year | speaker | title |
2015 | Timothy Cardinal Dolan | Archbishop of New York |
2013 | Jon Huntsman Jr. | Former Ambassador to China and Former Governor of Utah |
2011 | J.C. Watts | Chairman of the J.C. Watts Companies and Former Congressman |
2010 | The Hon. Tom Ridge | Former Secretary of Homeland Security, and former Governor of Pennsylvania |
2009 | Dr. William Poole Introducer: Dr. David Gilfoil | Economist and Financial Scholar |
2008 | Trent Lott Introducer: Albert Sproule | US House of Representatives/US Senate, 1973-2007 |
2007 | John Ashcroft Introducer: Chris Cocozza | Attorney General of the US 2001-2005 |
2006 | Richard L. Armitage Introducer: Dr. Galen Godbey | Former Deputy US Secretary of State |
2005 | Archbishop Celestino Miglione, D.D. Introducer:
Rev. Thomas F. Dailey, OSFS | The Holy See Mission Office in NY |
2004 | The Hon. William S. Cohen Introducer:
Rev. Mark Plaushin, OSFS | Former Secertary of Defense |
2003 | General Barry McCaffrey Introducer: Dr. Andrew Essig | International Affairs Expert & Former National Drug Policy Director |
2002 | Benazir Bhutto Introducer: Dr. Mohamed Latib | Former Prime Minister of Pakistan |
2001 | Louis Freech | Former Director of the FBI |
2000 | George Mitchell | Former US Senator, Senate Majority Leader, Chairman of Inter-party negotiations with Northern Ireland |
1999 | Zbigniew Brzezinski Introducer:
Rev. Thomas Ferguson '87 | Analyst of US Foreign Policy and Consultant on International Affairs, Former National Security Advisor for President Jimmy Carter |
1998 | Shimon Peres Introducer: Dr. Kenneth Fifer | Winner of 1994 Noble Peace Prize |
1997 | Robert H. Bork Introducer:
The Hon. William E. Ford | Legal Scholar, Author, Conservative Advocate, Supreme Court Nominee |
1996 | Mary Ann Glendon Introducer:
Rev. Thomas Dailey, OSFS | Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Univ. |
1995 | His Eminence Pio Cardinal Laghi Introducer:
Most Rev. Thomas J. Welsh, D.D., J.C.D. | Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education |
1994 | Dr. William J. Bennett Introducer: Edward A. McCabe Esq. | Co-director of Empower America |
1993 | Jack Kemp Introducer: The Hon. Curt Weldon | Co-founder and Director of Empower America |
1992 | Terry Waite Introducer: Dennis Campbell | Hostage Negotiator and Former Envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury |
1991 | Vladimir Posner | Top Soviet Journalist |
1990 | George Will | Pulitzer Prize Winning Syndicated Columnist |
1989 | Antonin Scalia Introducer:
Rev. Alexander Pocetto, OSFS | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court |
1988 | Lee A. Iacocca Introducer:
Rev. Daniel Gambet, OSFS | Chairman and CEO of Chrysler Corporation |
1987 | Abba Eban Introducer: Dr. Kenneth Fifer | Well-known Statesman and former Israeli Ambassador to the US |
1986 | William Kolby | Former Dir. of Centeral Intelligence Agency |
1985 | Jeane Kirkpatrick Introducer:
Rev. Bernard F. Donahue, OSFS | Former US Rep. to the United Nations |
1984 | Cardinal John O'Connor Introducer:
Most Rev. Thomas D.Welsh | |