Past Speakers
The following list is a small selection of the hundreds of speakers at past meetings of the Worcester Economic Club. Past speakers include U.S. Presidents, Prime Ministers, Governors, Senators and Journalists.
1910sMeeting Number | Date | Speaker | Subject |
82 | 2/8/1919 | Col. W. A. Bishop | Air Fighting in Flanders Fields |
82 | 2/8/1919 | Prof. A. W. Duff | Bomb Dropping |
83 | 4/2/1919 | Captain Paul Perigord | The Continuance of Friendship between American and French People after the War. |
83 | 4/2/1919 | Hon. Clarence B. Miller of Minnesota | The New World and America’s Place in it |
84 | 5/20/1919 | Lieutenant M. Mouhanoff | Conditions in Russia |
84 | 5/20/1919 | Major-General Sir Frederick B. Maurice | How the War was Won |
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Meeting Number | Date | Speaker | Subject |
85 | 1/13/1920 | Mr. Sherman Rogers | Common Sense and the Labor Problem |
85 | 1/13/1920 | Hon. Leslie M. Shaw | The Vital Economic Issue |
86 | 2/5/1920 | Rear Admiral Joseph Strause, U.S.N. | Naval Operations in the North Sea |
86 | 2/5/1920 | Major General Enoch Crowder, U.S.A. | The Organization of an Army |
87 | 4/14/1920 | Mr. Ivy L. Lee | The Future of Transportation in America |
87 | 4/14/1920 | Prof. Irving Fisher | Stabilizing the Dollar |
88 | 10/26/1920 | Dr. Hamilton Holt | The Issues of the Presidential Campaign |
88 | 10/26/1920 | Dr. Lyman Abbott | The Issues of the Presidential Campaign |
89 | 12/16/1920 | Mr. Jules S. Bache | Needed Changes in Federal Taxation, with special references to the much-advocated gross Sales of Turnover Tax (In Favor) |
89 | 12/16/1920 | Mr. F. R. Carnegie Steele | Needed Changes in Federal Taxation, with special references to the much-advocated gross Sales of Turnover Tax (Opposition) |
90 | 2/6/1921 | Mr. John Graham Brooks | Social Control of Industrial Warfare |
90 | 2/6/1921 | Dr. Edward Cummings | Social Control of Industrial Warfare |
91 | 4/25/1921 | Prof. Walter B. Pitkin | The Japanese Problem of California |
91 | 4/25/1921 | Hon. Julius Kahn | The Japanese Problem of California |
92 | 12/5/1921 | Magnus W. Alexander | Economic Conditions in Europe |
92 | 12/5/1921 | W. Irving Bullard | Financial Conditions in Europe |
93 | 1/26/1922 | Mr. Don C. Seitz | The Making of a Newspaper |
93 | 1/26/1922 | Mr. MacGregor Jenkins | The Making of a Magazine |
94 | 2/20/1922 | George Grafton Wilson, L.L.D. | The Limitation of Armament |
94 | 2/20/1922 | George H. Blakeslee, Ph.D. | The Pacific and Far Eastern Questions |
95 | 4/13/1922 | Mr. J. D. Morril | The Coal Situtation |
95 | 4/13/1922 | Hon. Herbert Parker | Services of Edwin U. Curtis as Boston Police Commisioner |
96 | 10/16/1922 | His Execellency Stephen Panaretoff | “The Circle in the Near East” |
96 | 10/16/1922 | Dr. William Linn Wentermann | “The Circle in the Near East” |
97 | 12/20/1922 | Dr. Julius Klein | America’s Place in the Trade of the World |
98 | 1/9/1923 | S. S. McClure | World Conditions Today |
98 | 1/9/1923 | Syud Hossin | The Modern World and Western Civilization |
99 | 2/13/1923 | George W. Edmonds | The Ship Subsidy and its Relation To General Business |
99 | 2/13/1923 | Wallace W. Atwood | My European Travels |
100 | 3/15/1923 | Hon. Theodore E. Burton | Repartions and International Debt |
100 | 3/15/1923 | Henry Parker Willis | Repartions and International Debt |
101 | 4/25/1923 | Prof. Robert D. Ward | “Immigration Policy” |
101 | 4/26/1923 | Hon. William W. Husband | “Immigration Policy” |
102 | 10/25/1923 | Mr. Edward B. Buckland | “The Railroad Situation in New England” |
102 | 10/25/1923 | Prof. William J. Cunningham | “The Railroad Situation in New England” |
102 | 10/25/1923 | James J. Hill | “The Railroad Situation in New England” |
103 | 11/27/1923 | Dr. Harold G. Moulton | “Germany’s Capacity to Pay” |
104 | 1/30/1924 | Col. William N. Haskeff | “Present Conditions in Russia” |
105 | 2/26/1924 | William S. Murray | “The Future Power Supply for New England” |
105 | 2/26/1924 | George Otis Smith | “The Future Power Supply for New England” |
106 | 3/26/1924 | Laurence Lyon | “European Political Situation and the Personalities Behind them.” |
107 | 4/5/1924 | The Right Honorable William Morris Hughes, P.C. | “The Pacific, The Coming World Problems.” |
108 | 10/31/1924 | Mr. John H. Fahey | “The European Situation and the Personalities Behind them.” |
109 | 11/20/1924 | Col. C. H. Birdseye | “The Uncharted Colorado River” |
110 | 1/22/1925 | William Tyler Page | “Forty Years in the United States Capital” |
111 | 2/12/1925 | General H. N. Lord | “The Nation’s Business” |
112 | 4/29/1925 | Mr. Alba Johnson | “Shall We Save the Inter-State Commerce Commission?” |
113 | 10/19/1925 | Hon. James M. Beck of Philadelphia | “The Future of our Institutions” |
114 | 11/23/1925 | Rear Admiral Frederick C. Billard | Our “Peace and War” Service-The United States Coast Guard |
115 | 1/28/1926 | Dr. Oliver E. Baker | “The Trend in Agriculture as Shown by the 1925 Cenus, with Especial Reference to New England” |
116 | 2/24/1926 | William H. Stayton | “Shall the Volstead Act be Modified to Permit the Sale of Beer and Light Wines” |
116 | 2/24/1926 | Edward B. Dunford | “Shall the Volstead Act be Modified to Permit the Sale of Beer and Light Wines” |
117 | 5/4/1926 | Dr. Herbert S. Hadley | “Government and Education” |
118 | 11/10/1926 | Raymond B. Fosdick | Present Accomplishments and Progress of League of Nations |
119 | 12/7/1926 | Representative L.J. Dickson of Iowa | “Resolved, that the present economic situation in agriculture can be best improved by enacting legislation involving the principles of the Dickenson Bill as introduced and discussed in the first session of the 69th Congress.” (Affirmative) |
119 | 12/7/1926 | Representative F.W. Fort of New Jersey | “Resolved, that the present economic situation in agriculture can be best improved by enacting legislation involving the principles of the Dickenson Bill as introduced and discussed in the first session of the 69th Congress.” (Negative) |
120 | 2/10/1927 | Dr. P.W. Kuo | Present Conditions in China |
120 | 2/10/1927 | Dr. Stanley K. Hornbeck | Present Conditions in China |
121 | 4/9/1927 | Hon. William E. Borah | The Constant Enroachment of Government Upon Business |
122 | 5/4/1927 | Dr. Israel Mattuck | New Forces Remaking An Old World |
123 | 11/11/1927 | The Hon. Ogden L. Mills | Federal Tax Problems |
122 | 12/15/1927 | The Hon. William P. MacCracken, Jr. | Commerical Aviation: Its Development, Present and Prospective |
125 | 1/31/1928 | Charles Donnelly, Esquire | The Railroad Consolidation Movement |
126 | 2/28/1928 | George H. Blakeslee, Ph.D., L.H.D. | The Near View of China |
127 | 4/25/1928 | Wallace Thompson | The Nicaraguan Problem |
128 | 11/9/1928 | Dr. Julius Klein | Recovery of Europe: its Meaning for America |
129 | 11/27/1928 | Hon. Frederick M. Davenport | The Question of Public Utlities |
130 | 1/16/1929 | Francis H. Sisson | Present-day Trends in America Finance with reference to Industrial and Commercial Expansion and to General Prosperity |
131 | 2/26/1929 | William Trufant Foster | The New President and the New Economics |
132 | 4/10/1929 | Honorable Harry R. Lewis | The Undeveloped Resources of New England |
132 | 4/10/1929 | Mr. John F. Tineley | The Undeveloped Resources of New England |
132 | 4/10/1929 | Honorable Ralph O. Brewster | The Undeveloped Resources of New England |
133 | 11/14/1929 | Honorable Charles S. Whitman | The Crime Situation in the United States |
134 | 12/10/1929 | Professor Jacob H. Hollander | The Financial Crisis of 1929 and The Present Day Economic Situation |
Meeting Number | Date | Speaker | Subject |
135 | 1/23/1930 | Count Michael Karolyi | Fascism – Its Danger to World Peace |
136 | 3/7/1930 | W. R. Hopkins | Modern City Government |
137 | 5/13/1930 | William Hard | The London Naval Conference |
138 | 10/10/1930 | Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd | Flying to the South Pole |
139 | 11/20/1930 | Mr. Homer L. Ferguson | The American Merchant Marine |
140 | 2/20/1931 | Dr. James W. Angell | The European Financial Situation |
141 | 3/26/1931 | Mr. John M. Hancock | Some Unsound Beliefs |
142 | 4/23/1931 | Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol | The Navy as an Essential Function of the United States Government |
143 | 11/4/1931 | Hon. George H. Moses | The 72nd Congress-in Anticipation |
144 | 12/11/1931 | Right Hon. Winston Churchill | The Destiny of the English-Speaking People |
145 | 1/27/1932 | General Smedley Butler | Causes of Crime |
146 | 5/26/1932 | Hon. James M. Beck | The Cost of Government |
147 | 11/1/1932 | David Lawrence | Summing up the Campaign |
148 | 12/8/1932 | George E. Sokolsky | Japan’s Search for Power and Security |
149 | 1/23/1933 | Robert Lincoln O’Brien | Tariffs and Trade the World Around |
150 | 3/14/1933 | Frederick William Wile | The New Administration: Its Task and Its Prospects |
151 | 5/1/1933 | Maurice Hindus | Hitler and Stalin |
152 | 11/8/1933 | Frances Perkins | |
153 | 12/5/1933 | Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. | |
154 | 1/24/1934 | Roy Chapman Andrews | |
155 | 3/20/1934 | United States Senator L.J. Dickinson | Debate on N.R.A (Republican) |
155 | 3/21/1934 | Congressman Charles West | Debate on N.R.A (Democrat) |
156 | 5/8/1934 | Dr. Edwin W. Kemmerer | “The Present Currency Problem” |
157 | 11/1/1934 | Will Durant | |
158 | 12/17/1934 | Murray Seasongood, Esq. | Municipal Affairs |
158 | 12/17/1934 | Mr. Harry G. Stoddard | A New Charter for Worcester |
159 | 1/8/1935 | Mark Sullivan, Litt.D. | “The Choice Ahead of Us” |
160 | 2/18/1935 | Hon. Bainbridge Colby | “National Trends in the Light of Economics” |
161 | 5/27/1935 | John Dickinson, Ph.D | “The Aministration’s Program and the Business Man’s Attitude-Alternative Policies and the Administration’s Choice-Recovery Results to Date – Long-Time versus Short-Time Policies, Planning, Regimentation and Industrial Self-Government |
162 | 11/12/1935 | Arthur Atwood Ballantine | “Significance of Federal Financing Policies” |
163 | 12/12/1935 | Honorable Charles West | Centralized National Control of Economics as Opposed to State Rights” (For) |
163 | 12/13/1935 | Honorable Hamilton Fish Jr. | Centralized National Control of Economics as Opposed to State Rights” (Against) |
164 | 1/8/1936 | Dr. E.J. Nourse | “The Broader Meaning of Agriculture Adjustment Act” (AAA) |
165 | 3/5/1936 | Clinton Wunder | “Townsend Plan” (For) |
165 | 3/6/1936 | Honorable Simeon D. Fess | “Townsend Plan” (Against) |
166 | 3/31/1936 | Merle Thorpe | “The State of the Nation” |
168 | 10/29/1936 | Carl P. Dennett | “Our National Insecurity” |
169 | 11/27/1936 | Captain Albert W. Stevens | “Adventure in the Stratosphere” |
170 | 1/13/1937 | Nicholas Roosevelt | “Does the Constitution Function for the People” (Affirmative) |
170 | 1/13/1937 | John Spivak | “Does the Constitution Function for the People” (Negative) |
171 | 3/25/1937 | H. V. Kaltenborn | “Kaltenborn Edits the News” |
172 | 5/25/1937 | James M. Hepbron | “Hail Felon Well Met” |
173 | 11/1/1937 | Honorable Josiah W. Bailey | “United States Constitution” |
174 | 12/14/1937 | Rev. Edmund Walsh | “World Communism-Twenty Years after the Russian Revolution” |
175 | 3/14/1938 | William Allan Neilson | “American Education Under Fire” |
176 | 5/5/1938 | Honorable H. Styles Bridges | “Outstanding National Issues” |
177 | 5/31/1938 | Dr. Peng Chun Chang | “The New Situation in the Pacific” |
178 | 10/31/1938 | Stuart Chase | “The End of an Epic” |
179 | 12/19/1938 | Henry F. Long | “Shall Massachusetts Have a Sales Tax?” (In Favor Of) |
179 | 12/20/1938 | Daniel Bloomfield | “Shall Massachusetts Have a Salex Tax?” (Against) |
180 | 1/26/1939 | Maurice G. Hindus | “Czechoslovakia – Watchdog of Mankind” |
181 | 3/14/1939 | William J. Cameron | “Freedom of Enterprise” |
182 | 5/15/1939 | Honorable Joseph C. O’Mahoney | “Federal Control of Industry” |
183 | 11/9/1939 | Virgil Jordan | Prospects for Amrican Business in a Troubled World |
184 | 11/27/1939 | Raymond Moley | Can America Stay Out of the War |
Meeting Number | Date | Speaker | Subject | |||||||||||||||||
188 | 11/7/1940 | Edward Tomlinson | New Roads to Riches in the Other Americas | |||||||||||||||||
189 | 12/16/1940 | Honorable Bennett Champ Clark | National Problems that Transcend Politics | |||||||||||||||||
190 | 1/30/1941 | Sir Hubert Wilkins | ||||||||||||||||||
191 | 3/27/1941 | Whiting Williams | “How the American Worker Feels about It” | |||||||||||||||||
192 | 5/5/1941 | Honorable Hugh R. Wilson | America’s Role in the War Crisis | |||||||||||||||||
193 | 11/24/1941 | Sir Philip Gibbs | “The Spirit of Britain” | |||||||||||||||||
194 | 1/5/1942 | Dr. Ricardo Alfaro | “What Will Latin America Do?” | |||||||||||||||||
195 | 2/10/1942 | Dr. George H. Blakeslee | “Our War in the Pacific” | |||||||||||||||||
196 | 3/24/1942 | Pierre Van Paassen (sick – could not lecture) | “The Conquest of the Twentieth Century” | |||||||||||||||||
197 | Louis Fischer | “The Dawn of History” | ||||||||||||||||||
198 | 4/16/1942 | Channing Pollock | “What Can We Do For Democracy” | |||||||||||||||||
198 | 11/5/1942 | Louis P. Lochner | “What About Germany?” | |||||||||||||||||
199 | 1/5/1943 | Leland Stowe | “Reporting The War From All Fronts” | |||||||||||||||||
200 | 2/9/1943 | Mr. Edward Tomlinson | “The Americas at War” | |||||||||||||||||
201 | 3/12/1943 | Thurman Arnold | “The Problem of the Trust” | |||||||||||||||||
202 | 5/17/1943 | The Hon. Joseph C. Grew | “Our War with Japan” | |||||||||||||||||
203 | 11/29/1943 | Mr. Louis Fischer | “Ever Changing Russia” | |||||||||||||||||
204 | 12/16/1943 | Hon. Daniel W. Bell | “War and Postwar Financing” | |||||||||||||||||
205 | 2/7/1944 | Dr. Beardsley Ruml | “The Challenge of Tomorrow” | |||||||||||||||||
206 | 3/1/1944 | Dr. Gerald Wendt | “Wartime Science and Postwar Living” | |||||||||||||||||
207 | 4/10/1944 | Dr. J Anton DeHaas | “International Relations – Social, Political and Economic” | |||||||||||||||||
208 | 5/13/1944 | Henry J. Taylor | “Movement of the War” | |||||||||||||||||
209 | 11/17/1944 | Henry C. Wolfe | “Next Act in Europe” | |||||||||||||||||
210 | 1/9/1945 | Emil Ludwig | “What Kind of Peace Shall We Make With Germany?” | |||||||||||||||||
211 | 2/19/1945 | Frazier Hunt | “What’s Ahead for America” | |||||||||||||||||
212 | 3/24/1945 | Sir Henry Self, K.C.M.G, K.B.E., C.B., of London | “Foreign Trade in the Post-War Period” | |||||||||||||||||
213 | 4/23/1945 | Robert Bellaire | “The Japanese As I Have Seen Them” | |||||||||||||||||
214 | 5/25/1945 | Carl Van Doren | “America’s Role in the World of Tomorrow” | |||||||||||||||||
215 | 12/5/1945 | Archduke Felix of Austria | “The Reconstruction and Re-education of Europe” | |||||||||||||||||
216 | 1/22/1946 | John B. Hughes | “The U.S. Must Face Responsibility for Peace” | |||||||||||||||||
217 | 2/8/1946 | Maurice Hindus | ||||||||||||||||||
218 | 3/14/1946 | Royal Arch Gunnison | “Can You Legislate Labor-Management Peace?” | |||||||||||||||||
219 | 5/15/1946 | William L. Laurence | Our Heritage of Atomic Science” | |||||||||||||||||
220 | 11/5/1946 | Robert Parker | “America’s Economic Stake in Europe” | |||||||||||||||||
221 | 12/4/1946 | Randolph Churchill | “Europe Today” | |||||||||||||||||
222 | 2/13/1947 | The Hon. Charles Phelps Taft | “Are We Headed for a Big Depression?” | |||||||||||||||||
223 | 3/13/1947 | William Sterling Parsons | “Atomic Energy in the Immediate Future” | |||||||||||||||||
224 | 4/14/1947 | William A. Lydgate | “What America Thinks” | |||||||||||||||||
225 | 11/18/1947 | James E. McCarthy | “Responsibility” The American Way of Life | |||||||||||||||||
226 | 1/28/1948 | Dr. Charles Prince | “World Pattern of Current Soviet Penetration” | |||||||||||||||||
227 | 2/18/1948 | The Honorable Stanislaw Mikolajczyk | “For Our and Your Freedom” (Beware of the Juggernaut) | |||||||||||||||||
228 | 4/5/1948 | Congressman Fred A. Hartley, Jr., of New Jersey | “Labor Problems in America” | |||||||||||||||||
229 | 5/13/1948 | Frank Kluckholm | “Latin America in Transition” | |||||||||||||||||
230 | 11/19/1948 | Prof. Thomas H.D. Mahoney (substitute for Hon. John S. Young) | “The Russian Problem – An American Problem” | |||||||||||||||||
231 | 1/24/1949 | Vice Admiral Edward Lull Cochrane, U.S. Navy (retired) | “Our Navy – and the Future” | |||||||||||||||||
232 | 2/17/1949 | Wellington Roe | “What Meeting Ground for Capital and Labor?” | |||||||||||||||||
233 | 3/16/1949 | James R. Young | “What Should We Do In China?” | |||||||||||||||||
233 | 3/16/1949 | John Goette | “What Should We Do In China?” | |||||||||||||||||
234 | 4/12/1949 | Carl Taylor | “America Tomorrow” or “What Makes America Great” | |||||||||||||||||
235 | 9/20/1949 | Alderman John B. Edwards | “British Social Legislation” | |||||||||||||||||
236 | 11/28/1949 | Brigadier General Frank L. Howley | “Fear for Breakfast” |
Meeting Number | Date | Speaker | Subject |
237 | 1/10/1950 | Cecil Palmer | “What Socialism is Doing to British Freedom” |
238 | 2/27/1950 | John C. Metcalfe | “Where Are We Going In Washington?” |
239 | 3/29/1950 | E. Wight Bakke | “The Price of Freedom” |
240 | 4/27/1950 | Raymond Moley | “Is Bigness in Business Bad?” |
241 | 11/13/1950 | Edgar Ansel Mowrer | “Can We Avoid World War III?” |
242 | 1/16/1951 | William Laurence | “Biological Revolution” |
243 | 2/14/1951 | Patrick Murphy Malin | “Freedom is a Risky Business, but it pays High Dividends” |
244 | 3/13/1951 | Bill Costello | “What Next in Asia?” |
245 | 4/30/1951 | C. Hartley Grattan | “The Economic Scene Today” |
246 | 12/10/1951 | Dr. Gerald Wendt | “What Science is Doing to Us” |
247 | 1/7/1952 | Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias, U.S. Navy (Retired) | “Are We Really Stopping Russia?” (Debate) |
247 | 1/7/1952 | Cecil Brown, News Analyst & Commentator | “Are We Really Stopping Russia?” (Debate) |
248 | 2/11/1952 | Robert S. Allen | “1952 Presidential Race – Men and Issues” |
250 | 4/3/1952 | Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside | “The Twentieth Century Belongs to Canada” |
251 | 11/25/1952 | John C. Caldwell | “Lessons Learned in Korea” |
253 | 2/26/1953 | Stanley S. Surrey | “Some Current Problems of Federal Taxation Policy” |
254 | 5/4/1953 | Ralph Johnson Bunche, Ph.D. | “India, Pakistan, and the Near East – A challenge to the West.” |
255 | 6/8/1953 | David L. Cole | “Labor Problems – Present and Future” |
255 | 6/8/1953 | Isador Lubin | “Labor Problems – Present and Future” |
256 | 11/19/1953 | Sumner H. Slichter, Ph.D. | “Labor Relations and Laws Dealing with Same” |
257 | 1/18/1954 | Leonard Carmichael, Ph.D.,Sc.D., LL.D., Litt. D., L.H.D. | “An Evaluation of the Present Economy of New England” |
258 | 2/16/1954 | Dr. Ruth Alexander | “Can Capitalism Survive?” |
259 | 3/23/1954 | Russell Brines | “Can We Win the Battle for Asia?” |
260 | 4/12/1954 | William Laurence | “The Truth About The Hydrogen Bomb” |
261 | 11/2/1954 | Patrick B. McGinnis | “Railroading – Today and Tomorrow” |
262 | 12/2/1954 | Dorothy Thompson | “The Crisis in the Middle East” |
263 | 1/28/1955 | Harrison Salisbury | “Inside Soviet Central Asia” |
264 | 3/7/1955 | Edward Tomlinson | “Today and Tomorrow in the Americas” |
265 | 4/18/1955 | Erwin D. Canham | “The Chances for Peace” |
266 | 11/2/1955 | Mark W. Clark | “Where Are We Going in Foreign Affairs?” |
267 | 2/7/1956 | Hon. Walter H. Judd | “Where Do We Stand Now In Asia?” |
268 | 3/12/1956 | Alan Harrison Temple | “The American Economy, 1956” |
269 | 4/5/1956 | Sinclair Weeks | |
270 | 5/8/1956 | Newbold Morris | “Destiny of American Cities” |
271 | 10/29/1956 | Robert Aura Smith | Should the United Nations Admit Red China |
272 | 1/15/1957 | Herbert Gezork, Ph.D., D.D, LL.D. | “What I Saw In Russia” |
273 | 2/11/1957 | Joel Barlow | “The Power to Tax is the Power to …’ |
274 | 3/27/1957 | Kenneth W. Haagensen | |
275 | 4/15/1957 | William Webster | “Atomic Power and New England” |
276 | 11/21/1957 | M. Grattan O’Leary | “Your Northern Neighbor and You” |
277 | 12/4/1957 | Right Honorable Anthony Nutting | “The Muddle in the Middle East” |
278 | 1/6/1958 | Vance Brand | “The Latin American Economy and the United States” |
279 | 2/25/1958 | Carter Lane Burgess | “Home Leadership” |
280 | 4/14/1958 | Gabriel Hauge | “Some Aspects of the Soviet Economy” |
281 | 10/29/1958 | General Carlos Romulo | “The Race for Power” |
282 | 1/15/1959 | Dr. Paul A. Siple | “The South Pole” |
283 | 2/10/1959 | Hon. Robert D. Murphy | |
284 | 3/17/1959 | William Laurence | “Atoms for Peace” |
285 | 3/22/1959 | Preston E. James, Ph.D. | “What Happened to Democracy in Latin America” |
286 | 11/5/1959 | Norman Cousins | “The War Against Man” |
Meeting Number | Date | Speaker | Subject |
287 | 1/5/1960 | Honorable Wesley Powell | “The Profile of Tomorrow” |
288 | 2/15/1960 | Dr. T. Keith Glennan | “Our Future in Space” |
289 | 3/10/1960 | Barbara Ward | “Africa in Action” |
290 | 5/2/1960 | Raymond J. Saulnier, Ph.D. | “Current Economic Issues” |
291 | 10/3/1960 | Bertram B. Johansson | “Latin America in Crisis” |
292 | 1/12/1961 | The Honorable Anthony Wedgwood Benn | “A Britisher Looks at The African Revolution” |
293 | 2/9/1961 | David Rockefeller | “The New European Market; A Progress Report” |
294 | 3/14/1961 | Charles R. Sligh, Jr. | “The Promise Path to Centralism” |
295 | 5/3/1961 | Dr. Nicholas Nyaradi | “Shall We Survive?” |
296 | 10/18/1961 | Sir Gerald Beadle | “Global TV – A Force for World Unity” |
297 | 11/20/1961 | Hon. William O. Douglas | “Russia Today” |
298 | 3/8/1962 | Dr. Robert C. Weaver | “The Urban Frontier” |
299 | 4/2/1962 | Lawrence E. Spivak | “Meet the Press in Reverse” |
300 | 5/28/1962 | Dr. Constantine Generalis, M.D. | “Man: From His Terrestrial Cradle Unto Galactic Maturity” |
301 | 9/25/1962 | Candidates of the Democratic and Republic Parties for the Office of US Senate from Massachusetts (September 18, 1962) | Debate on qualifications and issues involved in coming senatorial election |
302 | 1/14/1963 | Dr. Ralph E. Lapp | “The Space Frontier” |
303 | 2/26/1963 | Robert C. Wood, Ph.D. | “The Future of the City” |
304 | 3/19/1963 | Vance Packard | “What’s Happening to the American Character?” |
305 | 5/13/1963 | Art Buchwald | “Buchwald At Large” |
306 | 11/14/1963 | Serge Lentz | “Inside Red China” |
307 | 2/27/1964 | William F. Butler | “A Banker’s Formula For Good Times in 1964” |
308 | 3/19/1964 | Rev. W. Seavey Joyce, S.J. | “Civic Affairs: The Role of the Professional Man” |
309 | 4/23/1964 | Walter R. Johnson | “The Business of Business Forecasting” |
311 | 11/12/1964 | Fred Warner Neal | U.S. – Soviet Relations; A Re-Appraisal |
312 | 2/3/1965 | Dr. Hudson Hoagland, Ph.D., Sc.D. | “The Life Sciences and the Worcester Foundation” |
312 | 2/3/1965 | Dr. Gregory Pincus, Sc.D. | “The Life Sciences and the Worcester Foundation” |
313 | 3/24/1965 | General S.L.A. Marshall | “Hot and Cold Wars Around the World – From Israel to Vietnam” |
314 | 4/6/1965 | Walter W. Heller, Ph.D. | “Sustaining America’s Prosperity” |
315 | 5/26/1965 | Kenneth P. O’Donnell | “The Legacy of John F. Kennedy” |
316 | 11/18/1965 | Thomas Knight Finletter | “NATO and Related Matters” |
317 | 2/3/1966 | General Maxwell Davenport Taylor | “Vietnam Reports” |
318 | 4/14/1966 | Dr. Langdon Brown Gilkey, Ph.D. | “Vatican II from a Protestant’s Perspective” |
319 | 5/10/1966 | Dr. Nicholas Nyaradi | “Free Enterprise or Disaster” |
320 | 9/26/1966 | Arthur R. Upgren, Ph.D. | |
322 | 2/16/1967 | Bert Quint | What We Are Doing Wrong in Latin America |
323 | 4/3/1967 | Harrison E. Salisbury | |
324 | 6/20/1967 | Carl Hermann Voss | |
325 | 10/30/1967 | Frederick H. Jackson, Ph.D. | Higher Education Today |
326 | 12/5/1967 | Richard C. Hottelet | Behind the International Headlines |
327 | 3/5/1968 | Lester S. Hyman | Political Debate (Democratic State Committee) |
327 | 3/5/1968 | Josiah A. Spaulding | Political Debate (Republican State Committee) |
328 | 4/2/1968 | James Vorenberg | |
329 | 5/21/1968 | Eliot Janeway | |
330 | 9/26/1968 | The Honorable Carl T. Rowan | |
331 | 12/12/1968 | Andrew F. Brimmer | Monetary Policy and Credit Flows |
332 | 1/29/1969 | John Geisser | |
333 | 2/19/1969 | Bill Veeck | |
334 | 4/10/1969 | Walter W. Heller | “White House Economics and the ’70’s” |
335 | 5/7/1969 | G. Hugh Russell, Ph.D. | “Breaking the Human Communications Barrier” |
336 | 10/15/1969 | F. Lee Bailey | |
337 | 12/2/1969 | Robert F. Drinan, S.J. | “Democracy, Dissent and Disorder” |
Meeting Number | Date | Speaker | Subject |
338 | 1/29/1970 | Dr. George W. Hazzard | |
339 | 4/8/1970 | Dr. Rene Dubos | The Quality of Life – Can Man Construct a Better Environment |
340 | 5/5/1970 | Dr. Arthur Okun | |
341 | 9/28/1970 | The Honorable Francis W. Sargent | Economic Opportunities for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
341 | 9/28/1970 | The Honorable Kevin H. White | |
342 | 11/5/1970 | Kenneth M. Wright | “The Economic and Financial Outlook for 1971” |
343 | 12/7/1970 | C. Eugene Farnam | “Automobile Insurance” |
344 | 3/2/1871 | Dr. Glenn W. Ferguson | “The Economics of Higher Education” |
345 | 4/14/1971 | Dr. Herbert Stein | “Expanding Without Inflating” |
346 | 10/12/1971 | Dr. Paul S. Nadler | Economic Outlook for 1972 |
347 | 12/2/1971 | Mr. Neil Sheehan | |
348 | 1/20/1972 | Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J. | Private Higher Education: it’s future in Massachusetts |
349 | 3/20/1972 | Bill Vaughan | “The Economic Importance of the Economic Idiot” |
350 | 4/18/1972 | The Honorable Wilbur D. Mills | |
351 | 11/1/1972 | Richard Devereux Hill | “The Fiscal Crisis in Massachusetts” |
352 | 12/6/1972 | Carleton B. Chapman, M.D. | The National Health Crisis – what it is and what it isn’t |
353 | 2/7/1973 | Dr. Mahlon B. Hoagland | New Horizons for Medical Research |
354 | 4/4/1973 | Dr. Paul McCracken | |
355 | 5/8/1973 | Rep. Paul McCloskey, Jr. | |
356 | 10/22/1973 | Senator William Proxmire | |
357 | 11/26/1973 | Dr. Marina von Neumann Whitman | What We Have Learned From Controls |
358 | 1/17/1974 | Bruce D. Henderson | Competition and the American Dream |
359 | 3/26/1974 | Mr. Bill Monroe | |
360 | 5/7/1974 | Hugh Sidey | The Presidency |
361 | 10/16/1974 | Governor Francis Sargent | Debate on the Important Issues of the 1974 Gubernatorial campaign |
Michael Dukakis | Debate on the Important Issues of the 1974 Gubernatorial campaign | ||
362 | 12/2/1974 | Robert D. Novak | What Washington Plans for American Business |
363 | 2/4/1975 | Dr. Mortimer H. Appley | Higher Education in Transition |
364 | 4/3/1975 | Dr. Pierre Andre Rinfret | “The Tri-Polar World” |
365 | 5/20/1975 | John C. Sawhill | Energy Policy at the Crossroads |
366 | 11/14/1975 | Dr. Paul McCracken | David J. Ott Memorial Lecture Series: Is Economic Progress Obsolete? |
367 | 12/2/1975 | Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer | Monetary Policy and the Economic Outlook |
368 | 2/3/1976 | F.G. (Buck) Rodgers | Constants of Change |
369 | 4/29/1976 | Dr. Thomas E. Cronin | The American Presidency at Age 186 and 4 Years After Watergate |
370 | 6/1/1976 | W.R. Bryan | “Still the Last, Best Hope” |
371 | 10/26/1976 | Hal Bruno | Presidential Election 1976 |
372 | 1/4/1977 | Irving Kristol | The Future of Democratic Capitalism |
373 | 3/15/1977 | Derek C. Bok | The Future of Private Colleges & Universities |
374 | 4/26/1977 | Dr. Alice M. Rivlin | The Congressional Budget Process |
375 | 11/28/1977 | Frank G. Zarb | Facing Energy Realities |
376 | 3/21/1978 | Stephen K. Bailey | The Future of Higher Education |
377 | 4/20/1978 | Paul M. Ellwood, Jr. | Market Failure – Treat the Disease, Not the Symptoms |
378 | 5/2/1978 | Milton Friedman | Can Leviathan Be Halted? |
379 | 10/1/1978 | Edward M. Brooke / Paul E. Tsongas | Candidates for the U.S. Senate |
380 | 12/6/1978 | Daniel Schorr | The Media Under Fire |
381 | 3/6/1979 | John Dane, Jr. | Proposal for Property Tax Relief – The 500 Million Dollar Sure Thing |
382 | 5/3/1979 | Norman B. Ture | David J. Ott Memorial Lecture Series: The Current State of the Political Economy |
383 | 10/24/1979 | James M. Howell | Twenty-Six Older New England Cities and Three Million New Englanders: What Is Their Economic Future In The 80’s? |
384 | 12/10/1979 | Vice Admiral George E.R. Kinnear II, U.S. Navy | The Economics of Defense in the Nuclear Age, Revisited |
Meeting Number | Date | Speaker | Subject |
385 | 3/4/1980 | Professor Christoph Hohenemser | Anticipated 1986 Energy Debate |
Professor Roger Kasperson | |||
386 | 5/12/1980 | Dr. Rudolph G. Penner | David J. Ott Memorial Lecture Series: Tax Policies In An Inflationary Era |
387 | 10/28/1980 | Douglas Kiker | Comments on The Forthcoming Election |
388 | 12/16/1980 | John R. Silber | The Public Interest in Higher Education: Balancing Opportunity and Cost |
389 | 3/10/1981 | Dr. Albert Carnesale | Nuclear Power: Issues and Choices |
390 | 5/12/1981 | Murray L. Weidenbaum | David J. Ott Memorial Lecture Series: The Prospects For Economic Policy in the 1980s |
391 | 10/13/1981 | Malcolm Baldrige | “Holding Economic Policy on Course” |
392 | 12/10/1981 | Mahlon Hoagland, M.D. | Science, Genes and Business |
393 | 4/13/1982 | Dr. Lawrence J. Korb | David J. Ott Memorial Lecture Series: “The Defense Budget: Readdressing Two Decades of Neglect” |
394 | 5/20/1982 | The Honorable William E. Simon | A Time For Action |
395 | 10/21/1982 | Robert B. Helms | Health Care Compensation: Myths & Misconceptions |
396 | 1/11/1983 | Senate President William M. Bulger | Legislative Update |
397 | 4/6/1983 | James C. Miller, III | David J. Ott Memorial Lecture Series: “Current Administration Efforts Toward Regulatroy Reform” |
398 | 5/24/1983 | Louis E. Lataif | An Optimistic View of The Auto Industry |
399 | 9/20/1983 | Dr. Alan Greenspan | General Economic Outlook |
400 | 10/18/1983 | Mr. Jack W. Lavery | The Outlook for the Economy and Interest Rates |
401 | 3/15/1984 | Francis C. Rooney, Jr. | Entrepreneurship in a Company Environment Through Integrated Autonomy |
402 | 4/3/1984 | Dr. Lyle Eden Gramley | David J. Ott Memorial Lecture Series: Economic and Monetary Policies |
403 | 10/9/1984 | Winston S. Churchill, M.P. | Challenges Confronting The West In the Eighties |
404 | 2/28/1985 | William Poole | “Politics and Policy, In That Order” |
405 | 3/25/1985 | Jay W. Forrester | The Economy In The Next Decade |
406 | 4/22/1985 | Dr. Attiat F. Ott | David J. Ott Memorial Lecture Series – Tax Reform: Chasing the Elusive Dream |
407 | 5/14/1985 | Michael S. Dukakis | Opportunity for All |
408 | 10/3/1985 | Lester C. Thurow | America In A Competitive World Economy |
409 | 11/12/1985 | Ambassador George M. Lane | The Future Role of the United States in Europe |
410 | 3/6/1986 | Richard P. Traina | Diplomacy: The Noble or the Ignoble Profession. |
411 | 4/22/1986 | William F. Buckley, Jr. | Reflection on Current Contentions |
412 | 9/11/1986 | William Niskanen | Reflections on Reaganomics |
413 | 11/6/1986 | Jean Mayer | The Organization of Technical Assistance |
414 | 2/26/1987 | Minoru Tamba | “Four Power Relations in Asia” |
415 | 5/19/1987 | Marshall Loeb | The Economy of Tomorrow |
416 | 10/22/1987 | George J. Stigler | “The Government and Economic Efficiency: Progress by Tautology” |
417 | 12/2/1987 | John H. Sununu | Nuclear Power |
418 | 2/2/1988 | Peter M. Senge, Ph.D. | Historical Roots of Current Economic Transition |
419 | 3/22/1988 | Robert Heron Bork | Remarks by the Honorable Robert H. Bork |
420 | 4/27/1988 | Dr. Irwin L. Kellner | For Boom The Bell Tolls |
421 | 10/11/1988 | Mr. Ben J. Wattenberg | The 1988 Presidential Election |
422 | 1/31/1989 | Leonard Laster, M.D. | Miracles or Mediocrity? Economics and Medicine in the Nineties |
423 | 4/4/1989 | Robert G. Foster | Starting BioTechnology Companies |
424 | 5/3/1989 | John P. LaWare | Critical Public Policy Issues |
425 | 6/7/1989 | James Grant | The Joy of Debt: How Lending and Borrowing Became One of the Nation’s Principal Growth Industries |
426 | 9/26/1989 | John Lucht | Rites of Passage at &100,000+ |
427 | 11/14/1989 | Robert B. Reich (Liberal side) | Can America Stay Technologically Competitive? |
427 | 11/14/1989 | George Gilder (Conservative side) | Can America Stay Technologically Competitive? |
Meeting Number | Date | Speaker | Subject |
428 | 2/13/1990 | Dr. Arthur B. Laffer | What’s Ahead for the Economy? |
429 | 4/17/1990 | Dr. George N. Hatsopoulos | “Risks and Opportunities for High Technology in the 1990s” |
430 | 9/25/1990 | Bert Ely | “The S&L Mess: How We Got Into It; How We Get Out Of It” |
431 | 10/26/1990 | William. F. Weld | Principal Economic Issues Facing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
432 | 2/7/1991 | Lawrence K. Fish | New England Banking |
433 | 4/24/1991 | Harold L. Hodgkinson | Demographics – Effects on the Economy and Education |
434 | 5/14/1991 | Jack Anderson | The News Behind The News |
435 | 10/2/1991 | Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. | The Psychology of Money |
436 | 12/5/1991 | Karel Dyba | Privatization and Economic Reform in Czechoslovakia |
1/14/1992 | The Honorable John M. Greaney | Judicial Economics | |
437 | 3/31/1992 | Robert W. Crandall | “Why is Manufacturing in the Rust Belt Still Declining?” |
438 | 6/9/1992 | Lynn R. Williams | Competitiveness and the Labor Movement |
439 | 11/10/1992 | Michael Medved | The Three Big Lies About the Media and Society |
440 | 1/20/1993 | Aaron Lazare, M.D. | The University of Massachusetts Medical Center and Its Economic Impact on Worcester and the Region |
441 | 3/9/1993 | Dr. William Freund | Clintonomics – What’s Ahead for American Business |
442 | 5/12/1993 | The Honorable J. Danforth Quayle | Remarks by the Honorable J. Danforth Quayle |
443 | 9/29/1993 | Rudi_Dornbusch | U.S. & World Economics Trends |
444 | 12/8/1993 | Christopher J. Dede, Ed.D. | Implications of the National Information Infrastructure for the American Business |
445 | 2/17/1994 | Stephen Goldsmith | The Cutting Edge of Re-Inventing Government |
446 | 5/17/1994 | The Honourable Kim Campbell | Canada and the United States: Prospects for the Hemisphere |
447 | 9/20/1994 | Allan H. Meltzer | U.S. Leadership and Postwar Progress |
448 | 12/1/1994 | The Honorable Nancy L. Johnson | The Mid-Term Elections – What It Means for the 104th Congress |
449 | 1/26/1995 | Alberto R. Coll | Where is America’s Defense Policy Going? |
450 | 3/27/1995 | Richard Estrada | U.S. Immigration: Forging Policy Out of Romanticism and Reality |
451 | 5/4/1995 | James Fallows | Why the U.S. Press Corps is the Enemy of Democracy |
452 | 9/11/1995 | Richard A. Epstein | Simple Rules for a Complex World |
453 | 11/9/1995 | Fred Barnes | A View From Washington |
454 | 1/23/1996 | Terrence Murray | Banking in the 90’s |
455 | 4/24/1996 | Paul R. Krugman | Peddling Prosperity Revisited |
456 | 9/18/1996 | Frank Deford | Professional Sports Implications for the Future of the City |
457 | 11/19/1996 | Ann Brown | Efficient Government: How To Turn On A Dime and Get Change Back |
458 | 1/28/1997 | Mark Russell | |
459 | 3/5/1997 | Michael Novak | Work As A Vocation |
460 | 5/5/1997 | The Honorable Alan K. Simpson | An Overview of Congress |
461 | 9/30/1997 | Lee Olsen, Ph.D. | Imagine The Possibilities – A Multimedia Presentation |
462 | 10/29/1997 | Cathy E. Minehan | |
463 | 1/26/1998 | John W. Rowe | Electric Utility Restructuring |
464 | 4/30/1998 | Tim Russert | Washington From The Inside Out |
465 | 9/24/1998 | William G. Shipman | |
466 | 1/13/1999 | John E. Chubb | |
467 | 3/18/1999 | Henrique Meirelles | |
Thomas E. Finneran | |||
468 | 4/29/1999 | Jeffrey D. Sachs | |
469 | 11/14/1999 | Sam Nunn | |
470 | 12/15/1999 | Charles D. Baker |
Meeting Number | Date | Speaker | |
471 | 2/9/2000 | Amity Shlaes | |
472 | 5/18/2000 | Governor Paul Cellucci | |
473 | 10/5/2000 | George F. Will | |
474 | 11/15/2000 | Roger Brinner | |
475 | 1/25/2001 | Michael P. Ryan | |
476 | 4/30/2001 | Thomas F. Birmingham | |
477 | 9/19/2001 | Bob Woodward | |
478 | 11/28/2001 | Nicholas S. Perna | |
479 | 1/29/2002 | Michael J. Widmer | |
480 | 6/3/2002 | W. Mitt Romney | |
481 | 9/18/2002 | Steve Forbes | |
482 | 11/7/2002 | Ann Compton | |
483 | 2/26/2003 | Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr. | |
484 | 6/10/2003 | Gene B. Sperling | |
485 | 10/14/2003 | Lt. General Daniel W. Christman, U.S. Army (Ret.) | |
486 | 12/4/2003 | Jane Bryant Quinn | |
487 | 3/11/2004 | Jerome J. Jacobs, CFA | |
488 | 4/27/2004 | Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. | |
489 | 10/14/2004 | Jeffrey H. Birnbaum | |
490 | 1/27/2005 | Larry Lucchino | |
491 | 3/8/2005 | John K. Lynch | |
492 | 5/4/2005 | Doris Kearns Goodwin | |
493 | 10/11/2005 | Tom Reilly | |
494 | 11/9/2005 | Helen Thomas | |
499 | 10/18/2006 | John J. Paris | |
500 | 11/29/2006 | Jeffrey Carney | |
501 | 3/22/2007 | Weinberg & Shepherdson | |
502 | 5/23/2007 | Laura Ingraham | |
503 | 10/18/2007 | Colleen C. Barrett | |
504 | 11/29/2007 | Deval Patrick | |
505 | 3/26/2008 | Jason L. Riley | |
506 | 5/8/2008 | Jeffrey C. Fuhrer | |
507 | 9/25/2008 | William Kristol | |
508 | 11/5/2008 | Christopher F. Egan | |
509 | 1/29/2009 | Michael F. Collins | |
510 | 4/16/2009 | Martha Coakley | |
511 | 5/21/2009 | Eric S. Rosengren | |
512 | 10/1/2009 | Andrew H. Card, Jr. | |
514 | 2/24/2010 | Michael V. O’Brien | |
515 | 4/29/2010 | Karen Ignagni | |
516 | 9/20/2010 | Gretchen Morgenson | |
517 | 11/16/2010 | David Gergen |
Meeting Number | Date | Speaker | |
518 | 2/24/2011 | Mark Halperin | |
519 | 3/16/2011 | John Sununu | |
520 | 5/25/2011 | W. Patrick Hughes | |
521 | 10/27/2011 | David M. Shribman | |
522 | 2/16/2012 | David M. Walker | |
523 | 3/21/2012 | Jeremy Black | |
524 | 5/3/2012 | William W. Bradley | |
525 | 10/25/2012 | Ralph D. Crowley, Jr. | |
526 | 12/13/2012 | John Dickerson | |
527 | 2/28/2013 | Bill Teuber | |
528 | 4/4/2013 | Mark Shriver | |
529 | 5/15/2013 | Scott Brown | |
530 | 10/16/2013 | Stuart Altman | |
531 | 11/19/2013 | William Glavin, Jr. | |
532 | 3/4/2014 | Christina Bellantoni | |
533 | 6/11/2014 | Mike Barnicle | |
534 | 10/28/2014 | Mike Ryan | |
535 | 11/19/2014 | Aaron Portnoy | |
536 | 3/4/2015 | Robin Chase | |
537 | 4/7/2015 | Stephen Dubner | |
538 | 5/13/2015 | Tom Gardner | |
539 | 10/1/2015 | John Maguire | |
540 | 11/12/2015 | Richard B.Hoey | |
541 | 3/3/2016 | Richard DesLauriers | |
542 | 4/12/2016 | Nina Easton | |
543 | 5/18/2016 | Ron Insana | |
544 | 10/5/2016 | James Paulsen, Ph.D. | |
545 | 12/7/2016 | Dan Kenary | |
546 | 2/2/2017 | Thomas P. Joyce, Jr. | |
547 | 4/19/2017 | Kathleen Murphy | |
548 | 6/16/2017 | Charlie Baker | |
549 | 9/12/2017 | Bruce Fenton | |
550 | 12/5/2017 | William D. Cohan | |
551 | 1/17/2018 | Michael P. Daly | |
552 | 4/12/2018 | Leslie Berlin | |
553 | 5/30/2018 | R. Nicholas Burns | |
554 | 10/10/2018 | Martin T. Meehan | |
555 | 12/6/2018 | Steven Malanga | |
556 | 2/7/2019 | John C. Roche | |
557 | 4/11/2019 | Jeffrey H. Harris | |
558 | 6/12/2019 | Sandra L. Fenwick | |
559 | 10/15/2019 | Steven Hoffman | |
560 | 12/3/2019 | Peter S. Cohan |
Meeting Number | Date | Speakers | |
561 | 10/14/2020 | Dan Rea | |
562 | 12/10/2020 | Joe Lonsdale | |
563 | 1/1/2021 | Dr. Collins and Dr. Boucher | |
564 | 4/1/2021 | Dan Ivascyn | |
565 | 11/4/2021 | Cybersecurity Summit | |
566 | 2/9/2022 | Bobby Jindal | |
567 | 3/9/2022 | Dr. Jennifer Golbeck | |
568 | 4/20/2022 | Todd Buchholz | |
569 | 6/23/2022 | Jason Robins | |
570 | 10/13/2022 | Mara Liasson | |
571 | 1/11/2023 | Jeffrey Mortimer | |
572 | 3/21/23 | Lisa Wieland | |
573 | 5/1/23 | Brian Moynihan | |
574 | 6/7/23 | Arthur Caplan | |
575 | 11/14/23 | Scott P. Brown | |
576 | 1/25/24 | Rick Green |