homeless Veterans.
Mike Moore
April 13, 2000 -- The Director General of the WTO spoke about U.S. Leadership in Advancing International Trade.
James Gilmore
April 12, 2000 -- The governor of Virginia talked about the taxation of e-commerce.
Jerry Yang
April 11, 2000 -- The co-founder of Yahoo! discussed the future of the Internet.
Lawrence Small
April 5, 2000 -- The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution spoke about future plans for the world's largest museum and research complex.
George Robertson
April 4, 2000 -- The secretary general of NATO talked about the future of the trans-Atlantic alliance.
March 2000
Steve Allen
March 31, 2000 -- The comedian and honorary chairman of the Parents Television Council discussed increasing vulgarity in entertainment.
Kevin Klose
March 30, 2000 -- NPR's president and CEO spoke about ethics and technology in radio.
Dolly Parton
March 23, 2000 -- The entertainer and founder of the Dollywood Foundation talked about literacy.
Raymond Kelly
March 17, 2000 -- The commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service discussed the issues facing America's borders.
William Daley
March 15, 2000 -- The U.S. Secretary of Commerce spoke about international business in the 21st century.
James Wolfensohn
March 14, 2000 -- The President of The World Bank talked about the economic community's role in supporting humanitarian issues.
Gordon B. Hinckley
March 8, 2000 -- The President of The Church of Jesus Christ for Latter Day Saints spoke about the important of moral principles in day to day life.
February 2000
James Loy
February 24, 2000 -- The Commandant for the U.S. Coast Guard spoke about the history and future of the service protecting the nation's shores.
Philip Diehl
February 23, 2000 -- The director of the US Mint discussed the new Sacagawea Golden Dollar Coin.
Neil Armstrong
February 22, 2000 -- The first man on the moon talked about the greatest engineering feats of the 20th century.
Robert Johnson
February 10, 2000 -- The Chairman and CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET) spoke about reconnecting the black community.
William Kennard
February 8, 2000 -- The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission discussed the new communications landscape.
Alan Keyes
February 7, 2000 -- The Republican presidential candidate talked about the challenges facing the GOP and the country.
Mitt Romney
February 3, 2000 -- The president of the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics discussed "The State of the Games."
January 2000
Marcel Marceau
January 28, 2000 -- The world's most famous pantomime gave a speech at the National Press Club.
Robert Wright
January 24, 2000 -- The Chief Executive Officer of NBC discussed the challenge of network television.
Bob Woodward
January 14, 2000 -- The Assistant Managing Editor of the Washington Post spoke about investigative reporting.
Bernard Ebbers
January 12, 2000 -- The CEO of MCI Worldcom talked about his company's merger with Sprint.
Nick Brookes
January 11, 2000 -- The Chairman and CEO of the Brown & Williamson Corporation spoke about the tobacco industry.
Sandy Berger
January 6, 2000 -- The National Security Advisor discussed foreign policy.
December 1999
Ann Brown
December 16, 1999 -- The Chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission
delivered an address titled "Keeping Kids Safe -- The Holidays and Everyday"
John Koskinen
December 14, 1999 -- The assistant to the President and Chair of the President's Council of Year 2000 Conversion discussed Y2K preparations.
Hugh Price
December 10, 1999 -- The director of the National Urban League spoke about urban education.
Christopher Reeve
December 1, 1999 -- The actor discussed spinal cord injuries.
November 1999
Tipper Gore
November 29, 1999 -- The wife of Vice President Al Gore spoke about homelessess.
Mayor Wellington Webb
November 23, 1999 -- The mayor of Denver gave a speech entitled, "What the presidential candidates should be discussing."
John Sweeney
November 19, 1999 -- The president of the AFL-CIO discussed trade talks.
Dr. Myron Murdock
November 12, 1999 -- The national medical director of the non-profit Impotence World Association spoke about sexual dysfunction in women.
Molly Smith
November 5, 1999 -- The Artistic Director of the Arena Stage discussed the current state and future direction of American theater.
Richard Holbrooke
November 2, 1999 -- The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations gave a speech entitled "The U.S. Role at the U.N. - Reform and Arrears."
October 1999
General James L. Jones
October 29, 1999 -- The Marine Corps Commandant talked about the need for a Marine Corps.
H. E. Felix Rohatyn
October 25, 1999 -- U.S. Ambassador to France H.E. Felix Rohatyn discussed U.S./France relations.
J. K. Rowling
October 20, 1999 -- Best-selling British author J.K. Rowling discussed her new book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Dave Thomas
October 12, 1999 -- The founder of the Wendy's hamburger chain discussed the Dave Thomas Foundation.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
October 6, 1999 -- Nobel peace-prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke about life in South Africa.
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