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Upcoming Speaker Events Tuesday, September 21, 2010 The Honorable Gary Hart - Former U.S. Senator and Co-Chairman of the U.S. Commission on National Security, and Scholar in Residence, Colorado University Read more... Thursday, October 7, 2010 Mary Alice Williams - Read more... Thursday, December 2, 2010 Mike Moran - National Leader in American Sports Read more... Past Speaker Events Friday, August 27, 2010 The Honorable Ed Perlmutter - United States House of Representatives Speaking on: "The View From Here" Thursday, August 5, 2010 The Honorable Jim Leach - Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities Speaking on: "Civility in a Fractured Society" Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Christine Brennan - USA Today Columnist and ABC-Sports/ESPN Commentator Author of and Speaking on: "Best Seat in the House" Thursday, April 22, 2010 Helen Thorpe - Author of and Speaking on: “Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America” Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Jim Wallis - One of America’s Great Prophetic Voices Author of and speaking on: “Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street – A Moral Compass for the New Economy” Thursday, January 7, 2010 Richard Reeves - Journalist of Acclaim and American Historian Speaking on: “Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of the Berlin Airlift – June 1948-May 1949” Thursday, December 10, 2009 Doug Price - President & CEO of Rocky Mountain PBS Speaking on: "Public Television and a Changing Media World" Thursday, November 19, 2009 Steve Farber - An American Patriot & Denver Civic Leader Author of and Speaking on: “On the List” Wednesday, November 4, 2009 James Hackett - Chairman, President & CEO of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Author of and Speaking on: “Oil, Energy & America’s Future” Friday, October 9, 2009 Marty Meehan - Chancellor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Speaking on: “American Higher Education in Peril” Friday, September 18, 2009 T.R. Reid - Foreign Correspondent for The Washington Post & Commentator for National Public Radio (NPR) Author of and Speaking on: “The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care” Friday, August 21, 2009 The Honorable Michael Bennett - United States Senator, Colorado Speaking on: “The Way Ahead for Colorado and America” Wednesday, August 12, 2009 The Honorable Alan Bersin - Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs, United States Department of Homeland Security Speaking on: “The Border in Crisis” Thursday, July 16, 2009 Gretchen Peters - Former ABC News Correspondent Author of and Speaking on: “Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and al Qaeda” Friday, June 26, 2009 Lew Daly - Author of and Speaking on: “Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back” Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Laura Flanders - Author of & Speaking on: “Blue Grit: Making Impossible, Improbable, and Inspirational Change in America” Friday, April 17, 2009 Christine Brennan - USA Today Columnist and ABC-Sports/ESPN Commentator Author of and Speaking on: "Best Seat in the House" Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Craig Mullaney - A National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama Author of & Speaking on: “The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education” Wednesday, February 25, 2009 adam schrager - American Historian One of America`s Greatest Historians Author of and Speaking on: "1776" Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Dr. William E. Spriggs - Chairman, Department of Economics, Howard University Speaking on: “The Economy in 2009 & Beyond” Thursday, January 15, 2009 Roy Blount Jr. - One of America’s Most Acclaimed Writers Author of & Speaking on: “Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, ... With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory” Thursday, November 20, 2008 The Honorable Mitch Morrissey - District Attorney of Denver Speaking on: “Use of DNA in Solving Current and Cold Case Crimes.” Friday, October 17, 2008 The Honorable Ken Salazar - United States Senator Speaking on: “America: Where Do We Go From Here?” Thursday, September 4, 2008 Dr. William R. Brody - President, The Johns Hopkins University Speaking on “Health Care Reform” Wednesday, August 27, 2008 A Special Luncheon Honoring Senator George McGovern for a Lifetime of Service to America - Featuring – Tom Daschle, Mike Dukakis, Gary Hart, Walter Mondale and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Wednesday, June 11, 2008 The Honorable Gary Hart - former United States Senator & Co-Chairman of the United States Commission on National Security Author of and Speaking on “Under the Eagle’s Wing: A National Security Strategy of the United States for 2009 Friday, May 2, 2008 Red Cavaney - President and Chief Executive Officer, American Petroleum Institute (API) Friday, April 18, 2008 Dick Flavin - The Great Raconteur & Poet Laureate of Baseball Speaking on: “Is There Life After Baseball?” Monday, March 31, 2008 Fred Krupp - President of Environmental Defense Author of and Speaking on “EARTH: The Sequel – the Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming” Tuesday, March 25, 2008 The Honorable Mary Peters - Secretary of Transportation of the United States Speaking on: "Transportation in Transition" Wednesday, March 19, 2008 His Excellency Pierre Vimont - Ambassador of France to the United States Speaking on: “France & America: A New Era for Old Friends” Friday, March 14, 2008 The Rt. Reverend John Bryson Chane - Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC Speaking on “The Problem of Religion & Politics” Thursday, February 14, 2008 Walter Russell Mead - The Council on Foreign Relations Author of and Speaking on: "God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World" Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Branch Rickey III - President, the Pacific Coast League A Special Birthday Tribute to the Life & Memory of Jackie Robinson Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Richard Reeves - One of America’s Greatest Journalists & the Man Who has Appeared before The Forum More Than Any Other Person Speaking on: "A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford" Thursday, November 8, 2007 Dick and Dottie Lamm - Great Citizens of Colorado & America Speaking on: "Public Lives & Private Places" Sunday, October 28, 2007 Tim Kurkjian - of ESPN and ESPN The Magazine Speaking on his new book: "Is This a Great Game or What?" Tuesday, October 9, 2007 Naomi Wolf - One of America’s Most Provocative Thinkers Speaking on: "The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot" Monday, August 27, 2007 The Honorable Diana DeGette - United States House of Representatives Speaking on: "Stem Cell Research in Washington: The Politicization of Science" Thursday, July 12, 2007 The Honorable Bill Ritter - Governor of Colorado Speaking on: "The Future is Now" Thursday, June 28, 2007 Frank Deford - The Legendary Sports Illustrated writer and NPR Morning Edition Commentator Author of and Speaking on: "The Entitled: A Tale of Modern Baseball" Wednesday, June 6, 2007 His Excellency Flavio Espinal - Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States Speaking on: "Latin America & the Future of American Foreign Policy" Monday, May 21, 2007 Dr. Marion Nestle - Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University Author of and Speaking on: "What to Eat: An Aisle-by-Aisle Guide to Savvy Food Choices and Good Eating” Tuesday, April 17, 2007 The Honorable Troy Eid - United States Attorney for the District of Colorado Speaking on: "Criminal Justice in Colorado” Thursday, March 22, 2007 Dr. Harlan Kenneth Ullman - Author of and speaking on: "America`s Promise Restored: Preventing Culture, Crusade and Partisanship from Wrecking Our Nation" Thursday, March 8, 2007 The Honorable Kathleen Kennedy Townsend - Former Lt. Governor, State of Maryland Author of and Speaking on: "Failing America`s Faithful: How Churches have Mixed God and Politics and Lost Their Way" Tuesday, February 27, 2007 The Honorable Wellington Webb - Former Mayor, City of Denver Author of and Speaking on: "Wellington Webb: The Man, the Mayor, and the Making of Modern Denver" Thursday, February 8, 2007 James Quigley - Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte & Touche USA Speaking on: "Accountability & The Public Interest" Friday, February 2, 2007 John Hofmeister - President, Shell Oil Speaking on: United States Energy Security" Tuesday, January 30, 2007 The Honorable Ken Adelman - Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and Arms Control Director In Dialogue with Dick Lamm on Ambassador Adelman`s "Iraq Journey" Friday, December 15, 2006 Ms. Lynn Sherr - of ABC`s 20/20 Author of and Speaking on: "Outside the Box" Tuesday, November 28, 2006 The Honorable David Walker - Comptroller General of the United States Speaking on: "America`s Fiscal Crisis & the Future" Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Max Boot - Council on Foreign Relations Author of and Speaking on: "War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today" Wednesday, October 25, 2006 Dr. J. Edward Hill - President, American Medical Association (AMA) Speaking on: "The State of American Medicine" Thursday, October 19, 2006 Kitty Dukakis - Author of and Speaking on: "Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy" Thursday, October 5, 2006 The Honorable Ben Barnes - Former Lt. Governor -- State of Texas Author of and Speaking on: "Barn Burning Barn Building" Friday, September 22, 2006 James Fallows - One of America`s Most Distinguished Journalists Speaking on: "Blind Into Baghdad" Wednesday, July 19, 2006 Bonnie McElveen-Hunter - Chairman of the Red Cross The Chairman of the American Red Cross Speaking on: "The Future of the Red Cross" Thursday, June 15, 2006 7th District Colorado Democratic Congressional Candidates - Peggy Lamm, Ed Perlmutter & Herb Rubenstein "Discussing America`s Future" Friday, May 19, 2006 Rick Reilly - Eight Times National Sports Writer of the Year of Sports IllustratedOne of the Most Amusing Speakers in America, and Eight Times National Sports Writer of the Year Author of and Speaking on: "Shanks for Nothing" Thursday, April 13, 2006 The Honorable Robert S. Mueller III - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Speaking on: "The FBI: A Report to the People" Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Colonel Nathan Sassaman - United States Army United States Army Speaking on: "A Soldier`s Story: Reflections on the War in Iraq" Thursday, February 23, 2006 The Honorable George McGovern - Former United States Senator, candidate for President of the United States, 1972 Former United States Senator, candidate for President of the United States, 1972 Author of and Speaking on: "Social Security and the Golden Age: An Essay on the New American Demographic" Thursday, January 5, 2006 Dennis Nally - Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Speaking on: "American Business in 2006" Wednesday, December 7, 2005 Dr. Charles J. Olgetree Jr. - Jesse Climenko Professor of Law -- Harvard University Jesse Climenko Professor of Law -- Harvard University Author of and Speaking on: "All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education" Thursday, October 6, 2005 The Honorable Timothy J. Roemer - President, Center for National Policy, Member, 9/11 Commission President, Center for National Policy, Member, 9/11 Commission Speaking on: "National Security After Katrina" Thursday, August 4, 2005 Betsy Hoffman - President, University of Colorado (2) CU President Speaking on: "Ethics and Principled Leadership in Higher Education in Colorado" Wednesday, July 20, 2005 Dr. Richard Parker - Author, "John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics" Lecturer in Public Policy and Senior Fellow of the Shorenstein Center -- Harvard University Author of and speaking on: "John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics" Wednesday, June 8, 2005 Tom Fenton - Author, former Chief European Correspondent, CBS-News of CBS-News Author of and Speaking on: "Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All" Thursday, May 12, 2005 Dick Enberg - Author, broadcaster, CBS-Sports of CBS Sports<BR>Author of and Speaking on: "Oh My! Thursday, February 10, 2005 Dr. John Abramson - Author, "Overdosed America" Author of and speaking on his new book: "Overdosed America" Thursday, January 13, 2005 Dr. Juliet B. Schor - Author, Harvard University Professor (2) Professor of Sociology -- Boston College Wednesday, October 20, 2004 The Honorable Richard Lamm - Governor, State of Colorado (10) Former Governor of Colorado Author of and Speaking on: "The Brave New World of Health Care" Thursday, July 22, 2004 Adam Pertman - Author, Executive Director, Evan B. Donaldson Institute Executive Director -- Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute Author of and Speaking on: "Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America" Tuesday, June 22, 2004 Frederick Hitz - Author, former Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency (2) Former Inspector General of the CIA Author of and Speaking on: "The Great Game: The Myth and Reality of Espionage" Friday, May 14, 2004 Barry Bloom - Author, writer, MLB.Com and Larry Bowa Biographer & Subject, Together Discussing Mr. Bloom`s New Book: "Larry `I Still Hate to Lose` Bowa" Tuesday, April 27, 2004 Kevin Phillips - American Historian (2) Author of and Speaking on: "American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush" Monday, March 29, 2004 His Excellency Jean-David Levitte - Ambassador of France to the United States Ambassador of France to the United States Speaking on: "French-American Relations" Thursday, March 18, 2004 David Callahan - Author, "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead" Author of and Speaking on: "The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead" Friday, March 5, 2004 The Honorable Mark Udall - Member, United States House of Representatives, State of Colorado United States House of Representatives, 2nd District Speaking on: "A Report to The People" Wednesday, January 14, 2004 Dick Kreck - Columnist, The Denver Post (3) Tuesday, November 18, 2003 Toby Dodge - Author, "Inventing Iraq", Professor, Warwick University, England Speaking on: "Inventing Iraq: The Failure of the First Experiment in Nation-Building in the Middle East" Thursday, July 31, 2003 Raymond V. Gilmartin - Chairman & CEO, Merck and Company Speaking on: "Healthcare in America: Shaping the Current Debate" Tuesday, July 15, 2003 Gary Smith - President & Chief Executive Officer of Ciena Corporation Speaking on: “What`s Wrong with Innovation in America?” Friday, July 11, 2003 Walter Isaacson - Author, former Editor, Time Magazine Speaking on: "Ben Franklin in Today`s World" Thursday, April 24, 2003 T. R. Reid - National Correspondent for The Washington Post Wednesday, January 1, 2003 Joseph R. Biden, Jr. - Member, United States Senate, State of Delaware The Denver Forum Proudly Presents: The Honorable Joseph R. Biden Jr. -- Member, United States Senate, Ranking Member, Committee on Foreign Relations Speaking on: "Making Our Way in a Dangerous World" 20th Anniversary Dinner Wayne Allard - Member, United States Senate, State of Colorado Roy Blount Jr. - Author, Correspondent, Sports Illustrated (2) Myrna Blyth - Editor, Ladies Home Journal Larry Bowa - Author, manager, Philadelphia Phillies James Brooke - Rocky Mountain Bureau Chief, The New York Times Hal Bruno - ABC-News Correspondent Ben "Nighthorse" Campbell - Member, United States Senate, State of Colorado Capital Gang - CNN - Margaret Carlson, Al Hunt, Bob Novak, Mark Shields Ron Chernow - American Historian Ted Conover - Author John Cooke - President, The Disney Channel Tom Cronin - American Historian Tom Daschle - Majority Leader, United States Senate Howard Dean - Governor, State of Vermont E.J. Dionne, Jr. - Author, Columnist, The Washington Post Mary Anne Dolan - Editor, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Michael Dukakis - Candidate for President of the United States; Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Embeds - American reporters` experiences in Iraq Jerry Falwell - Pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia Max Frankel - Author, former Editor, The New York Times Patricia Goldman - Member, United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chuck Green - Columnist, The Denver Post Gerald Greenwald - Author, former Chairman, United Airlines David Halberstam - Author, winner of The Pulitzer Prize Simon Hoggart - British Journalist Phillip Howard - Author Al Hunt - Columnist, The Wall Street Journal Brooks Jackson - Author, Investigative Reporter, CNN Charles Jaco - Author, Law Correspondent, ABC-News Jack Kemp - Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, President Bush`s Administration Bob Kerrey - Member, Governor, State of Nebraska Paul Krugman - Economist, columnist, The New York Times Chuck LaBella - Acting United States Attorney, Southern District of California Dottie Lamm - United States Senate Candidate, State of Colorado Peggy Lamm - Member, Colorado State Legislature Tony Lewis - Columnist, The New York Times, and winner of the Pulitzer prize John Lindsay - Former Mayor, City of New York Myra MacPherson - Author, Washington Post Features Writer Michelle Malkin - Author, Commentator, Fox News Frank Mankiewicz - Press Secretary, Senator Robert F. Kennedy Warren Bryan Martin Jr. - Professor of Higher Education and Abraham Lincoln Scholar Eugene McCarthy - Member, United States Senate, State of Minnesota Greg Moore - Editor, The Denver Post Roger Morris - American Historian Richard Neal - Member, United States House of Rewpresentatives, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Robert Novak - Syndicated Columnist and member, The Capital Gang, CNN Buck O`Neil - Chairman, Negro League Hall of Fame, Kansas City, Missouri Roger O`Neil - Correspondent, NBC News Federico Pena - Mayor, City of Denver Mike Peters - Editorial Cartoonist, Dayton Daily News, winner of the Pulitzer Prize Dr. Terry Phelps - Author, University of Notre Dame Law School Professor George Plimpton - Author, Editor, The Paris Review Sally Quinn - Author, Features Writer, The Washington Post Robert Reich - Secretary of Labor, President Clinton`s Administration Alain Richard - Minister of Defense, France Roy Romer - Governor, State of Colorado Jeffrey Rosen - Law Correspondent, The New Republic Pierre Salinger - Author, former Press Secretary, President John F. Kennedy Paul Saltman - Author, Professor, University of California, San Diego Ed Sardella - News Anchor, KUSA-TV, Denver Arthur Schlesinger Jr. - American Historian Patricia Schroeder - Member, United States House of Representatives, State of Colorado Neil Sheehan - Journalist, winner of The Pulitzer Prize Mark Shields - Syndicated Columnist, and host, CNN`s The Capital Gang Alan Simpson - Member, United States Senate, State of Wyoming Xan Smiley - British Journalist Hedrick Smith - Author, former Washington Bureau Chief, The New York Times Sydney Taurel - Chairman and CEO, Eli Lilly and Company John Temple - Editor, Rocky Mountain News Paul Theroux - Author Jim Wall - Editor, The Christian Century Jim Wallis - Author, Editor-in-Chief, Sojourners Magazine Tom Wolfe - Author, Social Critic The Honorable John Hickenlooper - Mayor - City of Denver To download a brochure about The Denver Forum, click here. A Question of Significance Why The Denver Forum? Why a public forum that considers significant issues facing America and the world? Here's one answer: A few years back 99 percent of students polled at America's top 50 universities could identify the television cartoon characters Beavis and Butthead. Only 42 percent could identify George Washington, the first President, one of the truly key figures in American history. If that doesn't alarm you, it should. A democratic society is no stronger than the ability of its citizens to distinguish between what's important and what's trivial, what matters and what doesn't. George Washington matters. Beavis and Butthead do not (except as a negative commentary on what a stunning wasteland contemporary television has become). What The Denver Forum accomplishes, through its programs featuring nationally prominent speakers, is to get real people thinking about real issues; issues that will affect the future course of America. If you believe the consideration of such issues is in the public interest, then The Denver Forum is an organization you should join. But don't delay. Do it today.