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).
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| 2007 Venus Williams Tennis Sensation |
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2006 |
2005 Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland |
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2004 |
2003 Dominique Dawes Former U.S. Olympic gymnast |
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| 2002 Mary Catherine Bateson Clarence J. Robinson professor of anthropology and English at George Mason University |
2001 Jean Sherman Chatzky journalist, author, editor |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |