Town Hall Speakers Through the Years from 1963 2017-2018 Ann Compton Robert Whitman Peter Greenberg Jon Meacham 2016-2017 Gen Wesley Clark Mitch Albom Katie Laur Melissa Gilbert 2015-2016 Capt. Mark Kelly Steve Hartman Janine Driver Nicholas Sparks 2014-2015 Clint Van Zandt Dr Eben Alexander 111 Carol Leifer Sean Casey 2013-2014 Dr Robert Ballard Mara Liasson John McPherson Michael Feinstein 2012-2013 Jamie Farr Thane Maynard Louis Freeh Laura Ling 2011-2012 Elizabeth Vargas Paul Daugherty Amy Dickinson Jeffrey Toobin 2010-2011 Bob Woodward Dan Abrams Christine Brennan Nick Clooney 2009-2010 Jack Hanna Lori Borgman Jane Bryant Quinn Barry Schreck 2008-2009 SteveFord Doris Roberts Lee Woodruff Maurice "Termite" Watkins Martha Raddatz 2007-2008 Eillen Collins Joan Rivers Scott Turow Bill Schustik Cris Collinsworth 2006-2007 Bill Hemmer Jane Seymour James Bradley Candice Delong Joel Sigel 2005-2006 Jean Michel Cousteau Debbie Reynolds Carol Higgins Clark Bob Farmer John Walsh 2004-2005 Gene Kranz Sam Donaldson Jim Morris Dee Dee Myers The Von Trapp Family 2003-2004 Steve Roberts William Bennett Henry Haller Frank Loomis Ben Vereen ` 2002-2003 Alan King Tipper Gore Rick Steves Frank Abagnale Hugh Sidey 2001-2002 David Baldacci Vicki Lawrence Dave Barry Arun Gandi Ronan Tynan 2000-2001 Sally Ann Howes Arthur Fromer George Stephanopoulos Dorris Krearns Goodwin Laura Pulfer 1999-2000 F.W. de Klerk Dr Bock Weathers George "Sparky" Anderson Dr Will Miller Laura Pedersen 1998-1999 Julie Nixon Eisenhower Chris Wallace Henry Winkler Keith Lockhart Marlin Fitzwater 1 Town Hall Speakers Through the Years from 1963 1997-1998 Robert F Kennedy, Jr Lorreta LaRoche Vincent Bugliosi Dan Quale Georgie Anne Geyer 1996-1997 Tony Snow Cecil Saxby Anna Naria Alberghetti Rosyln Carter Cokie Roberts 1995-1996 Jane Bryant Quinn Barbara Bush Jim Borgman Dr Vladimir Sakharov Dr Bernie Segal 1994-1995 Richard Cheney Carole Lawrence Marylin Tucker Quale Robin Leach William Rasberry 1993-1994 Charton Heston Sheilah Kast Terry Anderson Rita Moreno Li Lu 1992-1993 Elizabeth Dole Nanette Fabray Peter Burchel for Costeau Society Dr Bob Arnot Mark Russell 1991-1992 Marvin Hamlisch Captain Gerald Coffee Robert Bork Joe Clark Joan Benny 1990-1991 Thomas(Tip) O'Neill,Jr Fr. Andrew M. Greeley Maureen Reagan Bettina Gregory Edwin Meese 1989-1990 Jack Anderson G. Gordon Liddy Dr Walter E. Williams Roberta Peters Dorothy DeBolt 1988-1989 Pres.Gerald Ford Willard Scott Admirald Stansfield Turner Countess of Romanones Liz Carpenter 1987-1988 David Eisenhower Judith Martin Dr Jeanne Kilpatrick Bernard Kalb Tom Sullivan 1986-1987 James R. Schlesinger John A. Ruthven Edwin Newman Art Linkletter Nora Ephron 1985-1986 Arkady Shevchenko Frank Cappiello Camelia Sadat Charles Kuralt Judith Viorst 1984-1985 Jane Powel John Stossel Al Michaels Hugh Sidey Scott Carpenter 1983-1984 Mark Russell Barbara Hower Wiliam F. Buckley Jr Celeste Holm Col. John Cottell 1982-1983 Paula Nelson Dick Cavett Douglas Kiker Dr David Burns Diana Nyad 1981-1982 Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr Jean-Michel Cousteau Bevery Sills Patricia Neal Henry Heimlich M.D. 1980-1981 Phyllis Diller Adrien Arpel Gen. William Westmoreland F. Lee Bailey Bob Richards 1979-1980 Ralph Nader Marilyn Van Derbur 2 Jim McKay Jessica Savitch Gary Marshal Town Hall Speakers Through the Years from 1963 1978-1979 Gretchen Wyler Lynda Johnson Robb James J. Kilpatrick David Atlee Phillips David Frost 1977-1978 Alex Haley Milt Tatelman David Dubal & Stanley Waldoff Jack Anderson Letitia Baldridge 1976-1977 ArtBuchwald Patricia Munsel Betty Bruce & Jock Leslie Melville Leonard Nemoy Moshe Dayan 1975-1976 Betsy Palmer Joshua Logan Hugh Sidey Erich Segal Vincent Price 1974-1975 Sam Levenson Dr Joyce Brothers Lori March & Alexander Scourby Frances Sakolan Davd Brinkley 1973-1974 David Niven Charles Kuralt Reid Buckley & Max Lerner Dr William Nolan Erma Bombeck 1972-1973 Hugh Downs Victor Buono Nancy Dickerson Lois Wheeler Snow Phiolippe Halsman 1971-1972 Ray Bulger MarieSmith Virginia Graham John Charles Dayley Jack Valenti 1970-1971 Art Linkletter VincentPrice Betty Bruce & Jock Leslie Melville Angier Biddle Duke Earl Wilson 1969-1970 Kitty Carlisle James W. Symington George Reddy & John MacVane Dr Ralph Lapp Meridith Wilson 1968-1969 Gen.Maxwell Taylor Robert E. Lee Bill Mauldin Cindy Adams Lord Harlech 1967-1968 F. Lee Bailey Charles Bartlett Col. John A. "Shorty" Powers Ruth Warrick Bill Blass 1966-1967 Robert Goralski Admiral James Calvert Madame Wilfried Platzer Sam Levinson Betty Fgurness 1965-1966 Robert Q. Lewis Cleveland Amory General Mark Clark Winston S. Churchill Phillip Burton 1964-1965 Walter Slezak Louyis Untermeyer Alexandra Tolstoy Madame Ginette Spanier Dwight Cooke 1963-1964 Marguerite Higgins Harry Golden Baroness Maria Von Trapp Bennett Cerif Dr Ralph Lapp 3.