Dinner Speakers History
Dinner Speakers History
2019 Kevin Wilmott, Filmmaker
2018 George Frazier, Author
2017 Margaret Kraisinger, Historian
2016 Nancy Gordon Kassebaum, US Senator
2015 Jim Hoy, Folklorist
2014 Dove Kendall, Journalist
2013 Robert Day, Author
2012 Erika Nelson, Folk Art Historian/ Artist, Kansas Humanities Program
2011 Jennifer Haugh, Editor, Kansas Magazine
2010 Bob Gress, Photographer, Naturalist
2009 Jim Lehrer, Journalist
2008 Connie Dover, Singer/ Songwriter
2007 Marci Penner, Kansas Sampler, Executive Director
2006 Louis Copt, Kansas Artist
2005 Mike Hayden, Secretary of Wildlife & Parks; Former Kansas Governor
2004 Jim Richardson, National Geographic Photographer
2003 Bob Dyer, Missouri River Folklorist
2002 Mike Hoeflich, canceled due illness
2001 Sarah Jane Richter, English Professor, Panhandle University, OK
2000 Pete Shortridge, Geographer, University of Kansas
1999 David Dary, Author
1998 Tom Isern, Historian, North Dakota State University
1997 Dave Kendall, Producer/Director KTWU Sunflower Journeys
1996 Vicky Foth, Folk Singer, Kansas Humanities Program
1995 Bob Richmond, Historian, Kansas State Historical Society
1994 Tom Averill, as William Jennings Bryan Oleander, English Prof - Washburn
1993 Sara Tucker, Historian, Washburn University
1992 Ron McCoy, Historian, Emporia State University
1991 William Unrau, Historian, Wichita State University
1990 Don Coldsmith, Author
1989 Ramon Powers, Kansas State Historical Society, Executive Director
1988 John Lehman, as Fredrick Remington, Chautauqua
1987 Glenn Ohrlin, Cowboy Singer/ Folklorist
1986 Larry Hatteberg, Photojournalist, KAKE TV- Wichita
1985 Joe Snell, Kansas State Historical Society, Executive Director
1984 George Neavoll, Editor, Wichita Eagle
1983 Larry Hatteberg, Photojournalist, KAKE TV- Wichita
1982 Bob Bader, Author