Past Speakers
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2025
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January 13, 2025
Ron Howard
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February 3, 2025
Rob Gronkowski
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March 10, 2025
Dr. Moiya McTier
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March 31, 2025
H.R. McMaster
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April 14, 2025
Dr. Anthony Fauci
2024
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Congresswoman Liz Cheney
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Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch
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Stanley Tucci
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Nir Eyal
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Misty Copeland
2023
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President Carlos Alvarado Quesada
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Michael Phelps (with moderator Rowdy Gaines)
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Admiral James Stavridis
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Thomas Friedman
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José Andrés
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Erin Brockovich
2022
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Gov. Chris Christie
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Dave Barry
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Ronan Farrow
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Karen Gordon Mills
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Tony Dungy
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Liza Donnelly
2020/2021
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General John F. Kelly
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Rick Steves
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Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman
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Sam Quinones
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Lisa Genova (Postponed to November 1, 2021)
2019
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Shaquille O’Neal
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James Comey
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Jimmy Wales
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Caroline Kennedy
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Ian Bremmer
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Reuben Margolin
2018
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John Brennan
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Jon Meacham
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Michael Lewis
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Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Ali Wentworth
2017
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Dick Cheney
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Geena Davis
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Jared Cohen
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James Balog
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Felipe Calderón
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Liz Murray
2016
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Michael Eisner
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Jim Messina and Karl Rove (with moderator Sharyl Attkisson)
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Sir Ken Robinson
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Robin Roberts
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General David Petraeus
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Amy Tan
2015
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Dr. Charles Krauthammer
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Jon Huntsman, Jr.
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Dan Buettner
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali (with moderator Katty Kay)
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Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Dr. Ben Bernanke
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Justice Antonin Scalia
2014
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President George W. Bush
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Platon
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Raymond Kelly
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Wes Moore
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Leon Panetta
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Jenna Bush Hager
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Special, One Night Only Event: Michael Bloomberg
2013
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Walter Isaacson
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Dr. Robert Gates
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Dr. Benjamin Carson
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Captain Mark Kelly
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Tom Brokaw
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Jacqueline Novogratz
2012
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Laura Bush
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Roland Fryer
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Gen. Stanley McChrystal
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Steven Levitt
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Bill O’Reilly
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Tina Brown
2011
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Greg Mortenson
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George Will
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Prime Minister Tony Blair
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Elie Wiesel
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Malcolm Gladwell (with moderator Adam Gopnik)
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Cherie Blair
2010
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Fareed Zakaria
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Peggy Noonan
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Dr. Condoleezza Rice
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President Pervez Musharraf
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Philippe de Montebello
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President Bill Clinton
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Sen. Bill Bradley
2009
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Rep. Newt Gingrich
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Dr. Robert Ballard
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President Mikhail Gorbachev
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Sec. Madeleine Albright
2008
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta
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Spike Lee
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Charlie Rose
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Gov. Mario Cuomo and Sen. Bob Dole
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Paul Krugman
2007
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Sam Donaldson
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Prime Minister Ehud Barak
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Daniel Pink
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Jane Goodall
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Quincy Jones
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Platinum Appreciation Speaker: Rudy Giuliani
2006
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Bill Moyers
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Maya Angelou
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Sec. Robert Reich
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Amy Chua
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Sec. Colin Powell
2005
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Tim Russert
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Homer Hickam
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HRH Prince Edward
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Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
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David Halberstam
2004
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Jeff Greenfield
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David Gergen
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Mary Matalin
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James Carville
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Thomas Friedman
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Frank McCourt
2003
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Richard Holbrooke
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Carl Bernstein
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Christopher Buckley
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Richard Reeves
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Gail Sheehy
2002
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Cokie and Steve Roberts
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David Kennedy
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Lawrence Kudlow
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Liz Smith
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Gregory Stock
2001
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Michael Beschloss
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Linda Ellerbee
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Arthur Golden
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Dr. Story Musgrave
2000
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Ken Burns
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Scott Ritter
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Sally Quinn
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Thomas Hoving
1999
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Rita Moreno
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Ralph Nader
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Ian Wilmut
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David McCullough
1998
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Stuart Varney
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Gregory Hines
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Richard Preston
1997
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Yuli Vorontsov
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Bob Woodward
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Aileen Bridgewater
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P. J. O’Rourke
1996
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Cathy Rigby
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Frank Cappiello
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Capt. James Lovell
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Jehan Al Sadat
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The Capitol Steps
1995
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William Bennett
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Georgie Anne Geyer
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Hope Mihalap
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Jean-Michel Cousteau
1994
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Terry Anderson
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Chai Ling
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Dennis Weaver
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Irving Levine
1993
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James and Sarah Brady
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Robert Kennedy, Jr.
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Judith Viorst
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Boris Notkin
1992
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William Buckley
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Jane Bryant Quinn
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Calvin Trilling
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Susan Eisenhower
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Roald Sagdeev
1991
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Daniel Schorr
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Madame Nien Cheng
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John Powers
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Ellen Goodman
1990
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Alex Trebek
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Arnaud De Borchgrave
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Helen Thomas
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Senator William Proxmire
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Lewis Grizzard
1989
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Edwin Newman
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Roberta Peters
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Georgie Anne Geyer
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David and Julie Eisenhower
1988
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Mark Russell
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Art Linkletter
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John Stossel
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Jayne Meadows
1987
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Douglas Edwards
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Virginia Graham
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Stansfield Turner
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William Safire
1986
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Nancy Dickerson
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Patrice Munsel
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George Plimpton
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Drew Middleton
1985
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A.M. Rosenthal
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Richard Valeriani
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Arlene Francis
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Malcolm Forbes, Jr.
1984
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Jack Anderson
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Marvin Cetron
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John Houseman
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Joan Fontaine
1983
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Heloise
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Paul Duke
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Allison Leland
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
1982
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James Kilpatrick
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Kitty Carlisle
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Tom Wolfe
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Earl Nightingale
1981
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Stanley Marcus
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Peter Duchin
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Countess of Romanones
Pre-TOWN HALL Special Speaker Events
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March 9, 1978
Vincent Price
