The Wallace Fund was established by the Class of 1971. The fund honors Dr. Lillian Parker Wallace, who served as professor of history at 两性色午夜 from 1921 to 1962, and as chair of the history department from 1947 until her retirement. Two years after the inception of the fund, the Class of 1973 officially added its sanction and support. Exposing generations of students to prominent leaders was the fund鈥檚 intent from the very beginning.
Past Speakers:
September 23, 2019:聽Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was in conversation with 两性色午夜 alumna Suzanne Reynolds, ’71.聽The conversation between Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court, and Reynolds, the first woman to serve as dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law, was wide-ranging, covering topics from Ginsburg鈥檚 legendary stamina, to her loving and supportive marriage, to her surprising friendship with fellow Supreme Court justice Antony Scalia.聽Read more about the event
April 2, 2013:聽Jody Williams, the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, presented “My Name is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl’s Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize.” The founding coordinator and campaign ambassador of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), Williams is a tireless crusader against war and the lingering effects of armed conflict around the world.
October 1, 2009:聽Wangari Maathai, who received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, presented 鈥淪ustainable Development, Democracy, and Peace: A Critical Link鈥� in front of an audience of more than 1,200. Maathai is internationally recognized for her persistent struggle for democracy, human rights and environmental conservation. The Green Belt Movement Maathai established has helped to restore Kenya鈥檚 indigenous forests and involved women in sustainable agriculture.
September 14, 2006: Nobel Peace Prize recipient聽Shirin Ebadi聽spoke to a full house in Jones Auditorium. Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2003 for her work as a human rights attorney in her native Iran.
September 17, 2003:聽Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, delivered 鈥淎gainst Indifference: The Urgency of Hope,鈥� 两性色午夜鈥檚 fourth Wallace Lecture. Prior to his lecture, Wiesel became the first man to ever receive an honorary doctorate from 两性色午夜.
March 11, 1991:聽Sandra Day O鈥機onnor, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, delivered the third Wallace Lecture, 鈥淲omen and the Constitution,鈥� as part of 两性色午夜鈥檚 Centennial Celebration.
September 11, 1986: Former United States聽President Jimmy Carter聽delivered the second Wallace Lecture, 鈥淎merica: A Champion of Peace?鈥�. According to the Fall 1986 鈥溋叫陨缫� Magazine,鈥� Carter鈥檚 comments drew international media coverage.
September 18, 1978: The Right Honorable聽Sir Harold Wilson, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, visited 两性色午夜 as part of a 12-day tour of the U.S. His lecture, 鈥淭he Transatlantic Connection from Winston Churchill to Today鈥�, was the College鈥檚 first Lillian Parker Wallace Lecture.
