Past Hewlett Lectures
2011
Adam Goodheart, Author of 1861: The Civil War Awakening – speaker cancelled
2010
Davis S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States
Archivist Ferriero spoke on his agenda for the major issues facing the National Archives, including records processing and management, declassification, electronic records, and access, as well as the use of the new social media.
2009
Prof. William Roger Louis, former Chair of the State Department’s Advisory Board on Historical Diplomatic Documentation
Professor Louis spoke about his to decision to resign in protest from the Board in late 2008 and resulting insights on the challenges and issues involved in doing federal and public history.
2008
Prof. Richard Breitman, American University
Professor Breitman spoke about his recent publication, Advocate for the Doomed: James G. McDonald and American Refugee Policy in the Roosevelt Years.
2007
Brig. General Carl W. Reddel (USAF, Ret.)
General Reddel spoke on the Eisenhower Memorial Commission’s efforts to build a memorial to President Dwight D. Eisenhower near the national mall in Washington, D.C.
2006
Donald A. Ritchie, Associate Historian, U.S. Senate
Remarks titled: “Senate Voices: Thirty Years of Oral History on Capitol Hill”
2005
Dr. Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States
2004
Dr. David Kahn, independent scholar of military intelligence
Remarks titled: “Writing about America’s First Government Codebreaker”
2003
Brent Glass, Director, National Museum of American History
2002
Richard Ben Veniste
2001
Brian Lamb, CEO, C–SPAN
2000
Shelia Burke, Smithsonian Institution
Remarks titled: “History from Capitol to Castle”
1999
Dr. Arnita Jones, Executive Director, American Historical Association
Remarks titled: “The American Historical Association and Federal History”
1998
David Satcher, MD, Surgeon Genderal
Remarks titled: “200th Anniversary of the Public Health Service”
1997
Dr. John K. Menzies, former chief of the American mission in Sarajevo
1996
Dr. Marc Pachter, Counselor to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Remarks titled: “Reflections Upon a Professional Life at the Smithsonian”
1995
John W. Carlin, Eighth Archivist of the United States
Remarks titled: “Strategic Directions for the National Archives”
1994
Dr. Edwin C. Bearss, Special Assistant to the director for Military Sites at the National Park Service
Remarks titled: “Surviving on Capital Hill: A Historian’s Memoir”
1993
Dr. Stanley L. Falk, former Chief Historian of the U.S. Air Force
Remarks titled: “Arma virumque cano: The Federal Military Historian as Singer, Scholar, and Resuscitator”
1992
Scott Armstrong, former director, National Security Archives and now director of the Information Trust
1991
Dr. Howard Gillette, Jr., Professor of American Studies, George Washington University
Remarks titled: “Washington, DC’s Two Reconstructions and Their Abiding Legacy”
1990
Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, General Accounting Office
Bowsher reviewed the history of the General Accounting Office prior to his tenure as Comptroller General and explained how its work and function changed over the years. Bowsher established the GAO history program in the mid–1980’s.
1989
Dr. Samuel R. Gammon, Executive Director, American Historical Association
Remarks titled: “E Pluribus Unum: Public History and Academic History”
1988
Dr. Heather Huyck, Professional Staff Member for the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Remarks titled: “Federal historians have a crucial role to play in preserving and interpreting American history”
1987
Dr. Louis Galambos, Johns Hopkins University (specialist in the history of large–scale organizations)
Remarks titled: “Professional Values and Modern Times”
1986
Dr. Wayne D. Rasmussen, former chief historian, Department of Agriculture
Remarks titled: “Life as a Federal Historian”
1985
Wilbur J. Cohen, former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Remarks titled: “On the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Social Security Act of 1935”
1984
Dr. Anna Kasten Nelson, Project Director, Committee on Records of Government
Remarks titled: “Past, Present, and Future: The Impact of a Changing Environment on Public Records”
1983
Dr. Forrest C. Pogue, Director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Institute for Historical Research, Smithsonian Institution
Remarks titled: “My Life as a Public Historian”
1982
Dr. Walter Rundell, University of Maryland
Remarks titled: “A Historians Impact on Federal Policy: W. P. Webb as a Case Study”
1981
Dr. Brooke Hindle, Senior historian, Smithsonian Institution
Remarks titled: “Science, Technology, and the Government: A View from the Smithsonian”
1980
Dr. Richard Hewlett, former chief historian, Department of Energy
Remarks titled: “Reflections on a Career as a Federal Historian”
