Distinguished Speakers
Elon recognizes the importance of bringing world leaders and scholars to campus for personal interaction with students. To enrich and amplify academic programs, many speakers are brought to campus for question-and-answer sessions with students in addition to addressing the Elon community as a whole.
Please check E-net! (Elon's news and information Web site) and the Cultural Events Calendar for details on upcoming speakers.
Here are just a few of the speakers who have visited Elon:
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George
Bush, 41st President of the United States |
Ehud
Barak, former prime minister of Israel |
Benazir
Bhutto, former president of Pakistan |
Lech
Walesa, former president of Poland |
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| Queen Noor of Jordan | Archbishop Desmond Tutu | Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel | Former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn |
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| Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins | Former EPA administrator and New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman |
Cornell
West, scholar and best-selling author |
David
Gergen, Former presidential advisor |
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| Primatologist Jane Goodall | Former CBS anchor Walter Cronkite |
Ben
Bradlee, Vice President and Former Executive Editor of The Washington Post |
Steve Bell, |
Pulitzer Prize winners:
Thomas Friedman
David McCullough
Anna Quindlen
David Halberstam
Edmund Morris
Edward O. Wilson
Samantha Power
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