Presenting the 46th Annual 2013 – 2014 Celebrity Forum
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Founded by Dick Henning in 1968, the Celebrity Forum Speakers Series was first held in the Foothill College gymnasium. In 1976 it moved to the Flint Center for the Performing Arts on the De Anza College campus. Since then, many guest speakers have held audiences in sway with their commentaries on the times. Click on the years at left to see their names.
Past Speakers at Celebrity Forum
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1976 – 1979
1976-77
Uri Geller Joyce Brothers Hugh Lynn Cayce John W. Dean, III Buckminster Fuller Laurence Peter 1977-78 Jack Anderson Murray Banks David Frost Pauline Frederick Richard Armour Jean-Michel Cousteau 1978-79 Alvin Toffler Carl Sagan Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Art Buchwald Truman Capote Ray Bradbury 1979-80 Gen. Alexander Haig Gene Roddenberry Olivia de Havilland Lowell Thomas Gerald R. Ford Louis Rukeyser Hide Text 1980 – 1983
1980-81
Eliot Janeway Herb Caen Paul Duke & 3 WWiR Gore Vidal James Kilpatrick Bob Hope Patricia Neal Andy Rooney 1981-82 Milton Friedman Ginger Rogers Jonathan Winters Ann Landers Walter Cronkite Louis Rukeyser Ray Bradbury 1982-83 William Safire Cary Grant Mark Russell Art Linkletter Toni Grant Henry Kissinger David Horowitz 1983-84 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Phil Donahue Ed Asner Red Skelton Dick Cavett Jack Anderson Cary Grant Pearl Bailey 1984 – 1989 1984-85 Clare Booth Luce Jimmy Carter Mark Russell John Naisbitt Tom Peters Lucille Ball 1985-86 Jeane Kirkpatrick Rosalynn Carter Helmut Schmidt Arkady Shevchenko Malcolm Forbes, Jr. Richard Leakey Alistair Cooke Abba Eban 1986-87 Bill Moyers Charleton Heston Paul Harvey Zbigniew Brzezinski William F. Buckley, Jr. vs George McGovern Tip O'Neill Jehan Sadat Sir Harold Wilson 1987-88 Donald Regan John Tower David Halberstam Steve Wozniak Louis Rukeyser Erma Bombeck Beverly Sills Willy Brandt Jimmy Carter 1988-89 Caspar Weinberger Gerald R. Ford Mark Russell Henry Kissinger Sam Donaldson vs George Will Larry King Elie Wiesel Jane Goodall Mario Cuomo 1989-90 Norman Cousins Pierre Salinger George Shultz George Will William Crowe, Jr. Kevin McCarthy in Give 'Em Hell, Harry Nien Cheng Victor Borge Mike Wallace 1990 – 1993
1990-91 Carl Sagan Tom Wolfe Richard Leakey Leo Buscaglia Zbigniew Brzezinski Winston & Bette Bao Lord Oscar Arias Vladimir Pozner 1991-92 Gen. Thomas Kelly Benazir Bhutto Carlos Fuentes Margaret Thatcher Ronald Reagan Edward Heath C. Everett Koop Rowland Evans & Robert Novak 1992-93 Terry Anderson Peter Ueberroth Mark Russell Louis Rukeyser Robert MacNeil Margaret Thatcher David Mc Cullough Rich Little 1993-94 Jack Kemp Barbara Bush Dick Cheney Bill Moyers Hugh Sidey Les Aspin Shirley MacLaine Bryant Gumbel 1994 – 1999
1994-95 George Bush Terry Waite Richard Leakey Hedrick Smith Maya Angelou Ken Burns Jesse Jackson Colin Powell 1995-96 Thomas S. Foley Margaret Thatcher Gregory Peck Ann Richards Abba Eban William Safire Charles Kuralt James Carville & Mary Matalin 1996-97 James Lovell, Jr. F. W. de Klerk Gerald R. Ford Mark Russell David McCullough & Doris Kearns Goodwin Cokie Roberts Oliver Stone Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 1997-98 Tom Wolfe Leon Panetta Joe Montana Bill Moyers Leah Rabin Ray Bradbury Maya Angelou & Elie Wiesel Colin Powell 1998-99 Doris Kearns Goodwin Bill Bradley John Major Benazir Bhutto Marlin Fitzwater & Dee Dee Myers Desmond Tutu Pat Buchanan vs. George Stephanopoulos Molly Ivins 1999-2000 Lauren Bacall Christopher Reeve Frank McCourt Shimon Peres Mario Cuomo vs. Alan Simpson Arianna Huffington vs. Bill Press Bob Ballard & Jean-Michel Cousteau Harry Belafonte 2000 – 2004
2000-01 Sylvia Earle Benjamin Netanyahu Mark Russell George Mitchell Queen Noor of Jordan Carl Reiner Jane Goodall Beck Weathers 2001-02 Steve Wynn Richard Holbrooke Madeleine Albright Ken Burns Mark Shields Janet Reno Sidney Poitier 2002-03 Anna Quindlen Jerry Lewis William J. Clinton Tom Brokaw Peggy Noonan Jane Bryant Quinn David & Julie Nixon Eisenhower David McCullough 2003-04 Gen. Hugh Shelton Salman Rushdie Rudy Giuliani Thomas Friedman Michael Beschloss Garrison Keillor Jane Pauley (Amy Tan) 2004-05 Ehud Barak Mikhail Gorbachev Mark Russell Toni Morrison Robert Reich vs Alan Simpson Prince Edward Neil Armstrong 2005 – 2010 2005-06 Tom Wolfe Robert Ballard Colin Powell Doris Kearns Goodwin Bill Moyers Ken Burns Tom Friedman 2006-07 Dave Barry Christiane Amanpour Bob Dole vs. Tom Daschle Bill Cosby David Breashears Jared Diamond Gen. Wesley Clark 2007-08 George Pataki Al Gore Chris Matthews Bob Newhart Mia Farrow David Gergen Andrew Weil Bill Frist 2008-09 Newt Gingrich vs Robert Reich Mark Russell Martin Sheen Carly Fiorina Charlie Rose Maureen Dowd Fareed Zakaria 2009-10 Tom Friedman David Brooks Paul Krugman Bob Ballard Laura Bush Jeffrey Toobin Anna Deavere Smith 2010-11 Sully Sullenberger Louise Leakey Greg Mortenson Reza Aslan Yo-Yo Ma Tony Blair Benjamin Zander 2011 – 2013 2011-12 Condeleeza Rice Itzhak Perlman Neil deGrasse Tyson David Axelrod Peter Sagal, P.J. O'Rourke & Mo Rocca Jean-Michel Cousteau Frank Abagnale 2012-13 Sanjay Gupta, MD Capitol Steps President Bill Clinton Mark Russell President Vicente Fox Ken Burns Dave Barry |