An Independent School • Grades 5-12

Lakeside Lecture Series

Shankar Vedantam

Mark J. Bebie ’70 Memorial Lecture
March 6, 2024

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Please note: to accommodate a large number of attendees, the lecture will take place in The Paul G. Allen Athletics Center on Lakeside’s Upper School campus.

Time: Lectures begin at 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m.

Location: St. Nicholas Hall, Upper School campus
Please note: To accommodate a large number of attendees, the March 6 Shankar Vedantam lecture will take place in The Paul G. Allen Athletics Center on Lakeside’s Upper School campus.

Health and safety: All visitors to campus – including parents and guardians, alumni, and prospective families – should be vaccinated and fully boosted, with religious and medical exemptions accepted. Visitors may be asked to show proof of vaccination. Learn more about Lakeside’s health and safety protocols.

Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. Contact us at 206-368-3606 to request special accommodations.

Lakeside Lecture Series speaker selection committee

Mac D. ’25
Khalil W. ’24
Nancy Rawles, faculty
Bill Souser, faculty
Alina Badus, faculty
Erica Johansen, faculty
Bryan Smith, faculty
Allison Conkin,  staff
Jane Ridgeway ’05, staff
Minnie Reichek P ’19 ’27
Paul Johnson ’84
Mark Klebanoff ’80, trustee
Kai Bynum, head of school

Previous Lecture Series speakers

The Dan Ayrault Memorial Endowed Lecture

  • Matika Wilbur, social documentarian and photographer
  • Tess Rinearson '11, cryptocurrency and blockchain technologist
  • Monika Batra '92 Kashyap, immigration attorney and law professor
  • Naomi André, professor of Afroamerican and African Studies and Women's Studies
  • Bill Gates '73, co-founder of Microsoft and philanthropist
  • Sally Jewell, former secretary of the interior under President Obama and former CEO of REI
  • Emily Johnston '81, emergency room physician and mountain guide
  • Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, former astronaut and teacher

The Mark J. Bebie '70 Memorial Lecture

  • Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, author, activist, and scientist
  • Darcy Gaechter, author and adventure kayaker
  • Min Jin Lee, author
  • Jesmyn Ward, author and educator
  • Julie Lythcott-Haims, author and educator
  • Jelani Cobb, professor and director of Africana Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut and staff writer for The New Yorker

Bernie Noe Endowed Lecture on Ethics and Politics (formerly the Belanich Family Speaker on Ethics and Politics)

  • Anne Applebaum, historian, journalist, and commentator on geopolitics
  • Michael Sandel, professor and philosopher
  • U.S. Marine Corp Gen. John F. Kelly, general and former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and White House chief of staff
  • Siddhartha Mukherjee, cancer doctor and author
  • Reza Aslan, religious scholar
  • Karl Rove and Howard Dean, deputy chief of staff for George W. Bush/former governor of Vermont, 2004 presidential candidate, and former chair of the Democratic National Committee