Distinguished Speaker Series at Angelo State University
- WTMA Distinguished Lectureship in Science Honoring Dr. Roy E. Moon
- E. James Holland Symposium on American Values
- Community Lectureship in the Humanities
- Wells Fargo Distinguished Lectureship in Business
- AEP Distinguished Faculty in Residence Program
- ASU Writers Conference in Honor of Elmer Kelton
- Foreign Service Speaker’s Program
WTMA Distinguished Lectureship in Science Honoring Dr. Roy E. Moon
The West Texas Medical Associates (WTMA) Distinguished Lectureship in Science has been bringing world-renowned scientists, including 11 Nobel Prize winners, to ASU since 1976. WTMA Lecturers participate in public presentations, colloquia and informal discussions with students and faculty.
Speakers are selected from academic or professional specialties that complement the basic sciences emphasized in the ASU curriculum or a related medical or health science. The lectureship honors beloved San Angelo physician Dr. Roy E. Moon, who died in 1976 at the age of 64. The lectureship is underwritten by an annual grant from the members of WTMA.
| 2008 | Jeffrey D. Macklis, M.D., Director, Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School Center for Nervous System Repair, Professor of Neuroscience, Neurosurgery and Neurology, Harvard University. |
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| 2007 | Joseph H. Taylor, Ph.D., 1993 Nobel Laureate in Physics, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Princeton University. |
| 2006 | Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D., President, Institute for Systems Biology. |
| 2005 | Rita Colwell, Ph.D., Chair, Canon U.S. Life Science, Inc., and Former President, National Science Foundation. |
| 2004 | Mary-Claire King, Ph.D., American Cancer Society Research Professor, Departments of Medicine (Medical Genetics) and Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine. |
| 2003 | J. William Schopf, Ph.D., Director, Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life, University of California at Los Angeles. |
| 2002 | Polly Celine Eveline Matzinger, Ph.D., Head, Section on T-Cell Tolerance and Memory, Ghost Lab, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health. |
| 2001 | Ferid Murad, M.D., (Nobel Laureate: Medicine) Professor and Chair, Department of Integrative Biology, Pharmacology and Physiology, and Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. |
| 2000 | F. Sherwood Rowland, Ph.D., (Nobel Laureate: Chemistry), Donald Bren Research Professor of Chemistry and Earth System Science, University of California at Irvine. |
| 1999 | Keith L. Black, M.D., Director, Division of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Director, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program; and Director, Cedars-Sinai Neurological Institute. |
| 1998 | Sylvia A. Earle, Ph.D., Founder and Chairman, Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, Inc, and National Geographic’s Explorer in Residence. |
| 1997 | Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D. (Nobel Laureate: Chemistry), Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado. |
| 1996 | Alfred G. Gilman, M.D. (Nobel Laureate: Medicine), Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. |
| 1995 | Eugene M. Shoemaker, Ph.D., Scientist Emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey. |
| 1994 | C. Thomas Caskey, M.D., Director, Human Genome Center, and Chair, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine. |
| 1993 | Donald C. Johanson, Ph.D., President, Institute of Human Origins. |
| 1992 | Chen Ning Yang, Ph.D. (Nobel Laureate: Physics), Director of the Theoretical Physics Department, State University of New York. |
| 1991 | Lynn Margulis, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor of Botany, University of Massachusetts. |
| 1990 | Leon Richard Kass, Ph.D., Professor, University of Chicago. |
| 1989 | Cyril Ponnamperuma, Ph.D., Director, Laboratory of Chemical Evolution, and Professor of Chemistry, University of Maryland. |
| 1988 | Michael S. Brown, M.D. (Nobel Laureate: Medicine), Professor of Medicine and Genetics and Director of the Center for Genetic Disease, Southwestern Medical School at Dallas. |
| 1987 | Hans Mark, Ph.D., Chancellor, University of Texas System, and former Deputy Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
| 1986 | Donald C. Johanson, Ph.D., paleoanthropologist. |
| 1985 | Arthur Guyton, M.D., Chairman, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi School of Medicine. |
| 1984 | Har Gobind Khorana, Ph.D. (Nobel Laureate: Physiology), Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| 1983 | Tanya M. Atwater, Ph.D., Professor of Marine Geophysics, University of California at Santa Barbara. |
| 1982 | Kip S. Thorne, Ph.D., Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology. |
| 1981 | D. Carleton Gajdusek, M.D. (Nobel Laureate: Medicine), Director of the Study of Child Growth and Development and Disease Patterns in Primitive Cultures, National Institutes of Health. |
| 1980 | Frederick Chapman Robbins, M.D. (Nobel Laureate: Medicine), Dean, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University. |
| 1979 | George W. Beadle, Ph.D. (Nobel Laureate: Biology), President Emeritus, University of Chicago; and W. O. Milligan, Ph. D., Director of Research, Robert A. Welch Foundation. |
| 1978 | Linus Pauling, Ph.D. (Nobel Laureate: Chemistry; Nobel Laureate: Peace), Research Professor, Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, and Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Stanford University. |
| 1977 | Humberto Fernandez-Moran, M.D., Ph.D., Pritzker Professor of Biophysics, University of Chicago. |
E. James Holland Symposium on American Values
The ASU Symposium on American Values has brought more than 50 knowledgeable and sometimes provocative figures from the front lines of American culture and society to the ASU campus to spark discussion on a wide range of topics. Pop culture, politics, entertainment, immigration, foreign policy and violence provide a sampling of the subjects covered in the annual lecture.
The Holland Symposium has brought to campus noted scholars from a variety of fields, including ecology, sociology, psychology, political science, education and business. The symposium is named in honor of its creator, E. James Holland, retired dean of the ASU College of Liberal and Fine Arts, and is designed to bring the ASU community and the public together to reflect on issues related to the country’s values.
| 2007 | Dr. Katherine Donato, Professor of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, and Dr. Jorge Durand, Professor of Anthropology, University of Guadalajara, Mexico. |
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| 2006 | Dr. Scott Appleby, Professor of History, Notre Dame University, and Dr. Jeffrey Kaplan, Associate Professor of Religion, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. |
| 2005 | Dr. Peter A. Walker, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Oregon, and Dr. Howard Margolis, Professor of Public Policy, University of Chicago. |
| 2004 | Dr. David Popenoe, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University, and Dr. Stephanie Coontz, Professor of History and Family Studies, Evergreen State College. |
| 2003 | Dr. Kamran Aghaie, Associate Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin, and Dr. Thomas Gouttierre, Dean of International Studies and Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska. |
| 2002 | Dr. Regina Barreca, Author of They Used to Call Me Snow White, But I Drifted, and Dr. Lawrence E. Mintz, Founder and President, International Society of Humor Studies. |
| 2001 | Dr. David Barash, Professor of Psychology, University of Washington, and author of Understanding Violence, and Dr. Roy F. Baumeister, author of Evil: Inside Violence and Cruelty. |
| 2000 | Dr. Robert V. Friedenberg, Professor of Communication, Miami University of Ohio, and Dr. Richard Davis, Professor of Government, Brigham Young University. |
| 1999 | Dr. Carlos Munoz, Jr., Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of California, and Dr. Alan Wolfe, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Religion and American Public Life, Boston College. |
| 1998 | Dr. Lynn Spigel, Professor and Chair, Critical Studies Division, Department of Cinema and Television, University of South California; C. Edwin Baker, Gallicchio Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania; and Dr. Angela M. S. Nelson, Director of the Center for Popular Culture Studies, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University. |
| 1997 | Dr. James Davison Hunter, William R. Kenan Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies and Director of the Post-Modernity Project, University of Virginia; Grace Palladino, Co-Director and Editor of The Samuel Gompers Papers, University of Maryland; and William Strauss, writer, historian, lecturer, theatrical director and entertainer. |
| 1996 | Anne Wells Branscomb, President, The Raven Group, and Research Associate, Harvard University Program on Information Resources Policy; Gary Chapman, Coordinator, 21st Century Project, Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin; and Dr. Steve Jones, Chair, Communication Department, and Co-Director of the Center for Research on Information, University of Tulsa. |
| 1995 | Dr. Stanley Eitzen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Colorado State University; Dr. Mimi Murray, Buxton Professor of Physical Education, Springfield College; and Dr. Benjamin G. Rader, Professor of History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. |
| 1994 | Dr. Michael A. Hitt, Professor of Management and Robertson Chair in Business Administration, Texas A&M University; Anne L. Heald, Executive Director, Center for Learning and Competitiveness, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland; and Dr. Robert Perrucci, Professor of Sociology, Purdue University. |
| 1993 | Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, Aldrich Professor of Geosciences, University of California; Dr. Daniel Simberloff, Lawton Distinguished Professor in Biological Sciences, Florida State University; and Dr. William E. Riebsame, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder. |
| 1992 | Dr. Arnold R. Hirsch, Professor of History, College of Urban and Public Affairs, University of New Orleans; Dr. David E. Hayes-Bautista, Professor of Medicine and Director of Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California; and Dr. Samuel L. Myers, Wilkins Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. |
| 1991 | Dr. Barbara J. Callaway, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University; Dr. James M. McCormick, Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University; and Dr. Barry Rubin, Lecturer in International Affairs, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. |
| 1990 | Dr. James L. Gumnnick, Executive Director for Research, St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas; Dr. George K. Schweitzer, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of Tennessee; and Dr. Judith P. Swazey, President of the Acadia Institute, Bar Harbor, Maine. |
| 1989 | Dr. Elizabeth Johns, Professor of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania; Wayne Lawson, Executive Director, Ohio Arts Council; and Doris Betts, Alumni Distinguished Professor of English, University of North Carolina. |
| 1988 | Dr. Michael W. Kirst, Professor of Education, Stanford University; Demos P. Doyle, Senior Research Fellow, Hudson Institute; and Dr. Arthur E. Wise, Director, Center for the Study of the Teaching Profession, The RAND Corporation. |
| 1987 | Dr. Walter F. Berns, John M. Olin University Professor, Georgetown University; Dr. Deborah L. Rhode, Professor of Law, Stanford University Law School; and Dr. Walter F. Murphy, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University. |
| 1986 | Dr. Joe B. Frantz, Turnbull Professor of History, Corpus Christi State University, and Former Chair, History Department, University of Texas at Austin; Jared E. Hazleton, President, Texas Research League, and Former Dean, Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington in Seattle; and Peter C. Bishop, Chair, Studies of the Future Program, University of Houston at Clear Lake City. |
| 1985 | Dr. Michael R. Rion, President, Hartford Seminary; Dr. Patricia H. Werhane, Associate Professor and Associate Academic Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Loyola University; and Dr. Richard T. De George, University Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas. |
| 1984 | Dr. Elsie Boulding, Chair, Department of Sociology, Dartmouth College; Dr. Peter A. French, Lennox Distinguished Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Trinity University; and Dr. William H. McNeill, Millikan Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago. |
Community Lectureship in the Humanities
National security, foreign policy, the ramifications of 9/11, environmental issues, Mexican-American history, Russian reforms, deficit reduction and the news media are just some of the topics that have been addressed at ASU’s Community Lectureship in the Humanities. Speakers have included award-winning authors, presidential cabinet members, foreign heads-of-state, high-ranking military officials, historians, TV journalists and poet laureates.
Representatives from ASU, San Angelo Community Medical Center and San Angelo Health Foundation select the speakers for the Community Lectureship. The event was established in 1988 with funding assistance from San Angelo Community Medical Center.
| 2007 | James D. “Denny” Shelton, former Chairman and CEO, Triad Hospitals Inc. |
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| 2006 | Catherine Crier, TV Journalist, “Catherine Crier Live,” Court TV. |
| 2005 | Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations and former Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. Department of State. |
| 2004 | Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, Bradley Distinguished Professor of International Security Studies, United States Military Academy; former Army Commander; and National Drug Policy Director. |
| 2002 | James A. Baker III, former U.S. Secretary of State, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and former White House Chief of Staff. |
| 2001 | Rick Bass, Nature Writer and Environmentalist. |
| 2000 | Dr. Ramon Eduardo Ruiz, Pre-eminent Historian on Mexico. |
| 1999 | Sergei N. Khrushchev, Authority on Russian Economics and Political Reform and son of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. |
| 1998 | Warren Rudman, former U.S. Senator and Co-Author of the 1985 Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Bill. |
| 1997 | John Wheat, Sound Archivist, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. |
| 1996 | Lloyd M. Bentsen, former U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Treasury. |
| 1995 | Shelby Foote, Civil War Historian and Author of the three-volume The Civil War: A Narrative. |
| 1994 | Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister, 1979-90. |
| 1993 | James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress. |
| 1992 | Elspeth Rostow, Political Analyst, Author, Educator, Chairman of the Board, U.S. Institute of Peace, and Stiles Professor Emerita in American Studies, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas. |
| 1991 | Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of Lonesome Dove. |
| 1990 | Richard Wilbur, Poet Laureate Emeritus of the United States. |
| 1989 | Dr. Robert Legvold, Director, W. Averell Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union, Columbia University. |
| 1988 | Robert Norman William Blake, Baron Blake of Braydeston, British historian. |
Wells Fargo Distinguished Lectureship in Business
The ASU Distinguished Lectureship in Business has become a catalyst for a growing relationship between ASU and the San Angelo business community. Corporate chairs, CEOs and CFOs of companies like Time Warner, Dalcor, USAA and even professional sports teams visit the ASU campus for formal lectures on timely and appropriate business topics.
Many of the speakers have been ASU graduates whose successful business careers serve as successful role models for students and whose entrepreneurial experience offers practical ideas and solutions to the management problems of today. Annual funding from Wells Fargo Bank of San Angelo to the ASU College of Business has underwritten the lectureship since 1995.
| 2007 | Mark Homer, Owner, Homer Enterprises, Texas State Representative, District 3. |
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| 2006 | M. Dale Dodson, CPA, Chief Executive Officer, Dalcor Companies. |
| 2005 | Kelby Hagar, Serial Entrepreneur and President and CEO, Digital Witness, LLC. |
| 2004 | Kevin Carroll, “Katalyst,” Special Projects Division, Nike. |
| 2003 | Michael H. (Mike) Millegan, Senior Vice President-Logistics, Verizon. |
| 2002 | Landel C. Hobbs, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Time Warner Cable. |
| 2001 | Patricia Diaz Dennis, Senior Vice President, Regulatory & Public Affairs, SBC Communications Inc. |
| 2000 | Linda Alvarado, President, Alvarado Construction Inc., and Limited Partner, Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball Team. |
| 1999 | E.R. “Dick” Brooks, Chairman and CEO, Central and South West Corp. |
| 1998 | Drayton McLane Jr., Chairman, McLane Group, L.P., Houston Astros Baseball Club, Astrodome USA |
| 1997 | David Hirschfeld, Chairman and CEO, Hirschfeld Steel Co., Inc. and F.L. “Steve” Stephens, Chairman and CEO, Town & Country Food Stores, Inc. |
| 1996 | Richard M. Kovacevich, Chairman and CEO, Norwest Corp. |
| 1995 | Robert T. Herres, Chairman and CEO, USAA. |
AEP Distinguished Faculty in Residence Program
The AEP Distinguished Faculty in Residence Program brings to campus for extended stays authorities in a variety of fields. AEP Professors in Residence have included an Academy Award-winning actor, an award-winning author, a CEO, a classical recording artist, a world-renowned physicist, a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and a Russian professor of English linguistics.
These experts in their respective fields teach classes, conduct workshops and spend informal time with students and faculty over the course of a semester. In addition to serving as role models to students, the AEP Professors serve as resources for ASU faculty by sharing their first-hand experiences and successes. The program was initiated in 1996 with funding assistance from AEP.
| 2006 | Igor Tolochin, Professor of English Linguistics, University of St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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| 2004 | Frederick Moyer, Classical Pianist and Recording Artist. |
| 2003 | Dr. D. Stanley Eitzen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Colorado State University. |
| 2002 | William W. “Bill” Maxwell, Nationally Syndicated Editorial Writer and Columnist, St. Petersburg Times. |
| 2001 | E.R. “Dick” Brooks, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Central and South West Corporation. |
| 2000 | Edward Rowell, former U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, Portugal and Bolivia. |
| 1998 | Dr. Jay Davis, Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, U.S. Department of Defense, and World-renowned physicist. |
| 1997 | Karl Malden, Academy Award-winning Actor of Screen, Stage and Television. |
| 1996 | Elmer Kelton, Spur Award-winning Western Author. |
ASU Writers Conference in Honor of Elmer Kelton
The ASU Writers Conference brings award-winning authors from all genres to campus to share their works and their creativity with the ASU community and the public. Featured speakers have included authors of many familiar novels, poems and plays, covering everything from war and social upheaval to history, ethnicity and baseball.
The conference honors San Angelo author and resident Elmer Kelton, winner of seven Spur Awards and three Western Heritage Awards for his western novels. Kelton participates in each conference. Additionally, local and regional writers are invited to showcase their works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and prose. The event is hosted by the ASU English Department and sponsored by the university with support from the ASU Alumni Association, the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, the English Department, and Guy and Eva Choate.
| 2008 | Luis Valdez, Author of Zoot Suit, La Bamba, Cisco Kid and Corridos: Tales of Passion and Revolutions. |
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| 2007 | Tobias Wolff, Author of This Boy’s Life, Old School, In Pharaoh’s Army: Memories of the Lost War and Barrack’s Thief. |
| 2006 | Tim O’Brien, Author of If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship me Home; The Things They Carried; and July, July. |
| 2005 | Gordon Weaver, Author of Count a Lonely Cadence, The Way We Know in Dreams and The Eight Corners of the World. |
| 2004 | Peter Hedges, Author of What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. |
| 2003 | Naomi Shihab Nye, Author of 19 Varieties of Gazelle, Fuel, Hugging the Jukebox, Red Suitcase and Words Under Words. |
| 2002 | Stephen Harrigan, Author of The Gates of the Alamo and Comanche Midnight. |
| 2001 | Reginald McKnight, Author of The Kind of Light that Shines on Texas and African American Wisdom. |
| 2000 | Denise Chavez, Author of The Last of the Menu Girls and Face of an Angel. |
| 1999 | W.P. Kinsella, Author of Shoeless Joe, basis for the movie “Field of Dreams.” |
| 1998 | Rudolfo Anaya, Author of Bless Me, Ultima. |
Foreign Service Speaker’s Program
The Foreign Service Speaker’s Program is dedicated to providing ASU students with a broader worldview and exposing them to potential career opportunities in the Foreign Service. Participating ambassadors deliver a general presentation on self-selected topics to the ASU community and then over a two-day period meet with students in the classroom to share their diplomatic experiences.
The program was organized by Dr. James Holland and initiated in the early 2000s with the assistance of Dr. Roy Harrell, who has provided continued assistance since, particularly in recruiting speakers through his contacts with the American Foreign Service Association and the Diplomatic and Counselor Officers Retired. The program is sponsored by the College of Liberal and Fine Arts; Communication, Drama and Journalism Department; Government Department; History Department; Center for International Studies; Modern Languages Department; and the University Center Program Center.
| 2008 | Thomas Dodd, Former Ambassador to Costa Rica and Uruguay. |
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| 2006 | Edward Peck, Former Ambassador to Iraq and Mauritania. |
| 2006 | Tibor P. Nagy Jr., Former Ambassador to Guinea and Ethiopia. |
| 2004 | John W. Limbert, President, American Foreign Service Association, and Former Ambassador to Mauritania. |
| 2003 | Michael Ely, Former Deputy Ambassador to the European Communities, Brussels. |