2007
![Headshot of Robert MacNeil](/sites/default/files/images/events/2007/aad/RobertMacNeil.jpg)
Robert MacNeil
Broadcast Journalist & Author
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2006
![Headshot of William Safire](/sites/default/files/williamsafire.jpg)
William Safire
Columnist and Author
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2004
![Headshot of Doris Kearns Goodwin](/sites/default/files/images/events/2004/goodwin_03.jpg)
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Journalist and Author
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2003
![Headshot of Robert Redford](/sites/default/files/robertredford.jpg)
Robert Redford
Actor, Director, & Activist
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2002
![Headshot of Zelda Fichandler](/sites/default/files/images/events/hanks/AFichandler.jpg)
Zelda Fichandler
Founding Director of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. and Chair of the Graduate Acting Program and Master Teacher of Acting and Directing at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts
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2001
![Headshot of Frank Rich](/sites/default/files/images/events/hanks/ARich.jpg)
Frank Rich
Op-ed columnist for The New York Times
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2000
![Headshot of Terry Semel](/sites/default/files/images/events/hanks/ATerry_Semel.jpg)
Terry Semel
Past Chairman and Co-CEO of Warner Bros. & Warner Music Group
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1998
![Headshot of Dr. Billy Taylor](/sites/default/files/images/events/hanks/ADrBillyTaylor.jpg)
Dr. Billy Taylor
Jazz musician & educator
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1997
![Headshot of Alan K. Simpson](/sites/default/files/images/events/hanks/ASimpson_Alan.jpg)
Alan K. Simpson
Former U.S. Senator
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1995
![Headshot of Winton Malcolm Blount](/sites/default/files/images/events/hanks/AWintonMalcolmBlount.jpg)
Winton Malcolm Blount
Chairman of Blount, Inc., philanthropist, former U.S. Postmaster General
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1993
![Headshot of Barbara Jordan](/sites/default/files/images/events/hanks/Ajordan-barbara.jpg)
Barbara Jordan
Former U.S. Congresswoman
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1992
![Headshot of Franklin D. Murphy](/sites/default/files/images/events/hanks/Afranklindmurphy.jpg)
Franklin D. Murphy
Former CEO of the Times Mirror Company
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1991
![Headshot of John Brademas](/sites/default/files/images/events/hanks/AJohnBrademas.jpg)
John Brademas
Former Congressman, President Emeritus of New York University
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1989
![Headshot of Leonard Garment](/sites/default/files/images/events/hanks/ALeonardGarment.jpg)
Leonard Garment
Special Counsel to Presidents Nixon and Ford
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