Drew University

Drew Forum Speakers

The following is a partial list of people who have visited Drew to speak as part of Drew’s Forum series.

Political Figures

Tony Blair
Former prime minister of the United Kingdom

Madeline Albright
Former secretary, U.S. Department of State

William Bennett
Former secretary, U.S. Department of Education

Barbara Bush
Former first lady

George H.W. Bush
41st president of the United States

Jeb Bush
Former governor, State of Florida

Dick Cheney
Former vice president; former secretary, Department of Defense

Bill Clinton
42nd president of the United States

Mario Cuomo
Former governor, State of New York

Gerald R. Ford
38th president of the United States

Newt Gingrich
Former speaker, United States House of Representatives

Rudolph W. Giuliani
Former mayor, City of New York

Al Gore
Former vice president of the United States

Thomas H. Kean
Former governor, State of New Jersey; chair, 9/11 Commission

Henry Kissinger
Former secretary, U.S. Department of State

Shimon Peres
President of Israel, former prime minister of Israel

Colin Powell
Former secretary, Department of State

Leah Rabin
Wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

Tom Ridge
Former secretary, Department of Homeland Security; former governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Opinion Shapers

Ben Bradlee
Former executive editor, Washington Post

Tom Brockaw
Former anchor, NBC News

Art Buchwald
Political columnist

Walter Cronkite
Former anchor, CBS News

David Halberstam
Journalist

Jeff Greenfield
Senior political correspondent, CBS News

Doris Kearns Goodwin
Historian

David McCullough
Historian

Jon Meacham, editor
Newsweek

Bill Moyers
Jounalist

Cokie Roberts
Journalist

Tim Russert
Journalist

Bob Schieffer
Former anchor, CBS News

Mike Wallace
Correspondent, 60 Minutes

Bob Woodward
Journalist