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January 12, 2008 - Michael Beschloss
Michael Beschloss is an award-winning historian and the author of
eight books, including the acclaimed New York Times bestseller
The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of
Hitler’s Germany, 1941-1945. Amazon.com declared it the bestselling
history book in America the year it was published, 2002.
Newsweek has called Beschloss “the nation’s leading presidential
historian.” He was recently appointed NBC News Presidential
Historian, and will appear regularly on “Meet the Press,”
and the “Today” show. He is a regular on “Imus in the
Morning” and PBS’s “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.” He
was also recently nominated for an Emmy for his role in
creating the Discovery Channel series “Decisions That
Shook the World” narrated by Morgan Freeman. An
alumnus of Williams College, Beschloss is the only national
political historian to have an advanced degree from the
Harvard Business School.
February 2, 2008 - Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News, where
for fifteen years she has covered Congress, politics, and public policy. She
also serves as Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio,
and from 1996-2002 she was the co-anchor of the weekly ABC
interview program “This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts.” In addition,
Roberts, along with her husband, Steven, writes a weekly
syndicated column, and together they wrote From This Day
Forward, an account of marriages in American history,
including theirs, which was an instant New York Times
bestseller. Cokie Roberts has won countless awards,
including two Emmys, has been inducted into the
Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame, and was cited as one
of the fifty greatest women in the history of broadcasting. Ms. Roberts
peppers her speeches with insight and wisdom
born of personal and professional relationships honed in
the halls of Congress over 4 decades.
February 23, 2008 - Jane Goodall
Dr. Jane Goodall began her
landmark study of chimpanzees in Tanzania in 1960. Her work at the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve became the foundation of future
primatological research and redefined the relationship between humans
and animals. Goodall defied scientific convention by insisting
that chimpanzees have distinct personalities, minds, emotions, and
lasting family bonds.
Dr. Goodall travels an average of
300 days per year, speaking about the threats facing chimpanzees, other
environmental crises, and her reasons for hope that humankind will
solve the problems it has imposed on the earth. In addition to her
many honors, including being named an Officer of the French Legion of
Honor and a Dame of the British Empire, Goodall was appointed in 2002
as a United Nations “Messenger of Peace.” In addition to two autobiographies,
and many children’s books, her publication The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns
of Behavior is recognized as the definitive work on chimpanzees and is
the culmination of her scientific career.
March 15, 2008 - David Gergen
David Gergen currently serves as editor-at-large at U.S. News & World
Report and is a regular television commentator. He is also a professor
of public service at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and
is Director of its Center for Public Leadership. In the fall of 2000, he
published the best-selling book Eyewitness to Power: The
Essence of Leadership, Nixon to Clinton.
For 30 years, David Gergen has been an active participant in
American national life. He served as Director of
Communications for President Reagan and held positions
in the administrations of Presidents Nixon and Ford. Most
recently, he served for 18 months in the Clinton
administration, first as counselor to the President on both
foreign policy and domestic affairs, then as special
international advisor to the President and the Secretary of
State. He returned to private life in January 1995. A
native of Durham, North Carolina, Gergen is an honors
graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School.
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