Maya Angelou is a poet, dancer, historian, and one of America's leading performing artists. She is the author of the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Philip Boffey is the science policy correspondent for The New York Times. He recently visited relief camps in Ethiopia and examined the medical effects of the chemical accident in Bhopal, India. He is President of the National Association of Science Writers.

Ramon Cortines has served as chancellor of the New York public school system since 1993. Before accepting this position, he had been Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs in the U.S. Department of Education during the Clinton Administration. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he has taught and held administrative positions in virtually all levels of the public school system. He served as Superintendent of Schools for the Pasadena Unified School District, for the San Jose Unified School District, and for the San Francisco Unified School District. Before joining the Clinton Administration, he was a consultant professor at Stanford University, serving as Associate Director of the Pew Charitable Trust Forum on School Reform.

Reeve Lindbergh Brown - The Lindbergh Heritage, What Do We Do With It Now? - 05/22/85 by westminsterforum

Robert Ballard is the director of the Center for Marine Exploration at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and director and founder of the JASON Foundation for Education. He is a marine scientist and oceanographic explorer, researching advanced deep-water exploration technology to study the ocean floor. He is the author or co-author of over fifty journal articles and scientific papers and is the recipient of numerous scientific awards. He has led or participated in nearly 100 deep-sea expeditions, including the expeditions that discovered the R.M.S. Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck.

Robert Coles is professor of Psychiatry and Medical Humanities at Harvard Medical School and an award-winning author and editor. He is acclaimed for his ongoing research on how children obtain their political convictions and moral values.

Robert McAfee Brown is professor of Theology and Ethics at the Graduate Theological Union's Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. He has taught at Amherst College, Union Theological Seminary, Macalester College, and Stanford University. In his presentation, he will respond to the issues raised by the Moral Majority and similar movements in America today.

Rollo May is a psychoanalyst, a leader in the existential school of psychoanalysis, and the author of Love and Will, The Courage to Create, and The Meaning of Anxiety , among others. Born in Ohio, he was educated at Oberlin College, Union Theological Seminary, and Columbia University.

Shirley Chisholm has made history throughout her long career of public service. She was elected to Congress in 1969, and for thirteen years, she served on key congressional committees as the first woman and first African American to hold those positions. In 1972, she was the first Black woman to seek the Presidential nomination. She is the author of two books, Unbought and Unbossed, her autobiography, and The Good Fight, the story of her presidential bid.

William Blair Jr - The Global Environment And The Extinction Crisis - 02/25/88 by westminsterforum