About the talk
The last several years have been marked by a number of dramatic events, including
the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, new upheavals in the Middle East, continued
concern about terrorism, the world-wide economic crises, and the recent election
of Barack Obama as president of the United States. Drawing on a wealth of data and
research, Andrew Kohut, arguably the nation’s premiere survey researcher, will discuss
the state of American public opinion in this period of crisis and political Change.
Established in 1992 to honor Ambassadors Walter and Leonore Annenberg, this event
brings alumni, faculty, and graduate students together to hear from a leader in
the academy or in the professional world.
The Honorable Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress Emeritus
“The Rise of Public Discovery”
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1992
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Haynes Johnson, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, best-selling
author, television commentator, and Annenberg Professional-in-Residence
“America and the Crisis of Change in the ‘90s”
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1993
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Anne W. Branscomb, Harvard University Professor of Information
Resource Policy and Annenberg Scholar-in-Residence [Deceased]
“Roadblocks on the Global Infobahn”
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1994
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Professor Mary Douglas, Anthropologist
“Up, Down and Sideways: Space as Medium and as Message”
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1995
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Professor Jaroslav Pelikan, Historian
“Rhetoric and Beyond: Learning from the Greeks”
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1996
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Sir Jeremy Isaacs, Documentary Filmmaker, Television Producer
“Television and History”
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1997
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Dr. David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Secretary for Health and
Surgeon General of the United States, U.S.Dept. of Health & Human Services
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1998
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Duncan Kenworthy, Annenberg School Alumni (MA ’73), Filmmaker,
Producer
(Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill)
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1999
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Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York
“The Role of Philanthropy in the Nation”
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2000
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Cass R. Sunstein, Karl N. Llewellyn Dist. Service Professor of
Jurisprudence, University of Chicago Law School, Dept. of Political Science and
the College
“Why Groups Go To Extremes”
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2001
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Rebecca W. Rimel, President, The Pew Charitable Trusts
“Philosophy, Philanthropy and Philadelphia”
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2002
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Michael Delli Carpini, Dean, The Annenberg School for Communication
“What’s the Difference Between Dan Rather and Bill Maher? Informing the Public in
the New Media Environment”
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2003
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Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania, Professor of
Political Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences and the Annenberg School
“Deliberation in Education and the Media: Rising to the Challenge?”
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2004
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Oscar H. Gandy, Jr. , Herbert I. Schiller Professor of Communication
The Annenberg School
“If it weren’t for bad luck…”
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2005
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Shashi Tharoor, Librarian of Congress Emeritus
“The Rise of Public Discovery”
“The Information Revolution: Where Do We Go From Here?”
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2006
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Paul Steiger, , Editor-in-chief, President and Chief Executive
of ProPublica.org, and
former Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal
“Journalism’s Rocky Path to the Future”
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2008
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