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Ballenger Eminent Persons Lecture Series Past Guest Lecturers
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April 17, 2008
 Dr. Jared Diamond
An American evolutionary biologist, physiologist, bio-geographer, and professor of geography and physiology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for "Guns, Gems and Steel", discussing the downfall of some of history's greatest civilizations. |
October 4, 2007
 Morris Dees
Renowned Civil Rights Attorney, co-founder and chief trial counsel of the non-profit organization,
Southern Poverty Law Center. |
May 24, 2007
 Harry Belafonte
African-American pop star, civil rights advocate and ardent
champion of humanitarian
causes |
October
26, 2006
The Future of Flint: New
Voices of the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Young entrepreneurs who chose to start
businesses in Flint
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April
5, 2006
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Lech
Walesa,
Former President of Poland, Leader
of the Polish Solidarity Movement and
1993 Nobel Peace Prize Winner |
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| October, 2005
 William
Johnson,
former Mayor Rochester, New York
“The Urban Challenge” |
| April, 2005
 Spike
Lee,
Award-winning Film maker
“Race in Films and Society” |
| Hiatus |
1996 – 2005 |
| Jim Barcia |
Congressman, 1996 |
| Debbie Stabenow |
Congressional Candidate, 1996 |
| Carl Levin |
U.S. Senator, 1994 |
| Asa Hilliard |
Black Historian, 1993 |
| Bob Talbert |
Newspaper Columnist, 1993 |
| Christy Whitman |
New Jersey Governor, 1992 |
| John Engler |
Governor, 1992 |
| Woodrow Stanley |
Flint Mayor, 1992 |
| Uri Huppert |
Israeli Political Analyst, 1991 |
| Lamar Alexander |
Secretary of Education |
| Yolanda King |
Daughter of MLK, 1990 |
| Henry Cisneros |
Secretary of HUD |
| Clark Durant |
Political Candidate |
| John Loftus |
Author, Holocaust |
| Jim Blanchard |
Governor 1989 |
| Ellie Wiesel |
Holocaust Survivor, 1988 |
| Maggie Kuhn |
Grey Panthers Organizer, 1988 |
| Wyatt Tee Walker |
Civil Rights Activist, ML King
Aide, 1988 |
| Cesar Chavez |
Chicano Civil Rights Activist,
1987 |
| Don Riegle |
U.S. Senator |
| Elanor Smeal |
Pres. NOW, 1986 |
| Allen Ginsburg |
Poet, 1985 |
| William Buckley |
Conservative Columnist, 1984 |
| Russell Kirk |
Conservative Columnist, 1983 |
| Harold Wilson |
British Prime Minister, 1983 |
| Henry Steele |
Commander, Historian, 1983 |
| Art Buchwald |
Humorist, 1982 |
| Mortimer Adler |
Philosopher, 1982 |
| Robert Taft, Jr. |
U.S. Senator, 1982 |
| Dale Kildee |
Member of Congress |
| Doug Frazier |
Labor leader, 1976 |
| Leonard Woodcock |
Labor leader, 1976 |
| Jesse Jackson |
Civil Rights Activist, 1977 |
| Dizzy Gillespie |
Musician, 1977 |
| Leslie Stahl |
Network News Reporter, 1977 |
| Geraldo Rivera |
Talk Show Host, Activist 1977 |
| Peter Jennings |
Journalist, 1976 |
| Marv Rettenmund |
Baseball Player, 1976 |
| Sidney Harris |
Political Columnist, 1976 |
| Robert Theobald |
economist, futurist 1975 |
| Martha Griffiths |
Congresswoman, Lieut. Gov. 1975 |
| Ramsey Lewis |
Musician, 1975 |
| Cannonball Adderly |
Musician, 1975 |
| Stan Kenton |
Musician, 1975 |
| Mark Lane |
JFK Assassination
Expert, 1975 |
| Mary Calderone |
SEICUS, 1974 |
| Edwin Baron |
Hypnotist, 1974 |
| Sol Gordon |
Sex Expert 1974 |
| Florence Howe |
Feminist, 1974 |
| Stanton Friedman |
UFO Expert, 1974 |
| Margaret Meade |
Anthropologist
1974 |
| Tom Jarrell |
Journalist, 1974 |
| Ralph Houk |
NY Yankee, Baseball
Clinic 1974 |
| Dick Gregory |
Activist, Comedian,
1964, 1972 |
| Susan Stark |
Movie Reviewer,
1973 |
| Vincent Persichetti |
Composer, 1973 |
| James J. Kilpatrick |
Columnist, 1973 |
| Julian Bond |
Black Activist,
1972 |
| Richard Austin |
Secretary of
State, 1972, Commencement |
| William Kunsler |
Activist Attorney,
1972 |
| Forence Kennedy |
Feminist Activist,
1972 |
| John Sinclair |
Student Activist,
1972 |
| Muddy Waters |
Musician, 1972 |
| Gene McCarthy |
U.S. Senator,
Presidential Candidate, 1972, 1982 |
| Ti-Grace Atkinson |
Feminist, 1971 |
| Marlene Sanders |
TV News Reporter,
1971 |
| Edward P. Morgan |
News Commentator,
1971 |
| Bill Baird |
Birth Control
Expert, 1971 |
| Bill Russell |
B-ball player, 1971 |
| William Milliken |
Governor, 1970 |
| Frank Mankiewicz |
Political Analyst,
1970 |
| Jack Anderson |
Syndicated Columnist,
1970 |
| Dr. Sidney Cohen |
LSD Expert, 1970 |
| Pete McClosky |
Anti-War, Environmental
Member of Congress 1970 |
| David Shoenbrun |
Journalist, 1970 |
| Alex Haley |
Writer, 1969 |
| George Plimpton |
Writer, 1969 |
| John Scali |
Newsman, 1968 |
| A.D. King |
M.L. King's Brother,
1968 |
| John Ciardi |
Poet, 1969 |
| John Davidson |
Singer, 1968 |
| Roger Williams |
Singer, 1968 |
| Stanley Kaufman |
Art Critic,1968 |
| Sir Tyronne Guthrie |
Playwright,1968 |
| Jules Bergman |
Journalist,
1967 |
| Josh White |
Folk Singer,
1967 |
| Harrison Salibury |
Journalist, 1967 |
| Bill Mauldin |
Cartoonist, 1967 |
| Chad Mitchell Trio |
1964 |
| Norman Thomas |
1963 |
| Vance Packard |
Writer, 1963 |
| Daniel Schorr |
Journalist, 1963 |
| Norman Cousins |
Journalist, 1962 |
| Harrison Salisbury |
Journalist, 1961 |
| William Shirer |
Writer, 1962 |
| Alistair Cooke |
Journalist, 1961 |
| Ahmad Jamal |
Musician, 1960 |
| Harry Golden |
Writer, 1960 |
| Willy Ley |
Scientist, 1959 |
| Buckminster Fuller |
Inventor, 1959 |
| Stan Kenton |
Bandleader, 1959 |
| Werner Von Braun |
Rocket Scientist,
1957 |
| Lowell Thomas |
Radio Commentator,
1955 |
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