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2019

Date Lecture Speaker Media
Date Lecture Speaker Media
Jan. 15 Rodgers and Hammerstein Todd S. Purdum
Jan. 22 Bruce Lee Matthew Polly
Jan. 31 Mikhail Gorbachev William Taubman
Feb. 5 Benedict Arnold Joyce Lee Malcolm
Feb. 7 Jane Goodall Dale Peterson
Feb. 14 Billie Holiday Tracy Fessenden
Feb. 19 Gari Melchers Joanna Catron
Feb. 21 Dale Carnegie Steven Watts
Feb. 26 Nelson Mandela Richard Stengel
Feb. 28 Oscar Wilde Nicholas Frankel
Mar. 12 Lucille Ball Kathleen Brady
Mar. 14 Radium Girls Kate Moore
Mar. 19 Rocket Girls Nathalia Holt
Mar. 21 J.R.R. Tolkien Devin Brown
Mar. 26 Laura Ingalls Wilder Caroline Fraser
Apr. 2 Gehrig and Ripken John Eisenberg
Apr. 4 The Last Romanovs Helen Rappaport
Apr. 9 POW Wives Heath Hardage Lee

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