2008 |
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| January 17 |
Mary Ball Washington |
Martha Saxton
Amherst College
Department of History and Women's and Gender Studies
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| January 24 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Jean Edward Smith
Marshall University
Author of FDR |
| January 31 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Kathleen Dalton
Boston University
Author of Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life |
| February 7 |
Frank Lloyd Wright |
Meryle Secrest
Author of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography |
| February 12 |
Ella Fitzgerald |
Douglas Gately
UMW Department of Music |
| February 19 |
James Farmer |
Timothy O'Donnell
UMW Department of English, Linguistics and Speech |
| February 21 |
Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler |
Robert Gellately
Florida State University
Author of Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler
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| February 26 |
Douglas MacArthur |
Porter Blakemore
UMW Department of History and American Studies |
| February 28 |
Eisenhower and Marshall |
Mark Perry
Author of Partners in Command |
| March 13 |
Mary and George Washington |
Peter Henriques
Professor Emeritus of History
George Mason University
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| March 20 |
Margaret Sanger |
Ellen Chesler
Hunter College, CUNY
Author of Woman of Valor
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| March 27 |
Betty Friedan |
Daniel Horwitz
Smith College
Author of Betty Friedan and the Making of the Feminine Mystique
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| April 1 |
Margaret Mitchell |
Darden Asbury Pyron
Florida International University
Author of Southern Daughter: The Life of Margaret Mitchell |
| April 3 |
Billy Graham |
Michael Duffy
Time Magazine
Author of The Preacher and the Presidents
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| April 8 |
The Beatles |
Gardner Campbell
UMW Department of English, Linguistics, and Speech
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| April 15 |
Dr. Seuss |
Philip Nel
Kansas State University
Author of Dr. Seuss: American Icon |
| April 17 |
Babe Ruth |
William Nack
Sports Illustrated, retired |
| April 22 |
Richard M. Nixon |
Stephen Farnsworth
UMW Department of Political Science
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| April 24 |
Bill and Hillary Clinton |
Sally Bedell Smith
Author of For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton |
2007
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| January 25 |
Genghis Khan |
Nabil Al-Takriti
Assistant Professor
UMW
Department of History |
| February 1 |
Pocahontas |
Margaret Huber
Chair, Distinguished Professor
UMW
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Author of Powhatan Lords of Life and Death
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| February 6 |
John Smith |
David Shields
McClintock Professor of Southern Letters
University of South Carolina
Author of Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America |
| February 22 |
Thurgood Marshall |
Juan Williams
Senior Correspondent, National Public Radio
Author of Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary |
| March 15 |
George III |
Jeremy Black
Exeter University
Author of George III: America's Last King |
| March 20 |
Stonewall Jackson |
James I. "Bud" Robertson
Distinguished Professor of History
Virginia Tech
Author of Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend |
| March 22 |
Thomas Jefferson |
Dan Jordan
President, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Author of Political Leadership in Jefferson's Virginia |
| March 27 |
Scott Joplin |
Katherine K. Preston
David N. and Margaret C. Bottoms Professor of Music
The College of William and Mary
Author of Scott Joplin |
| April 3 |
Emily Dickinson |
Claudia Emerson
Arrington Distinguished Chair of Poetry
Winner of 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
UMW
Department of English |
| April 5 |
Walt Disney |
Steven Watts
University of Missouri-Columbia
Department of History
Author of The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life |
| April 10 |
Charles DeGaulle |
Jason Davidson
Assistant Professor
UMW
Department of Political Science and International Affairs |
| April 12 |
Fidel Castro |
Robert Barr
Assistant Professor
UMW
Department of Political Science and International Affairs |
| April 19 |
Secretariat |
Bill Nack
Sports Illustrated, retired
Author of Secretariat: The Making of a Champion |
| April 24 |
Princess Diana |
Sally Bedell Smith
Author of Diana In Search of Herself |
2006 |
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| January 19 |
Moses |
Bruce O'Brien
UMW Department of History |
| January 26 |
Dante |
Giuseppe Mazzotta
Sterling Professor of Italian
Yale University |
| January 31 |
Galileo |
Leanna Giancarlo
UMW Department of Chemistry |
| February 2 |
Albert Einstein |
Alan Lightman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Author of Einstein's Dreams |
| February 7 |
Benjamin Franklin |
Carter Hudgins
UMW Department of History |
| February 9 |
George Washington |
Edward Lengel
University of Virginia
Author of General George Washington: A Military History |
| February 16 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Roger Wilkins
George Mason University
Author of Jefferson's Pillow |
| February 23 |
Malcolm X |
James Miller
Department of American Studies
George Washington University |
| March 2 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Richard Norton Smith
Executive Director
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum |
| March 16 |
Jefferson Davis |
William Davis
Virginia Tech
Author of Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour |
| March 23 |
Joan of Arc |
Mary Gordon
Barnard College
Author of Joan of Arc |
| March 28 |
Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan |
Jennifer Jakubecy
UMW Department of Education |
| March 30 |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
Blanche Wiesen Cook
John Jay College, CUNY
Author of Eleanor Roosevelt |
| April 6 |
George Patton |
Porter Blakemore
UMW Department of History |
| April 13 |
Henry Ford |
Steven Watts
University of Missouri - Columbia
Author of The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century |
| April 18 |
Robert Kennedy |
Evan Thomas
Newsweek
Author of Robert Kennedy: His Life |
| April 20 |
Harry Truman |
Stephen Farnsworth
UMW Department of Political Science |
| April 25 |
William Faulkner |
Michael Bibler
UMW Department of English, Linguistics, and Speech |
| April 27 |
Muhammad Ali |
William Nack
Retired Writer, Sports Illustrated |
2005 |
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| January 20 |
Alexander the Great |
Bruce O'Brien
UMW Department of History |
| January 27 |
Muhammad |
Nabil Al-Tikriti
UMW Department of History |
| February 3 |
Eleanor of Aquitaine |
Teresa Kennedy
UMW Department of English |
| February 10 |
Harriet Tubman |
Catherine Clinton
Author of Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom |
| February 17 |
Mozart |
Kevin Bartram
UMW Department of Music |
| February 24 |
Lewis and Clark |
Jon Kukla
Author of A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America |
| March 10 |
Napoleon |
Jeremy Black
University of Exeter
Author of From Louis XIV to Napoleon |
| March 17 |
Robert E. Lee |
Gary Gallagher
University of Virginia
Author of Lee and His Generals in War and Memory |
| March 31 |
Roosevelt and Churchill |
Jon Meacham
Managing Editor, Newsweek
Author of Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship |
| April 7 |
W.E.B. DuBois |
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
UMW Department of English |
| April 14 |
Elvis Presley |
Gardner Campbell
UMW Department of English |
| April 21 |
Jack and Jackie Kennedy |
Sally Bedell Smith
Author of Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House |
2004 |
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| January 20 |
Cleopatra |
Bruce O'Brien
UMW Department of History |
| January 22 |
Charlemagne |
JeanAnn Dabb
UMW Department of Art |
| January 29 |
Leonardo da Vinci |
Bulent Atalay
UMW Department of Physics |
| February 3 |
Elizabeth I |
Carter Hudgins
UMW Department of History |
| February 5 |
Shakespeare |
William Kemp
UMW Department of English |
| February 10 |
Pocahontas |
Margaret Huber
UMW Department of Sociology and Anthropology |
| February 12 |
Isaac Newton |
Suzanne Sumner
UMW Department of Mathematics |
| February 17 |
Thomas Jefferson |
William B. Crawley
UMW Department of History |
| February 19 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Kevin Bartram
UMW Department of Music |
| February 24 |
Charles Darwin |
David Jarrell
UMW Department of Biological Sciences |
| March 9 |
Otto von Bismarck |
Porter Blakemore
UMW Department of History |
| March 11 |
Frederick Douglass |
Jeffrey McClurken
UMW Department of History |
| March 16 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Arthur Tracy
UMW Department of History |
| March 18 |
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson |
Frank O'Reilly
National Park Service |
| March 25 |
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
Gregory Stanton
UMW Department of History |
| March 30 |
Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes |
Stephen Stageberg
UMW Department of Economics |
| April 1 |
Sigmund Freud |
Christopher Kilmartin
UMW Department of Psychology |
| April 6 |
Mohandas Gandhi |
David Ambuel
UMW Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion |
| April 8 |
Joseph Stalin |
John M. Kramer
UMW Department of Political Science |
| April 13 |
Benito Mussolini |
Jason Davidson
UMW Department of Political Science |
| April 15 |
Mao Zedong |
Chang Liu
UMW Department of History |
| April 20 |
Jackie Robinson |
Thomas Sheridan
UMW Department of Health and Physical Education |
| April 22 |
Katherine Hepburn |
Gardner Campbell
UMW Department of English |
