Mark O. Hatfield Distinguished Historians Forum

Since 1998, the Mark O. Hatfield Distinguished Historians Forum has provided a broad perspective on United States history by presenting the nation's top scholars and writers. Most featured lecturers have won a Pulitzer Prize or National Book Award for their writing, and many are among the most revered academicians in the nation.

A special thank you to everyone who supported and attended the 2009 Distinguished Historians Forum.  We hope to see you again next year.

All lectures begin at 7:30 pm.

  DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN                       

  Abraham Lincoln                                      
  February 18, 2009, The Newmark Theater
 

Doris Kearns Goodwin has been reporting on politics and baseball for over two decades. Mrs. Goodwin is a world-renowned historian, author, writer, and NBC commentator. She has worked as a consultant and on-air personality for PBS documentaries on Lyndon Johnson, the Kennedy Family, Franklin Roosevelt, and Ken Burns’ The History of Baseball. She was also the first female journalist to enter the Red Sox locker room.

  ROBERT K. SUTTON                                    
  The Civil War in Oregon
  March 24, 2009, The Newmark Theater

Robert K. Sutton is the current Chief Historian of the National Park Service. Prior to this, he served as the Superintendent of Manassas National Battlefield Park and directed the Historic Preservation and Historical Administration public history programs at Arizona State University. He has published several books, articles and reviews on public history. One of his primary interests is preparing for the Civil War Sesquicentennial.

  CHARLES WILKINSON                                 

  Siletz Tribal History
  April 21, 2009 in Portland, First Congregational Church
  April 22, 2009 in Salem, Willamette University

Author of 13 books on law, history, and society in the American West, Professor Wilkinson has received teaching awards from his students at all three law schools where he has taught, and the Universities of Colorado and Oregon have given him their highest awards for leadership, scholarship, and teaching. The National Wildlife Federation presented him with its National Conservation Award, and in its 10-year anniversary issue, Outside Magazine named him one of 15 “People to Watch,” calling him “the West’s leading authority on natural resources law.”

  DAVID MCCULLOUGH                                   
  George Washington
  May 12, 2009, The Newmark Theater
 

 

David McCullough has been widely acclaimed as a “master of the art of narrative history. He is twice winner of the National Book Award, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Mr. McCullough has written several books, including John Adams, 1776, and Truman. His work has sold nine million copies in ten languages. Mr. McCullough is also a skilled lecturer, speaking at the White House, before a joint session of Congress, and abroad.

 

Venue Information

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Robert K. Sutton and David McCullough Lectures:

The Newmark Theater
Antoinette Hatfield Hall
1111 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97205
503.248.4335
www.pcpa.com

Charles Wilkinson Lectures:

Portland First Congregational Church 1126 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR 97205 503.228.7219 www.uccportland.org

Salem Willamette University 900 State Street Salem, OR 97301 503.370.6639 www.willamette.edu

The Mark O. Hatfield Distinguished Historians Forum is made possible by generous support from our sponsors:

 

Presidential:
Shirley R. Kuse

Presenting:
The Clark Foundation

Patron:
Rocky & Julie Dixon
Tonkon Torp LLP

Supporting:
Helen Jo & William A. Whitsell
Oregon Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Portland State University School of Extended Studies

Friends:
Delford & Maria Smith

The Samuel S. Johnson Foundation
Anne Munch

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2007-2008 Series

 

Richard Norton Smith 

Gerald Ford
September 19, 2007

Kasey S. Pipes  
Author, Ike’s Last Battle - ( Eisenhower & desegregation)
October 17, 2007

Fred Leeson  
Author, Rose City Justice
November 7, 2007

Special Addition!
Dr. James H. Billington  
The Librarian of Congress
February 13, 2008

A.J. Langguth
Author, Union 1812
March 12, 2008

 

1998 "PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP" James McPherson David McCullough Garry Wills	1999 "THE CHANGING PRESIDENCY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY" Edmund Morris Doris Kearns Goodwin Michael Beschloss
2000 "CHALLENGES OF LEADERSHIP" Roger G. Kennedy David M. Kennedy Richard Norton Smith	2001 "PRESIDENTIAL INFLUENCE" David McCullough Joan Hoff Douglas G. Brinkley
2002-03 "THE MAKING OF A NATION" Elizabeth Drew James F. Simon Jack Rakove Ronald C. White, Jr.	2003-04 "THE PRESIDENCY IN A TIME OF CRISIS" Fred I. Greenstein Timothy Walch Robert Dallek Rex Ziak
2004-05 "TURNING POINTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY" Lou Cannon David Hackett Fischer Robert Remini Mason Drukman	2005-06 "EXPANSION AND DISCOVERY" H.W. Brands Josiah S. Bunting III James Ronda Dava Sobel
2006-07 Tom Wicker Ruth Barnes Moynihan Senator Gary Hart John Seigenthaler, Sr.