Davidson Distinguished Lecture Series
In May 1996, Steve Davidson and Susan Davidson McClenahan of the Davidson Family Charitable Foundation announced the endowment of the Davidson Distinguished Lecture Series.Twice a year, the Davidson Distinguished Lecture Series, Midland College Foundation and Friends of the Series present speakers whose civic leadership, academic accomplishments and/or public achievements interest, enrich, and enlighten Midland students and citizens. These lectures are FREE to the public. For a list of Davidson Distinguished Lecture Series Committee members, click here.
Past Davidson Distinguished Lectures
(March 1997-Present)
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Dr. Spencer Wells
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Celia Sandys
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Col. Eileen Collins
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Dr. Steven Pinker
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E. O. Wilson
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Thomas Cahill
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Bill Bryson
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Ken Burns
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Michael Beschloss,
Richard Smith
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John Updike
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Jared Diamond
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Dr. Richard Leakey
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H. W. Brands
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David Brooks
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Ben Stein
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Dr. Michael Berenbaum
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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Alvah Simon
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Lee Cullum
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Anna Deavere Smith
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Dr. Neil de Grasse Tyson
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Dr. Kevin Ryan
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Ken Burns
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Bill Moyers
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Shelby Foote
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Mark Russell
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James Burke
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Lynn Ashby
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Prudence Mackintosh
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Richard Rodriguez
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David McCullough
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Dr. Fareed Zakaria
Host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, Editor-at-Large at TIME, and a regular columnist for The Washington Post, Fareed Zakaria is widely respected for his ability to spot economic and political trends around the world. Esquire magazine described Zakaria as "the most influential foreign policy adviser of his generation."
Find out more about this event ...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Al G. Langford Chaparral Center
Tickets are not required for general admission seating. Preferred seating is available for Midland College Friends of the Series and Distinguished Donors. For more information about these opportunities, please contact the Midland College Foundation Office at (432) 685-4526, or www.midlandcollegefoundation.org
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin, world-renowned historian, has been reporting on politics and baseball for over two decades. Goodwin is the author of several books and has written for leading national publications. She appears regularly on network television programs and was an on-air consultant for PBS documentaries on Lyndon B. Johnson, the Kennedy Family, Franklin Roosevelt and Ken Burns' The History of Baseball. Goodwin served as an assistant to Lyndon Johnson in his last year in the White House. She was the first female journalist to enter the Red Sox locker room.
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Thursday, September, 20, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Al G. Langford Chaparral Center
