| Date |
Speaker |
| 1984 |
Austin H. Kiplinger '39 |
| 1985 |
Stephen H. Weiss '57 and Kenneth Williams |
| 1986 |
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| 1987 |
Governor Mario M. Cuomo |
| 1988 |
Dr. Joyce Brothers '47 (Alex Haley cancelled) |
| 1989 |
Ambassador Sol M. Linowitz '38 |
| 1990 |
Kenneth Blanchard '61 |
| 1991 |
Former Dean of Students David Drinkwater |
| 1992 |
Geraldine Ferraro |
| 1993 |
Matthew Ruff '87 |
| 1994 |
Dr. Mae C. Jemison '81 |
| 1995 |
Morris Dees |
| 1996 |
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. |
| 1997 |
Dr. Bertice Berry |
| 1998 |
Keith Olbermann '79 |
| 1999 |
Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger '67 |
| 2000 |
Senator Charles E. Schumer |
| 2001 |
Former Attorney General Janet Reno '60 |
| 2002 |
Danny Glover |
| 2003 |
James Carville |
| 2004 |
Former President William Jefferson Clinton |
| 2005 |
General Wesley K. Clark |
| 2006 |
Martin Luther King III |
| 2007 |
Soledad O'Brien |