SPEAKERS

2007
Doris Kearns Goodwin, historian
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Andrea Van de Kamp

2006
Ken Burns, filmmaker
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Gayle E. Wilson

2005
America’s Greatest Lawyer – Walter Dellinger, former acting U.S. Solicitor General
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Warren M. Christopher

2004
James M. McPherson, author
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Warren M. Christopher

2003
Michael Beschloss, historian
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Robert F. Erburu

2002
Rod Paige, U.S. Secretary of Education
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – John F. Cooke

2001
Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister, Canada
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Donald B. Rice

2000
David McCullough, author
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Dick Poladian

1999
Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Jane Pisano

1998
Warren M. Christopher, former U.S. Secretary of State
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Shelby Coffey III

1997
Dr. Robert Allen Skotheim, President, Huntington Library
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – John A. Gavin

1996
Tom Brokaw, anchor, managing editor, NBC Nightly News
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Robert E. Wycoff

1995
Baroness Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister, United Kingdom
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Thomas C. Sutton

1994
Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – E.L. Shannon, Jr.

1993
Carla A. Hills, former U.S. Trade Representative
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Ronald L. Olson

1982
Caspar W. Weinberger, U.S. Secretary of Defense
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Charles G. Bakaly, Jr.

1981
Charles H. Percy, U.S. Senator (Illinois)
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Howard P. Allen

1980
Alexander M. Haig, Jr. – former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Forces in Europe
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Joseph J. Pinola

1979
George H.W. Bush, former Director of Central Intelligence; future U.S. President
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – George H. Hearst, Jr

1978
A New Birth of Freedom – W. Allen Wallis, Chancellor, University of Rochester, New York
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Jack K. Horton

1977
George P. Schultz, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, former U.S. Secretary of Labor
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – H. Russell Smith

1976
Robert H. Bork, U.S. Solicitor General
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Oscar T. Lawler

1975
I Knew Lincoln’s Face Very Well
– Joe B. Frantz, historian
Howard H. Baker, Jr., U.S. Senator (Tennessee)
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – George C.S. Benson

1974
Abraham Lincoln and American Humor
– Richard Armour, poet John B. Connally, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, former Texas Governor
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Waller Taylor II

1973
Lincoln as a Wit
– James Thorpe, Director, Huntington Library
Spiro T. Agnew, U.S. Vice President
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Durward Howes

1972
Abraham Lincoln and The Triumph of Nationalism
– Doyce B. Nunis, Jr., historian The Challenge of 1972
– Ronald Reagan, California Governor
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Jack K. Horton

1971
Abraham Lincoln and The West
– Carl S. Dentzel, historian
John D. Ehrlichman, Assistant to the U.S. President for Domestic Affairs
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Ernest J. Loebbecke

1970
Lincoln and the Dignity of the Presidency
– Dr. Russell Kirk, author
Lincoln and the Law; Implications for Today
– Dr. Benjamin A. Rogge, economist
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Earl C. Adams

1969
Abraham Lincoln As We See Him Know
– Philip Van Doren Stern, historian
Ed Reinecke, California Lieutenant Governor
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – William B. Coberly, Jr.

1968
Leadership, Restraint and Unity In a Time of Crisis
– Robert Taft, Jr., U.S. Representative, future U.S. Senator (Ohio)
Lincoln, A Great Man Not A Saint
– E.B. Long, historian
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Charles E. Ducommun

1967
Lincoln and The Meaning of Appomattox
– Don Fehrenbacher, author
Robert H. Finch, California Lieutenant Governor
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Judge Stanley N. Barnes

1966
Lincoln and Jefferson
– Allan Nevins, historian
George Murphy, U.S. Senator (California)
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – James E. Shelton

1965
Lincoln as Tragic Hero – Reflections on the Assassinations of Presidents
– Harry V. Jaffa, Professor, Claremont Men’s College Richard M. Nixon, former U.S. Vice President, future U.S. President
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Paul Fussell

1964
Lincoln Through English Eyes
– Dr. John W. Atherton, President. Pitzer College at Claremont
The State of the Union
– John G. Tower, U.S. Senator (Texas)
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Oscar T. Lawler

1963
Abraham Lincoln – Defender of Democracy
– Dr. John D. Hicks, former Professor, University of California at Berkeley Mark Hatfield, Oregon Governor
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Daniel P. Bryant

1962
Abraham Lincoln and the Challenge of Decision
– Dr. David M. Potter, Professor, Stanford University Richard M. Nixon, former U.S. Vice President, future U.S. President
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Ernest J. Loebbecke

1961
The World Cannot Endure Half Slave and Half Free
– Arthur W. Radford, retired Admiral, U.S. Navy
Pumpkins in the Bag, Some Sources of Lincoln’s Word Power
– Dr. Theodore C. Blegen, former Dean, University of Minnesota
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – William W. Clary

1960
Men In Good Government
– Barry Goldwater, U.S. Senator (Arizona)
Lincoln’s Greatness
– Martin Diamond, Professor, Claremont Men’s College
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – James E. Shelton

1959
Cecil H. Underwood, West Virginia Governor
Lincoln as a Party Chieftain
– Dr. Allan Nevins, historian
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – George Murphy

1958
We Cannot Escape History
– Dr. George C. S. Benson
Lincoln Growing
– Dr. David C. Mearns, Chief, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Dr. Robert J. Bernard

1957
Viewing of the film The Face of Lincoln
– courtesy of Merrill Gage, Sculptor
Lincoln and Politics in Wartime
– Bruce Catton, Editor, American Heritage
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Willard W. Keith

1956
Lincoln’s Humor and Humanity
– Dr. Frederick Hard, President, Scripps College
Freedom Versus Slavery
– Dan Thornton, former Colorado Governor
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Dr. George C.S. Benson

1955
Lincoln and the Problem of Loyalty
– John W. Bricker, U.S. Senator (Ohio)
Lincoln, the Lawyer
– Dr. L. Dale Coffman, Dean, School of Law, University of
California
The Story of Lincoln’s Address at Freeport during the LincolnDouglas Debates
– Col. Charles F. Crain
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Joseph Scott / L. Dale Coffman

1953
Lincoln – The Student
– Dr. Raymond B. Allen, former Chancellor, UCLA
Lincoln: What Was He?
– Howard Pyle, Arizona Governor
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Dr. George C.S. Benson

1952
Lincoln’s Leadership
– Jay Monaghan, author
The Hundred Billion Dollar Question
– Richard M. Nixon, U.S. Senator (California), future U.S.
President
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Roscoe Pound

1951
Lincoln’s Pathway from Log Cabin to the White House
– an Illustrated Talk
Lincoln’s Message for America Today
– Walter H. Judd, U.S. Representative (Minnesota)
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Dr. Robert A. Millikan

1950
Lincoln the Lawyer
– Dr. L. Dale Coffman, Dean, UCLA School of Law
Lincoln and Economics
– George Stuart Benson, President, Harding College
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – William C. Mullendore

1949
The Humor of Lincoln for Men of Today
– Dr. Fredric P. Woellner, lecturer
Lincoln: The Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the U.S. in the Civil War
– Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy
Reminiscences from Lincoln’s Lexington Relatives
– Rev. Hugh A. Moran, Presbyterian clergyman
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – James E. Shelton

1948
A Lincoln Souvenir
– Dr. Louis A. Warren, Editor, Lincoln Lore
A House Divided
– William W. Clary, attorney
What Explains Lincoln’s Vast Success
– Edward D. Lyman, attorney
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Joseph Scott

1947
Introductory Remarks
– Robert G. Sproul, President, University of California
A New England Yankee Looks at the Election Returns
– Leverett Saltonstall, U.S. Senator (Massachusetts)
Our Aim Is Freedom
– Dr. David Prescott Barrows, former President, University of California
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Judge Russ Avery

1946
To Finish the Work We Are In
– Dr. Arthur A. Hauck, President, University of Maine
Lincoln: His Credo and His Country
– Dr. J. E. Wallace Sterling, Professor, California Institute of
Technology; future President, Stanford University
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Judge Russ Avery

1945
Abe Lincoln’s Story
– Courtesy of Mutual Broadcasting System New York
Lincoln Today – Frederick F. Houser, California Lieutenant
Governor
The Mystic Cords of Memory
– Lewis W. Douglas, future Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Judge Russ Avery

1944
The Challenge of Youth
– Dr. Donald B. Tresidder
Lincolnian Security
– Lloyd C. Douglas
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – Robert G. Sproul

1943
Readings from Lincoln
– Basil Rathbone, actor
Lincoln and World Reconstruction
– Harold E. Stassen, Minnesota Governor
California Consults Lincoln
– Robert A. Millikan, physicist

1942
Dictators Don’t Laugh
– Dr. Stewart W. McClelland, President, Loyola Marymount
University Readings from Lincoln
– Charles Laughton, actor
Lincoln and the Will to Win
– Admiral James O. Richardson, former Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet

1941
He Belongs to Us
– Will H. Hays, Chairman, Motion Picture Producers and
Distributors of America
Lincoln at Gettysburg
– James Mussatti, author
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – James Mussatti

1940
If Lincoln Lived Today
– Arthur H. Hyde, former Missouri Governor; former U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture
Lincoln – Creative Thinker
– Rev. James W. Fifield, Jr., Minister, First Congregational
Church in Los Angeles

1939
Lincoln and Gladstone
– Rev. Charles F. Aked, Pastor, Fifth Avenue Baptist Church,
New York
Lincoln’s Political Philosophy
– William Allen White, author
Lincoln in the White House
– Courtesy Warner Bros. and Will H. Hays, Chairman, Motion
Picture Producers and Distributors of America

1936
If Lincoln Were Here
– John Wesley Hill, Chancellor, Lincoln Memorial University, Tennessee
Lincoln and the Permanencies
– Dr. Chester Rowell, University of California Regent; Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
The Perfect Tribute
– Courtesy of Will H. Hays, Chairman, Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America

1935
The Background of Lincoln’s Statesmanship
– Louis A. Warren, Lincoln scholar, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Spiritual Qualities in Lincoln’s Life
– Rev. Herbert Booth Smith
The Attitude of the South Toward Abraham Lincoln
– Avery O. Craven, Civil War scholar, University of Chicago
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – William May Garland

1934
Temper in Statesmanship
– Nathaniel W. Stephenson, author, Abraham Lincoln and the Union
Lincoln and the Forgotten Man
– William B. Munro, Caltech, political science scholar

1933
Books That Lincoln Read
– Russ Avery, retired judge, Los Angeles Superior Court Lincoln, the Practical Philosopher
– Rufus B. Von KleinSmid, President, University of Southern California If Lincoln Lived Today
– David P. Barrows, former President, University of California

1932
Lincoln’s Influence
– Robert Conway, Classical scholar, University of Manchester, England
Lincoln and His Critics
– Walter F. Dexter, President, Whittier College
Lincoln and Modern-Day Problems
– Jacob Schurman, former U.S. Ambassador (Germany); former President, Cornell University

1931
Robert G. Sproul, President, University of California
Maurice Walter Keatinge, Oxford University, England

1930
A Personal Reminiscence
– Rev. Charles Clothier McLean, LL.D.
Lincoln and Darwin
– Sir John Arthur Thomson, Scottish Naturalist
Abraham Lincoln
– Pastor Carl Safford Patton, Ph.D., D.D.
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – John Willis Baer

1929
Some Lincoln Forgeries
– R. B. Hazelden, Curator of Manuscripts, Huntington Library
Lincoln and the Constitution
– Harry Atwood, President, Constitutional Educational
Association
A European View of Lincoln
– Dr. F.C.S. Schiller, Corpus Christi College, England
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – John Willis Baer

1928
Rev. W. B. Stevens
Herbert J. Goudge, Esq.
Personal Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln
– Rev. F. D. Blakeslee
Prof. Robert Rait, Historiographer Royal of Scotland

1927
Lincoln the Lawyer
– William H. Waste, Chief Justice of California
Aspects of Lincoln’s Life
– Joseph Scott, Los Angeles community leader
Personal Recollections of Lincoln
– Rev. F. D. Blakeslee
Lincoln’s Influence on American Life
– Edgar D. Piper, Editor, Portland Oregonian
Delivery of the Gettysburg Address – John Willis Baer

1926
Lincoln as a Lawyer
– Edward J. Henning, U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of California Some Lincoln Letters
– Leslie Edgar Bliss, Librarian, Huntington Library Lincoln’s Purpose
– Friend W. Richardson, California Governor From a British Viewpoint
– Dr. A. Blythe Webster, Dean of St. Andrews University, cotland