Irving E. Carlyle Lecture Series

The Irving E. Carlyle Lecture Series at Wake Forest University was established in 1972 as a lectureship in American politics and named to honor Irving E. Carlyle.^[1] Distinguished figures and scholars in politics and journalism delivered annual lectures. The lectures are dated by the academic year in which they were given.

Carlyle Lecture speakers

• James Reston 1972
• William F. Buckley (1973)
• Sargent Shriver 1974 ^[2]
• Shirley Chisolm First African American member of Congress (1975)^[3]
• George Will, Pulitzer Prize winner (1978)
• Bill Moyers, Journalist and former deputy director of the Peace Corps (1979)^[4]
• George McGovern (1981)
• Joseph Califano (1982)
• Gary Hart (1983)
• Jack Kemp (1984)
• Jimmy Carter (1985) (not in office)^[5]
• Mario Cuomo (1987)
• Joe Biden (1990)