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MBA Speaker Series

Some things are just too good not to share! MBA is fortunate to have a history of remarkable speakers who have left their mark on our community.

Each guest had a story to tell, and each challenged our thinking and our points of view. These MBA speakers have included astronomers, athletes, veterans, politicians and activists.

We hope you will be inspired while listening to their stories.

Eddie George (MBA Trustee): August 2021 (19 minutes)
Heisman Trophy Winner and NFL Running Back Eddie George opens up about his career.
Tom Schulman (MBA Class of 1968): October 2020 (22 minutes)
Academy Award-winning screenwriter Tom Schulman gives a behind the scenes look at how his MBA experience inspired the movie Dead Poets Society.
Mike Reid: July 2020 (28 minutes)
Singer/Songwriter Mike Reid delivers the 2020 Commencement Speech
Daryl Davis: January 2020 (37 minutes)
Racism and the KKK
Robert George and Cornel West: December 2019 (85 minutes)
With the Trinity Forum (Faithful Friendship Across Deep Differences)
Joanna Connors: November 2019 (20 minutes)
"The Story of a Face", a Reporter's Story About a Face Transplant
General Keith Huber: November 2019 (18 minutes)
Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435
John Wallace (MBA Class of 1992): September 2018 (16 minutes)
John speaks about his life as a double amputee
R.A. Dickey (MBA Class of 1993): June 2018 (27 minutes)
Professional Baseball Player
Scott Hamilton: June 2018 (90 seconds)
Excerpts from his speech at the Mother Son Breakfast. American Figure Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist
Inky Johnson: April 2018 (14 minutes)
Motivational Speaker and Former College Football Player
David Brooks: November 2017 (20 minutes)
Character and Leadership in a Divisive Age
U.S. Senator Ben Sasse: November 2017 (21 minutes)
Happiness
Brandt Snedeker (MBA Class of 1999): November 2017 (22 minutes)
Professional Golfer
Kyle Maynard: May 2017 (35 minutes)
American Speaker, Author and Mixed Martial Arts Athlete. First Quadruple Amputee to Ascend Mount Kilimanjaro Without the Aid of Prosthetics
Commissioner Ed Davis: April 2017 (2 minutes)
Boston Marathon Bombing. Excerpts From the 2017 Father-Son Dinner
Bob Mankoff: January 2017 (54 minutes)
New Yorker Cartoonist
Dr. Mike Brown: August 2016 (51 minutes)
Astronomer - Information About the Possible Discovery of "Planet 9"
Dan Jansen: April 2016 (33 minutes)
Olympic Speed Skater
Andrew Maraniss: January 2016 (6 minutes)
Author of "Strong Inside" about Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South
Brother Guy Consolmagno: December 2015 (68 minutes)
The Pope's Astronomer
Tom Douglas: May 2013 (15 minutes)
Commencement Speech
Raymond Berry: November 2011 (90 seconds)
Former Professional Football Player and NFL Coach
Louis Zamperini: August 2011 (65 minutes)
"Unbroken" - American World War II veteran
Mike Durant: April 2002 (60 minutes)
Retired CW4 Pilot