The Smyth Leadership Lecture Series is made possible by the Smyth Foundation, an organization established by former Mary Baldwin College Trustee H. Gordon Smyth and his wife Mary Beth Smyth (MBC '47).

Past Smyth Lecturers:

2006 Benazir Bhutto Former Prime Minister of Pakistan	2005 Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland
2004 Judy Galloway '69 President of New York City-based marketing company The Young Group	2003 Dominique Dawes Former U.S. Olympic gymnast
2002 Mary Catherine Bateson Clarence J. Robinson professor of anthropology and English at George Mason University	2001 Jean Sherman Chatzky journalist, author, editor
2000 Cokie Roberts political commentator for National Public Radio and ABC	1999 Louise Rossett McNamee '70 advertising executive, named "Leader and Legend" by AdWeek magazine
1998 Mae C. Jemison first African-American woman to go into space	1997 Geraldine A. Ferraro former U.S. congresswoman and first woman nominated for vice president by a major party

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