Notable speakers from past Summer Institute programs.
Politics
- Amb. Daniel Ayalon, Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2002-2006. (2008)
- Bay Buchanan, conservative commentator and former Treasurer of the United States under President Reagan. (2010)
- R. Nicholas Burns, leading Middle East policy expert, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and to Greece. (2011)
- Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush and co-author of the federal Patriot Act. (2010)
- Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master of the U.S. government’s September 11 Victims’ Compensation Fund. (2004)
- Barney Frank, 16-term Congressman from Massachusetts, and former chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. (2011)
- David Gergen, former advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton and editor-at-large for U.S. News & World Report. (2008)
- Amb. Martin Indyk, United States Ambassador to Israel and vice president for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution. (2010)
- Kiki McLean, Democratic political commentator and advisor to Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Al Gore and Barack Obama. (2010)
- Bruce Reidel, former CIA analyst and counter-terrorism expert, and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. (2010)
Science
- Stuart Altman, chairman of the Health Industry Forum and member of President Clinton’s Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare. (2002)
- Dr. David Baltimore, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Robert Millikan Professor of Biology at Caltech. (2002)
- Dr. Jerome Groopman, the Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and staff science writer at The New Yorker since 1998. (2002)
- Dr. Craig J. Venter, founder of Celera Genomics, best known as one of the first to sequence the human genome. (2003)
The Media
- Lawrence K. Altman M.D., science correspondent for the New York Times. (2010)
- Randy Cohen, Emmy Award-winning writer and author of the Ethicist column for the New York Times Magazine since 1999. (2007)
- Linda Greenhouse, Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times and senior fellow at Yale Law School. (2005)
- David Halberstam, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist best known for his work on the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. (2002)
- Sebastian Junger, author, journalist and filmmaker, whose book War and film Restreppo chronicle the war in Afghanistan. (2011)
- Anthony Lewis, columnist for the The New York Times for more than four decades and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 and 1963. (2002)
- Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of the Great Migration. (2011)
The Arts
- Larry Kasdan, producer and screenwriter whose credits include Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Empire Strikes Back and The Big Chill. (2009)
- Dr. Richard Kogan, psychiatrist and concert pianist. (2006)
- Daniel Libeskind, architect, artist and designer of such noted buildings as the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the Denver Art Museum. (2006 & 2011)
- Joe Morgenstern, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for The Wall Street Journal. (2010)
- Yuval Waldman, conductor and violin soloist with orchestras around the world. (2009)
Notable speakers from past Summer Institute programs.
Politics
- Amb. Daniel Ayalon, Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2002-2006. (2008)
- Bay Buchanan, conservative commentator and former Treasurer of the United States under President Reagan. (2010)
- R. Nicholas Burns, leading Middle East policy expert, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and to Greece. (2011)
- Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush and co-author of the federal Patriot Act. (2010)
- Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master of the U.S. government’s September 11 Victims’ Compensation Fund. (2004)
- Barney Frank, 16-term Congressman from Massachusetts, and former chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. (2011)
- David Gergen, former advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton and editor-at-large for U.S. News & World Report. (2008)
- Amb. Martin Indyk, United States Ambassador to Israel and vice president for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution. (2010)
- Kiki McLean, Democratic political commentator and advisor to Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Al Gore and Barack Obama. (2010)
- Bruce Reidel, former CIA analyst and counter-terrorism expert, and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. (2010)
Science
- Stuart Altman, chairman of the Health Industry Forum and member of President Clinton’s Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare. (2002)
- Dr. David Baltimore, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Robert Millikan Professor of Biology at Caltech. (2002)
- Dr. Jerome Groopman, the Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and staff science writer at The New Yorker since 1998. (2002)
- Dr. Craig J. Venter, founder of Celera Genomics, best known as one of the first to sequence the human genome. (2003)
The Media
- Lawrence K. Altman M.D., science correspondent for the New York Times. (2010)
- Randy Cohen, Emmy Award-winning writer and author of the Ethicist column for the New York Times Magazine since 1999. (2007)
- Linda Greenhouse, Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times and senior fellow at Yale Law School. (2005)
- David Halberstam, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist best known for his work on the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. (2002)
- Sebastian Junger, author, journalist and filmmaker, whose book War and film Restreppo chronicle the war in Afghanistan. (2011)
- Anthony Lewis, columnist for the The New York Times for more than four decades and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 and 1963. (2002)
- Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of the Great Migration. (2011)
The Arts
- Larry Kasdan, producer and screenwriter whose credits include Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Empire Strikes Back and The Big Chill. (2009)
- Dr. Richard Kogan, psychiatrist and concert pianist. (2006)
- Daniel Libeskind, architect, artist and designer of such noted buildings as the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the Denver Art Museum. (2006 & 2011)
- Joe Morgenstern, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for The Wall Street Journal. (2010)
- Yuval Waldman, conductor and violin soloist with orchestras around the world. (2009)