Dickinson College presented The Expanding Social Responsibility of Business as part of Dickinson's 200th anniversary celebration on February 2nd and 3rd.  Some of the speakers at this Symposium included Dan W. Lufkin, Robert G. Dunlop, and Alice Tepper and the keynote speaker was Dan W...

Robert E. Jones, M.D. delivered the annual Spahr Lecture and his speech was entitled "He Aimed Well: A Portrait of Benjamin Rush"

University of Pennsylvania professor Loren C. Eiseley addressed the College as part of its 1973 Commencement exercises. Dr. Eiseley also received an honorary degree from the College.

The Public Affairs Symposium was held from February 14 to February 16, 1974 on the topic of Public Welfare and Selfish Interests.  The keynote speaker was Tom C. Clark, Former Associate Supreme Court Justice, who gave his talk on "Law and Lawyers: Master or Servant of Society?"  Other presenters...

Judge Lisa A. Richette gave a talk on April 7, 1974 sponsored by The President's Commission of the Status of Women.  Her talk was on "Our Equal Rights: More Equal than Equal Protection?"

John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV, President of West Virginia Wesleyan College and United States Senator from West Virginia, addressed the College as part of its 1974 Commencement exercises.  Senator Rockefeller also received an honorary degree from the College.

Professor Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, from the University of Pennsylvania, presented her paper on "H.R. Storer and the Crazy Kangaroo" as part of the Sex Roles in Intellectual Life symposium.

Dickinson hosted Human Destiny: Can It Be Controlled? as the Public Affairs Sympsium from February 8-11.  The keynote speaker was "Limits to Growth" by Dennis Meadowsa  professor of Business and Engineering at Dartmouth College.

William Kunstler, a civil rights attorney, spoke at Dickinson's Dining Hall on January 27, 1977.  He was the keynote speaker of the Pre-Law Society's First Annual Law Symposium and spoke about injustice in the American legal system.

Dr. Joanna Gillespie, a professor at Drew University, spoke in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium as part of the 1977 Public Affairs Symposium.  The symposium was on "The Sisyphus Syndrome: Work, Leisure, and Vocation."  She spoke about Americans conception of family, leisure, and sex and...

Dr. Thomas Green, a Syracuse University professor, was the last speaker of the 1977 Public Affairs Symposium.  The symposium was on "The Sisyphus Syndrome: Work, Leisure, and Vocation."  He talked about the importance of liberal arts education and the moral elements that are needed in government...

George Alexander Heard, Chancellor at Vanderbilt University, addressed the College as part of its 1977 Commencement exercises. Dr. Heard also received an honorary degree from the College.