The Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series
For more information, contact Erica Hartschen, at 515-271-4990 or erica.hartschen@drake.edu.
Learn more about the Lectureship
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- List of Previous Lectures, Dates, and Topics
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- DVD Recordings available at Cowles Library
The Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible by a gift from the late Melva and Martin Bucksbaum, longtime member of Drake's governing board. Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lectureship Committee: Neil Hamilton (chair), Julian Archer, James Autry, Pamela Bass-Bookey, Michael Gartner, Janis Ruan, Mary Bucksbaum Scanlan, and Eleanor Zeff.
Previous Lecturers
- Douglas Brinkley
- Billy Collins & Clint Smith
- Krista Tippett
- Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Peter Neufeld
- Nina Totenberg
- Tim Gunn
- Walter Isaacson
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
- James Balog
- Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
- Vicente Fox
- Garrison Keillor
- Twyla Tharp
- Dr. Azar Nafisi
- Dr. Maya Angelou
- Bill Bryson
- Thomas R. Pickering
- Erik Peterson
- Nicholas Kristof
- Bob Costas
- Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield
- David Chipperfield
- Dr. Jane Goodall
- Tim Russert
- Sarah Jones
- Salman Rushdie
- Wynton Marsalis
- Michael Beschloss
- Earvin 'Magic' Johnson
- Ken Burns
- Bill Moyers
- Martin Marty & Archbishop Rembert Weakland
- Marian Wright Edelman
- Senator Paul Simon
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
- David McCullough
- Ben Bradlee
- Thomas Friedman
