Events History

01/01/1996

The Press and the Presidential Campaigns: Then and Now

Tom Wicker, author and former Washington Bureau chief, New York Times, at Marist College

01/01/1995

Franklin and Eleanor: Politician and Agitator

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize winner and noted authority on the Presidency, , co-sponsored by the Forum at Dutchess Community College

01/01/1994

Facts of Life: Science and the Abortion Controversy

Dr. Harold J. Morowitz, Professor at George Mason College, at Vassar College

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01/01/1992

Perks, Pacs and P.R.: The American Way?

Lucille Pattison, former Dutchess County Executive, at Marist College

01/01/1990

Race and the Lens of American History

Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize winner, co-sponsored by the Forum at Dutchess Community College

01/01/1989

The Crisis in the Communist World

Harrison E. Salisbury, former Moscow correspondent for the New York Times and Pulitzer Prize winner, at Vassar College

Gillespie Forum Events are free and open to the public

MISSION: The Gillespie Forum was founded in 1988 by June Gillespie in memory of her husband Aaron Gillespie. Its mission is to inform and engage the community by presenting viewpoints, programs and speakers on significant issues. The Forum cooperates with local colleges and organizations to host events, lectures and film screenings on diverse topics ranging from the crisis in contemporary media to the Holocaust, and from Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt to terrorism.