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Chester W. Nimitz Memorial Lecture Previous Speakers 1985-present

Following is a list of the distinguished military and civilian leaders who have spoken at the UC Berkeley Nimitz Lecture series since its establishment in 1985.

  • 2024 – Admiral James A. Winnefeld
  • 2023 – Dr. Kori Schake
  • 2022 – Janet Napolitano
  • 2021 – H. R. McMaster
  • 2020 – General Ellen Pawlikowski
  • 2019 – Admiral James Stavridis
  • 2018 – Admiral Dennis C. Blair
  • 2017 – Vice Admiral Robert Thomas
  • 2016 – Dr. David M. Kennedy
  • 2015 – Lieutenant Colonel John A. Nagl
  • 2014 – General James N. Mattis
  • 2013 – General Norton A. Schwartz
  • 2012 – Ahmed Rashid
  • 2011 – Thomas E. Ricks
  • 2010 – Nathaniel C. Fick
  • 2009 – Ambassador Barbara K. Bodine
  • 2008 – Mr. Michael Scheuer
  • 2008 – General John P. Abizaid
  • 2007 – Mr. Mark Steyn
  • 2006 – Dr. Victor Davis Hanson
  • 2005 – Dr. Thomas P.M. Barnett
  • 2004 – Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr.
  • 2003 – Mr. Max Boot
  • 2002 – Dr. Albert C. Pierce
  • 2001 – General Anthony C. Zinni
  • 2000 – Admiral Charles Larson
  • 1999 – Lieutenant General Robert J. Gard, Jr.
  • 1998 – Dr. Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
  • 1997 – Admiral Leighton Smith
  • 1996 – Colonel Harry Summers
  • 1995 – The Honorable Tom Lantos
  • 1994 – Lieutenant General Bernard Trainor
  • 1993 – General John Galvin
  • 1992 – General Fred Woerner
  • 1991 – Dr. John Lehman
  • 1990 – Admiral Thomas Moorer
  • 1989 – Admiral Elmo Zumwalt
  • 1988 – Dr. Hans Mark
  • 1987 – Dr. Ed Luttwak
  • 1986 – Admiral Bobby Inman
  • 1985 – Dr. Sam Huntington
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