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Over the years, the Shell Oil Company and Shell International EP,
Incorporated have generously demonstrated their commitment to Rice
University and to the Baker Institute. The inaugural Shell
Distinguished Lecture was presented at the Baker Institute in 1995 as
part of a series of presentations on the 50th anniversary of the
founding of the United Nations. Then Secretary-General of the United
Nations, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, discussed his organization’s
peacekeeping and peacemaking roles. Since then, an impressive roster of
speakers has followed in Boutros-Ghali’s footsteps, including:
- Madeleine Albright chose
the Baker Institute as the site for her first major speech as the 64th
United States Secretary of State (1997).
- Kofi Annan, current
Secretary-General of the United Nations, discussed the role of the
United Nations in the 21st century and was the institute’s first
lecture transmitted live over the Internet, reaching a global audience
(1998).
- An overflow audience of 5,000 people listened to Nobel Peace Prize
winner Nelson Mandela speak
about the need for U.N. members to resolve their conflicts through
peaceful means (1999).
- Alan Greenspan, chairman
of the Federal Reserve Board, offered his assessment of what lies ahead
for the energy industry in the wake of the September 11 tragedy
(2001).
- Vladimir Putin, President
of the Russian Federation, outlined his vision for his country’s future
and ways the U.S. and Russia could cooperate (2001).
- King Abdullah II, King of
Jordan, called for the United States to create a peace alliance for the
Middle East, where a U.S.-led coalition of European, Arab, and other
countries would provide the security, economic, and political support
to both Israelis and Palestinians (2002).
The Shell Distinguished Lecture Series
and Speakers
2008
- Dexter Filkins (Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist
and author of the winner of the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award, "The Forever War")
- Martin Feldstein (George
F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and President
and CEO of the National Bureau of Economic Research)
2007
- The Honorable Samuel A. Nunn,
Jr. (Co-chairman and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative)
- William J. Clinton (42nd
President of the United States)
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 (Former
U.S. Secretary of Defense)
- Amre Moussa (Egyptian
Minister for Foreign Affairs)
- David Irvy (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 Columbia)
- 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)
- Yassir 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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