Indiana University Bloomington
William T. Patten Foundation
 
“Education is our outstanding asset. Our American system of education is what has made these United States the outstanding nations of the world.... Education is our surest guarantee of maintaining our present high standing and of providing for our future advancement.”—William T. Patten
Former Lecturers
1972 - C. R. Rao
1975 - Fred Hoyle
1976 - Mary Boyce
1979 - Rene Thom
1979 - Cao Yu
1980 - Yuan Kejia
1981 - John Barth
1986 - May Sarton
1996 - Etel Adman
1998 - Joan Tower
1999 - Lynn Hunt
2001 - Amos Oz
2001 - Jay Winter
2002 - Uchang Kim
2005 - Mary Beard