The David A. Morse Lecture
The David A. Morse Lecture was inaugurated in 1994, and supports an annual meeting and dinner with a distinguished speaker. It honors the memory of David A. Morse, an active Council on Foreign Relations member for nearly 30 years, a lawyer, a public servant, and an internationalist. Morse lecturers are invited to focus on one of David Morse’s many concerns, which included North-South relations, human rights, international organizations and labor, conflict resolution, and relations with Asia. The lecture program is funded by gifts from Council members and friends of the Morse family.
Morse Lectures:
General Meeting
The David A. Morse Lecture: A Conversation with Yukiya Amano
Speaker: Yukiya Amano, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency
Presider: Albert Carnesale, Chancellor Emeritus and Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
November 9, 2010
General Meeting
The David A. Morse Lecture: A Conversastion with Desmond Tutu
Speaker: Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus; Nobel Peace Laureate
Presider: Peggy Dulany, Chair, The Synergos Institute
March 8, 2010
Read ListenWatch
General Meeting
The David A. Morse Lecture with Michelle Bachelet
Speaker: Michelle Bachelet, President, Republic of Chile
Presider: Garrick Utley, President, The Levin Institute
September 25, 2008
Read ListenWatch
General Meeting
The David A. Morse Lecture: A Conversation with Ban Ki-moon
Speakers: Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General, United Nations
Brian D. Williams, Anchor and Managing Editor, NBC Nightly News
May 13, 2008
Conference
The United Nations and Global Security in the 21st Century
Presider: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Kofi Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations
July 11, 2005
General Meeting
The David A. Morse Lecture with Kofi Annan: The United Nations and Global Security in the 21st Century
Presider: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Kofi Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations
March 16, 2004
General Meeting
The David A. Morse Lecture
Presider: Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, Blackstone Group
Speaker: Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader, U.S. House of Representatives
March 7, 2003
General Meeting
A Conversation with Vicente Fox
Speaker: Vicente Fox, President, Mexico
November 9, 2001
General Meeting
A Conversation with Madeleine Albright
Presider: Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Historian; former Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy
Speaker: Madeleine K. Albright, Chairman, National Democratic Institute; Secretary of State (1997-2001)
April 2, 2001
National Program Meeting
Beyond Border Control: New Approaches to Policing Global Commerce for Migrants, Thugs, and Terrorists
Panelist: John E. Rielly, President, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Stephen E. Flynn, Senior Fellow, National Security, Council on Foreign Relations
March 21, 2001
General Meeting
The Challenge of Kosovo
Presider: Reynold Levy, President, International Rescue Committee
Speaker: Bernard Kouchner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the U.N. Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo; Founder, Medécins Sans Frontières (1999 Nobel Peace Prize winner)
March 6, 2000
General Meeting
Human Development: The Other Crisis
Presider: Peter G. Peterson
Speaker: James D. Wolfensohn, President, The World Bank
February 2, 1999
General Meeting
The 50th Anniversary of the Universal Human Rights Declarations
Presider: Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Speaker: Mary Robinson, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR), United Nations
June 2, 1998
General Meeting
The Future of Israel and the Peace Process: An Opposition View
Presider: David Rockefeller, Honorary Chairman,, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Shimon Peres, Leader, Labor Party and former Prime Minister, Israel
May 8, 1997
