1939-1940 Mrs. Charles Norton - "A Visit to England" Dr. Henry Noble Sherwood, President of Georgetown College - "An Historical Discussion" Dr. Myron T. Hopper - "It Beats the Dutch" Dr. Carl H. Fortune - "Health" Mrs. Preston Johnston - "Book Review" 1940-1941 Mrs. Raymond F. McLain - "Education in Mexico" Anne Worthington Callihan - "Old Silver" Dr. J. H. Durpe - "Reflections on Contemporary World Politics" Mr. John F. Day, Jr. - "Kentucky Hills Today" Mrs. George Edwin Smith - "A Book Review and Special Music" 1941-1942 Mrs. Dena Shelby Diehl - "The Golden Rule Foundation" Mrs. Raymond F. McLain - "Book Review" Mrs. Albert Server - "Guatemala" 1942-1943 Dr. C. H. Plopper - "Past, Present, and Future Education in China" Mr. Clay Lancaster - "McMurtrie and Kentucky Architecture" Mrs. Herndon Wagers - "Jefferson Davis" Mr. Burton Milward - "Book Review" 1943-1944 Mrs. Frank L. McVey - "Venezuela, Our Nearest South American Neighbor" Dr. Scott Hall - "Book Review" Miss Sallie Elkin - "Rational Decoration" Mrs. Sarah V. Dugan, Director, Kentucky Bureau of Foods, Drugs and Hotels - "Food in the Transmission of Disease" 1944-1945 Dr. C. L. Plopper - "Bits of Chop Suey" Dr. L. A. Brown - "Post War Education" Mrs. Preston Johnston - "Book Review" Mrs. Farra VanMeter - "Manchester Street Library" 1949-1950 Mr. Victor Hammer - "Art" Dr. Edwin Marx - "China" Mrs. Raymond McLain - "Folk Songs and Dances" 1950-1951 Mr. William Jansen - "Experience in Collecting Tall Tales" Mrs. Owen Lee - "Aspects of Southwest Literature" Mr. Joseph C. Graves - "Exhibit of Prints" at the Public Library 1951-1952 Dr. B. N. Pittenger - "African Safari" Dr. Edwin Alderson - "On Living in France Today" Dr. Edwin Marx, Miss Annie An, Miss Ruth Chung, Mr. Elliott Chung - "Korea and America" 1952-1953 Miss Frances Jennings - "American Students as Ambassadors to Europe" 1954-1955 Dr. C. T. Sharpton - "Aims of Education" 1956-1957 Miss Roemol Henry '34 - "Rare Books" 1987-1988 Shirley Chisholm, First black woman elected to Congress - "the Future of Women and Work in America" 1994-1995 Barbara Magnum, Professor of Drama - "Everything You Wanted to Know About Drama" 1996-1997 Jim Redmann, Lexington/Fayette Urban County Government - "McConnell Springs" 1998-1999 Martha Howard Fawbush '57 - "Be the Best You Can Be" Marcia Griest Farris '69, UK Arboretum Director - "UK Arboretum Showcase" 1999-2000 Neil Kingery, Vice President, Better Business Bureau - "Scams" Tim Soulis, Theater Director, Transylvania University - "Tour of the Lucille Little Theater" 2000-2001 Steve Sawyer, Religions Artist - "Religious Art Showcase" 2001-2002 Nancy Jones Ball '58 and Edward E. Ball, Jr. '57, Global Missionaries - "Missionary Work in Africa" Brian Austin, Director of Athletics, Transylvania University - "Athletics at Transylvania" 2002-2003 Carla Smith-Moorman '91, TWC historian - "The History of the TWC" 2003-2004 Kathleen Egner, Assistant Professor of Education, Transylvania University - "Women in Education" Olesja Lukjanova '04 and Aloka Mukherjee - "Women's Issues in Other Countries" 2004-2005 Marcia Griest Farris '69, UK Arboretum Director - "UK Arboretum Showcase" Elizabeth Moody Wagner '37, former WWII aviator - "Women in Aviation" 2005-2006 Bettie L. Kerr '77, Director, LFUCG Historic Preservation - "Lexington/Fayette County History and Historical Buildings" 2006-2007 Vincent S. Bingham ‘98, Coordinator of Multicultural Affairs, Transylvania University Martha Ojeda, Associate Professor of Spanish, Transylvania University 2007-2008 Paul H. Jones, Professor of Religion, Transylvania University, and Mark V. Blankenship ‘81, Director of Development, Transylvania University Virginia Marsh Bell '44, Program Consultant, Lexington/Blue Grass Alzheimer's Association 2008-2009 Georgia Green Stamper ‘67, author Natasa Pajic ‘96, Director of Alumni Programs, Transylvania University 2009-2010 Karen Anderson, Coordinator of Community Service and Civic Engagement, Transylvania University - "Alternative Spring Break" Eva Csuhai, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Transylvania University - "Transylvania's Community Garden" 2010-2011 Valarie Honeycutt Spears '83, Lexington Herald-Leader Staff Writer Tom Eblen, Lexington Herald-Leader Staff Writer 2011-2012 Brian D. Lane, Head Coach of Men's Basketball and Men's Golf, Transylvania University Melissa A. McEuen, Professor of History, Transylvania University 2012-2013 Martha M. Billips '78, Professor of English and Associate Dean of the College for First-Year Academic Programs and Advising Nora Rose Moosnick '86, author of "Arab and Jewish Women in Kentucky: Stories of Accommodation and Audacity" 2013-2014 Holly Sheilley, Director of Athletics, Transylvania University Betty Scrivner Lollis '58: Visiting Historic Chautauqua Women Faculty Members Panel: Martha M. Billips 78' (Professor of English), Ellen Cox (Associate Professor of Philosophy), Melissa A. McEuen (Professor of History), and Meg Upchurch (Professor of Psychology) 2014-2015 International Students Ajibola Bakare '15 (Nigeria), Scarnie Liu '16 (China), Nanhao "Pound" Chen '18 (China) Tiffany R. Wheeler '90, Associate Professor of Education, Transylvania University Shane McKee, Ph.D., Director of Student Involvement and Leadership, Transylvania University 2015-2016 Laura Bryan, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the University Honorable Karen Caldwell, Chief United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky Michele Sparks, Vice President for Communications and Marketing at Transylvania University 2016-2017 State Representative Leslie Combs ' 81 Tracy Dunn '90, Director of Mentoring Programs at Transylvania University Georgia Stamper '67, Author James H. Frazier, III '76, Transylvania University Trustee |