Town Hall Speakers Through the Years from 1963 2015-2016 Steve Hartman Janine Driver Captain Mark Kelly Nicholas Sparks 2014-2015 Sean Casey Dr. Eben Alexander Carol Leifer Clint Van Zandt 2013-2014 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 Scheck 2008-2009 Steve Ford Doris Roberts Lee Woodruff Maurice "Termite" Watkins Martha Raddatz 2007-2008 Eileen 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 Trapps 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 Doris Kearns Goodwin Laura Pulfer 1999-2000 F.W. de Klerk Dr. Beck Weathers George "Sparky" Anderson Dr. Will Miller Laura Pedersen 1998-1999 Julie Nixon Eisenhower Chris Wallace Henry Winkler Keith Lockhart Marlin Fitzwater 1997-1998 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Lorreta LaRoche Vincent Bugliosi Dan Quale Georgie Anne Geyer 1 Town Hall Speakers Through the Years from 1963 1996-1997 Tony Snow Cecil Saxby Anna Maria Alberghetti Rosalyn Carter Cokie Roberts 1995-1996 Jane Bryant Quinn Barbara Bush Jim Borgman Dr. Vladimir Sakharov Dr. Bernie Segal 1994-1995 Richard Cheney Carole Lawrence Marilyn Tucker Quayle 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 Dr Bob Arnot Mark Russell Society 1991-1992 Marvin Hamlisch Captain Gerald Coffee Robert A. 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 R. Ford Willard Scott Admiral Stansfield Turner Countess of Romanones Liz Carpenter 1987-1988 David Eisenhower Judith Martin Dr. Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick 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 Powell John Stossel Al Michaels Hugh Sidey Scott Carpenter 1983-1984 Mark Russell Barbara Hower Wiliam F. Buckley 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 Beverly 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 Jim McKay Jessica Savitch Garry Marshal 2 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 Art Buchwald Patrice Munsel B. Bruce & Jock Leslie Melville Leonard Nimoy Moshe Dayan 1975-1976 Betsy Palmer Joshua Logan Hugh Sidey Erich Segal Vincent Price 1974-1975 Sam Levenson Dr. Joyce Brothers Lori March & Alex Scourby Frances Sakoian David 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 Phillipe Halsman 1971-1972 Ray Bolger Marie Smith Virginia Graham John Charles Daley Jack Valenti 1970-1971 Art Linkletter Vincent Price B. Bruce & Jock Leslie Melville Angier Biddle Duke Earl Wilson 1969-1970 Kitty Carlisle James W. Symington George Reedy & J. 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 Furness 1965-1966 Robert Q. Lewis Cleveland Amory General Mark Clark Winston S. Churchill Philip Burton 1964-1965 Walter Slezak Louis Untermeyer Alexandra Tolstoy Madame Ginette Spanier Dwight Cooke 1963-1964 Marguerite Higgins Harry Golden Baroness Maria Von Trapp Bennett Cerf Dr. Ralph Lapp 3.