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The Shell Distinguished Lecture Series is the Baker Institute’s flagship
speakers program, reflecting the vision of our honorary chair, former
U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, and Shell’s commitment to
defining the role of statesmanship, integrity and bold leadership in
meeting the challenges of the 21st century.
The ability of the Baker
Institute to attract world leaders to the Rice campus, in combination
with Shell’s generous support, has helped make the institute one of the
nation’s most widely recognized and respected public policy think tanks.
Inaugurated in 1995, the series has hosted distinguished guests
including President Bill Clinton, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan,
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson
Mandela and King Abdullah II of Jordan.
The Shell Distinguished Lecture Series
and Speakers
2009
- Chris Paine (Writer and director of the award-winning documentary, "Who Killed the Electric Car?")
2008
- Dexter Filkins (Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and author of "The Forever War," winner of the 2008 National Book Critics Circle award. )
- Martin Feldstein (George
F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and President
and CEO of the National Bureau of Economic Research)
- Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire (former commander of the United Nations mission in Rwanda)
2007
2006
- Shimon Peres (Former
Prime Minister, The State of Israel)
- Karen P. Hughes (Under
Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S.
Department of State)
- Murli S. Deora (Minister
of Petroleum and Natural Gas, The Republic of India)
2005
- The Honorable Joseph R.
Biden (United States Senator, Delaware)
- HRH Prince Saud Al Faisal Bin
Abdulaziz Al-Saud (Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia)
2004
- Hosni Mubarak (President,
The Arab Republic of Egypt )
- Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa
Al-Thani (Emir of the State of Qatar)
- Rudolph Giuliani (Mayor
of New York City, 1994-2001)
- Tom Brokaw (Anchor and
Managing Editor, NBC Nightly News)
2003
- Jeremy Rifkin (President,
The Foundation on Economic Trends)
- Olusegun Obasanjo
(President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria)
- Helmut Kohl (Chancellor,
Federal Republic of Germany)
2002
- Vaira Vike-Freiberga
(President of Latvia)
- Carlos Salinas de Gortari
(Former President of Mexico)
- King Abdullah II (King of
Jordan)
- Daniel Ayalon (Ambassador
of Israel to the U.S.)
- Richard Holbrooke (U.N.
Representative from the U.S.)
2001
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika
(President of Algeria)
- Alan Greenspan (Chairman
of the Federal Reserve Board)
- Vladimir Putin (President
of the Russian Federation)
- Nambaryn Enkhbayar (Prime
Minister of Mongolia)
2000
- Robert McNamara (8th
U.S. Secretary of Defense)
- Amre Moussa (Egyptian
Minister for Foreign Affairs)
- David Ivry (Israeli
Ambassador to the U.S.)
- Juergen Chrobog (German
Ambassador to the U.S.)
1999
- Nelson Mandela (Former
President, South Africa)
- Alexander Philon (Greek
Ambassador to the U.S.)
- Bob Lanier (Former Mayor
of Houston)
- Gilbert Grosvenor
(Chairman of the Board, National Geographic Society)
- Andres Pastrana Arango
(President of Colombia)
- Prince El Hassan Bin
Talal (Former Crown Prince of Jordan)
1998
- Ahmed Maher El-Sayed
(Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S.)
- Dore Gold (U.N.
Representative from Israel)
- Gerhard Stoltenberg
(Former Minister of Finance/Defense, Germany)
- Alexander Lebed (Former
Soviet General)
- James Billington (Library
of Congress)
- Jose Angel Gurria
(Finance Minister, Mexico)
- Norman Schwarzkopf
(Retired U.S. General)
- Robert Mosbacher (Former
U.S. Secretary of Commerce)
- Lee Kuan Yew (Singapore
Senior Minister)
- Baki Ilkin (Turkish
Ambassador to the U.S.)
1997
- Madeleine Albright (U.S.
Secretary of State)
- Yasser Arafat (Chairman,
Palestinian Authority)
- Dennis Thompson
(Director, Program in Ethics, Harvard University)
- Carlos Fuentes (Mexican
diplomat and novelist)
- Natan Sharansky (Minister
of Industry and Trade, Israel)
- Abdulla bin Hamad
Al-Attiyah (Minister of Petroleum and Industry, Qatar)
- Frank Wisner (U.S.
Ambassador to India)
1996
- Itamar Rabinovich
(Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.)
- Hanan Ashrawi (Minister
of Higher Education, Palestinian Authority)
1995
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali
(U.N. Secretary-General)
- Habib Ben Yahia (Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Tunisia)
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