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The Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture Series annually brings six or more national and world leaders to SMU, and President’s Scholars enjoy opportunities to interact with them. Since its inception 25 years ago, the Tate Series has brought to campus 12 Pulitzer Prize winners, nine U.S. Senators, eight Nobel laureates, six U.S. Secretaries of State, three former U.S. Presidents, and two Supreme Court Justices, as well as prominent scientists, scholars, authors, and artists. The Series also provides funding for approximately 40 current President’s Scholars.

Tate Lecture with Gregg and Molly Engles


President’s Scholars Jake Raju, Amanda Wall, Fiona Nicholson, and
Elizabeth Hoye with Mrs. Engles, Mr Engles, Dr. and Mrs Turner.

 

Tate Lecture with Steve Levitt


Dr. R. Gerald Turner, Sterling Morriss (2007), Mr. Tom Baker, Vice-Chairman of TXU Corp.; Steve Levitt, Mrs. Baker, Keith Kobylka (2007), and Mrs. Gail Turner.
 at the TXU Electric Delivery Lecture.
 


Tom Tunks, Associate Provost and Director of the President's Scholars program, Patti LaSalle, and
President’s Scholar alum (2007) Garrett Haake.

 

Alexis In the Spotlight

As the Omni Hotels President’s Scholar, Alexis Darrough spoke about the PS program at the Tate Dinner preceding the lecture with former President of Mexico Vicente Fox. These were her remarks.


Omni Hotels President’s Scholars Rachel Driver (far left) and Alexis Darrough
 (far right) met with former President of Mexico Vicente Fox (center) at the dinner
 preceding the Tate Lecture by Fox. With them are their PS sponsors,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rowling representing Omni Hotels.


 

Tate Lecture with Anderson Cooper


Francis P. Hubach Jr., partner-in-charge at Jones Day, and his wife, Julie; Anderson Cooper; and Rhiannan Hamam, Jonathan Koh, and P.J. Gardner, first-year President’s Scholars are who are sponsored by the law firm.
 


Rhiannon Hamam, P.J. Gardner, and Jonathan Koh, first-year President’s Scholars sponsored by Jones Day, attended the Jones Day Tate dinner and lecture featuring Anderson Cooper of CNN. With them are President’s Scholars co-advisers Patti LaSalle and Jim Hopkins.

Tate Lecture with Lee Kuan Yew,
first prime minister of Singapore
 


Dr. R. Gerald Turner and Mrs. Gail Turner with
 Gregg and Molly Engles and PS's Jake Raju,
 Amanda Wall and Fiona Nicholson

 


Gregg and Molly Engles President’s Scholars:
Amanda Wall, Jake Raju and  Fiona Nicholson


 


Jake Raju, Molly Engles, Gregg Engles, Amanda Wall and Fiona Nicholson.
 

AB Aston, Amanda Wall and Fiona Nicholson
 with  Dr. Tom Tunks, Associate Provost and
 Director of the President's Scholars program.

Colin Powell Tate Lecture


Former Secretary of State, Colin Powell

 



The Gang's all here!
President's Scholars with Colin Powell

 


Rachel Gambulos, Jill Brandenburg,
and Fiona Nicholson

 


Anjulie Patel, Rachel Driver, Alan Lin,
and Mary Beth Terrell

 


Melissa Dempsey and Charity Miller
at a Tate dinner.

 


Keith Kobylka, Kathleen Tarbox, Jennifer McDowell,
 and Brian Albrecht

 


At a Tate reception, Jonathan Lane, Kathleen Tarbox, Jennifer McDowell, and Maria Lambert

Ellen Vuong and
Braunshay Pertile


President’s Scholars at a reception with former Senator Bob Dole
(far left) and former Vice President Al Gore (second from right), who
  spoke together at the Tate Distinguished Lecture Series.
 

 

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President’s Scholar Francis Goldshmid (right) was a member of the “Geniuses” team on the national TV show Treasure Hunters. With fellow SMU students Charles Taylor (left) and Sam Khurana, he solved puzzles to follow clues taking them all over the world, leading to a $3 million treasure. Goldshmid, a junior majoring in chemistry and biological sciences, plans to attend medical school. Above, they were featured on the cover of the fall-winter 2006 SMU Magazine.