Great Lives

Season: 2023

Great Lives Archives for 2023

Season: 2023

Date Lecture Speaker Media
Date Lecture Speaker Media
Mar. 28 Colin Powell Karen DeYoung
Mar. 16 Lafayette Mike Duncan
Mar. 23 Bruce Springsteen Peter Ames Carlin
Mar. 21 Queen Isabella Kirstin Downey
Mar. 14 Anne Frank Rosemary Sullivan
Mar. 9 The Transcendentalists Robert A. Gross
Mar. 7 Sandra Day O’Connor Evan Thomas
Mar. 2 Magellan Laurence Bergreen
Feb. 23 Rembrandt Marjorie Och
Feb. 16 J. Edgar Hoover Beverly Gage
Feb. 14 Ted Kennedy John A. Farrell
Feb. 7 Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist Kate Clifford Larson
Jan. 24 Shirley Jackson Ruth Franklin
Jan. 19 Alan Turing David Leavitt
Feb. 2 Gladys West, Technology Pioneer Karen Sherry
Jan. 26 Thomas Paine Craig Nelson

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