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2011-2012 Season Speakers

  • Ted Koppel

    Helmerich Foundation Speaker

    September 9, 2011

    "Dangerous Times, Dangerous World"

    • Winner of 42 Emmys

    • 43-year veteran of ABC News

    • Former host of NIGHTLINE

     

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  • Anna Quindlen

    In collaboration with OK Center for Poets & Writers, OSU Tulsa

    October 7, 2011

    "Stuff is Not Salvation"

    - Pulitzer Prize winner

    - Former New York Times and Newsweek columnist

    - Best-selling author of seventeen books 

  • Michael Wallis

    January 6, 2012

    "Way Down Yonder in The Indian Nation"

    - Three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee

    - Historian and biographer of the American West

    - Pixar voice star in the movie Cars

  • Reserve Luncheon Seat

    Barry Asmus

    February 24, 2012

    "America's Economic Future"

    - Named by USA Today as one of the five most requested speakers in the United States

    - Senior Economist for the National Center for Policy Analysis

    - Dynamic and captivating world-class economist

  • Alison Levine

    Sandra West Memorial Speaker

    March 30, 2012

    "Oxygen Not Included"

    - Leader of the first women's expedition to Mt. Everest

    - Subject of PBS documentary Living Courageously

    - Professor of Behavior Sciences & Leadership at U.S. Military Academy at West Point

    - Former Wall Street investment banker

  • John Edward Hasse

    May 4, 2012

    "Ragtime, Blues and Jazz: A Piano Concert with Commentary"

    - Two-time Grammy nominee

    - Curator of American Music at the Smithsonian Institute

    - Internationally acclaimed piano recitalist

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