This lecture series was initiated in 1965 as a memorial to Adlai E. Stevenson, the political leader and Chief U.S. Delegate to the United Nations who was raised in Bloomington. It is co-hosted by Illinois Wesleyan and Illinois State University and the event's location alternates accordingly.
The board of the Stevenson Memorial Lecture Series, chaired by the presidents of Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University, consists of 23 members who organize presentations designed to perpetuate the work of Stevenson by “promoting his ideals and furthering the cause of world peace and good will among peoples,” as established by the founding members in 1965.
A book with the text of the speeches (or, when text was unavailable, reprint of news coverage) was compiled by John K. Boaz: The Adlai E. Stevenson Memorial Lecture Series: the First Twenty-Five Years, 1966-1991 (University Press of America, 1995).
The board of the Stevenson Memorial Lecture Series, chaired by the presidents of Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University, consists of 23 members who organize presentations designed to perpetuate the work of Stevenson by “promoting his ideals and furthering the cause of world peace and good will among peoples,” as established by the founding members in 1965.
A book with the text of the speeches (or, when text was unavailable, reprint of news coverage) was compiled by John K. Boaz: The Adlai E. Stevenson Memorial Lecture Series: the First Twenty-Five Years, 1966-1991 (University Press of America, 1995).
Lectures from 1993
Margaret Tutwiler, Margaret Tutwiler
Lectures from 1987
Jeane Kirkpatrick, Jeane Kirkpatrick
Lectures from 1982
Edmund Muskie, Edmund Muskie
Lectures from 1978
Fred Harvey Harrington, Fred Harvey Harrington
Lectures from 1976
James R. Schlesinger, James R. Schlesinger and WGLT
Lectures from 1971
John Fairbank, John Fairbank
Lectures from 1970
Barbara Ward, Barbara Ward
Lectures from 1969
Hubert H. Humphrey, Hubert H. Humphrey