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The Shepperd Distinguished Lecture Series has featured some of the countries leading experts in defense, education, journalism, and politics. Past programs include:

Program Title
Speakers

From Nixon to Bush:
What President Obama Can Learn
From Presidents Past

  • Carl Bernstein, Journalist and Author
  • Bob Woodward, Journalist and Author
An Evening with
Malcolm Gladwell
  • Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times' Best-Selling Author
Common Ground
  • Bob Beckel, USA Today Columnist, Author and Political Pundit
  • Cal Thomas, USA Today Columnist, Author and Political Pundit
A Discussion of National
Politics
  • Harold Ford, Jr. - Chairman of the National Democratic Leadership Council
  • Michael Steele, Chairman of GOPAC
An Evening with
Karl Rove
  • Karl Rove, Former White House Chief of Staff
An Evening with
Margaret Spellings
  • Margaret Spellings, US Secretary of Education
An Evening with
Mikhail Gorbachev
  • Mikhail Gorbachev, Former President of the Soviet Union
Terrorism and the Security of America's Borders
  • David Aguilar, Chief of US Border Patrol
  • Daniel Benjamin, author - "The Next Attack"
  • Susan Burk, Deputy Coordinator for Homeland Security
  • Rick Flores, Sherriff of Webb County, Texas
  • Michael Perry, Vice- President of General Atomics Corporation
  • Belen Robles, Former Chief Inspector of US Customs Office, El Paso, Texas
  • Moderated by Randi Kaye, CNN
Whatcha Gonna Do When
the Wells Run Dry
  • Dr. Kenneth Deffeyes, author and expert on world energy supplies
  • Dr. Amos Nur, Professor of Geophysics at Stanford
  • Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., Senior Advisor with the Eisenhower Institute in Washington, D.C.
  • The Honorable R. James Woolsey, Former Director of the CIA
  • Moderated by Melissa Frances, CNBC