The Fred R. Leventhal Family Endowed Lecture is made possible by a gift to Wittenberg University from the Fred R. Leventhal Family of Springfield.
1982–1983 Lester Thurow, Professor of Economics and Management, Economic Analyst
1983–1984 David Halberstam, Pulitzer Prize Winning Reporter and Author
1984–1985 Malcolm Forbes, Editor and Publisher, one of the most influential financial analysts in the world
1985–1986 Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe Syndicated Columnist
1986–1987 Arthur Miller, Harvard Law Professor, a noted exert on the legal aspects of media accountability, invasion of privacy and national security
1987–1988 Hodding Carter, III, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
1988–1989 Elie Wiesel, Recipient of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize
1989–1990 Charles Osgood, Broadcast Journalist
1990–1991 Jonathan Kozol, Author of ILLITERATE AMERICA
1991–1992 William H. Gray, III, President of the United Negro College Fund
1992–1993 Michael Novak, Religious Educator, Author, and Critic
1993–1994 Leslie Gelb, President of the Council on Foreign Relations
1994–1995 Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, President of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations
1995–1996 David McCullough, Historian and Author (Presented in conjunction with the First William A. Kinnison Endowed Lecture in History, an endowed lecture established by the Board of Directors and Friends of the University in honor of President Kinnison on the occasion of his retirement in 1995)
1997–1998 Doris Kearns Goodwin, Historian
1998–1999 Carl Bernstein, Author and Journalist
1999–2000 Clarence Page, Pulitzer Prize Winning News Columnist and Commentator
2000–2001 Morris Dees, Civil Rights Advocate
2001–2002 Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Public Health Leader
2002–2003 Parker J. Palmer, Education Activist and Teacher
2003–2004 Calvin Trillin, Writer and Satirist
2005-2006 Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Environmental Lawyer and Activist
2006-2007 Charles Fishman, Award-Winning Investigative Journalist