Oscar G. Iden Lectures

Begun in 1976, these lectures on American foreign policy and international diplomacy commemorate the late Mr. and Mrs. Iden who provided the endowment for this series. Oscar Iden was a Walsh School of Foreign Service graduate, class of 1924. Read more about Oscar Iden.

Past Presenters

• 2017 – Ambassador Jane Dorothy Hartley, former United States Ambassador to France (full speech).
• 2016 – Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications (full speech).
• 2012 – The Honorable Jane Harman, President and CEO of The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, former member of US House of Representatives (full speech).
• 2011 – Dr. Vishakha Desai, Professor and Special Advisor for Global Affairs to the President of Columbia University.
• 2010 – Dr. Helene Gayle, President and CEO of CARE USA, President of Spelman College.
• 2009 – Gen. Brent Scowcroft (Ret.), Counselor and Trustee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, Chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board, Former US National Security Advisor.
• 2008 – Zalmay Khalilzad, US Ambassador to the United Nations, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation (full speech).
• 2007 – Anthony C. Zinni, Former Commander in Chief of US Central Command, US Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, US Special Envoy for Qatar.
• 2003 – Paul Wolfowitz, Former US Deputy Secretary of Defense, Former President of the World Bank Group.
• 2002 – Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of American International Group.
• 2001 – John D. Negroponte, US Ambassador to the United Nations, United States Ambassador to Iraq, 1st Director of National Intelligence, Former United States Deputy Secretary of State.
• 2000 – Samuel R. Berger, US National Security Advisor.
• 1999 – George J. Tenet, US Director of Central Intelligence (full speech).
• 1998 – Lee H. Hamilton, Member of the US House of Representatives (full speech).
• 1998 – Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the US House of Representatives (full speech).
• 1997 – Dr. Anthony Lake, US National Security Advisor (full speech).
• 1996 – Dr. William J. Perry, US Secretary of Defense (full speech).
• 1994 – General John A. Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (full speech).
• 1991 – Henry E. Catto, US Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
• 1990 – Chester A. Crocker, US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
• 1989 – Edward J. Perkins, US Ambassador to South Africa.
• 1988 – David D. Newsom, Author and Columnist for Christian Science Magazine.
• 1987 – Soedjatmoko, Rector of the United Nations University, Former Ambassador of Indonesia to the US.
• 1986 – Donald F. McHenry, Ambassador and US Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
• 1985 – Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, US Ambassador to the United Nations (full speech).
• 1984 – Dr. Peter F. Krogh, Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service (full speech).
• 1982 – Walter Stoessel, Jr., US Ambassador to West Germany (full speech).
• 1981 – Martin F. Herz, Director of Georgetown University Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.
• 1980 – Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Lord Caradon, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Governor of Cyprus, Visiting Fellow Harvard and Princeton Universities.
• 1979 – George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, 43rd Vice President of the United States, Former US Director of Central Intelligence.
• 1977 – Anne L. Armstrong, US Ambassador to the United Kingdom (full speech).
• 1976 – Carroll Quigley, Professor, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service.