Dr. Steve Landsburg at the 2007 Friedman Lecture.
Steve Forbes spoke at the ERT luncheon in February 2007, where he received the Mister Mac Award from Marietta College's Gama Perruci (left).
Dr. George Borjas at the 2006 Friedman Lecture.
2008
- Barbara Fitzgerald, Senior VP (retired), PetSmart, Inc.
- Dr. James K. Galbraith, Professor of Government, University of Texas--Austin (Friedman Lecture)
2007
- Dr. Jacqueline DeLaat, Professor of Political Science, Marietta College
- Dr. Russell Sobel, Professor of Economics at WVU
- Dr. Judy Feder, Professor and Dean of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute
- Steve Forbes, CEO and Publisher, Forbes, Inc.
- Dr. Steve Landsburg, University of Rochester (Friedman Lecture)
- Dr. Charlotte Hatfield, President, Washington State Community College
2006
- Jeff Barnes, Human Resource Manager for the Americas, General Electric
- Dr. George Borjas, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. (Friedman Lecture)
- Dr. Jeffrey M. Lacker, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Dr. Sergei Krushchev, The Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
2005
- Dr. Marie Foster Gnage, President, WVU-Parkersburg.
- Jeffery D. Saut, Chief Investment Strategist and Managing Director- Equity Research, Raymond James & Associates.
- Kevin Niewoehner, President and CEO of the Institute for Scientific Research, Fairmont, WV.
- Dr. Stephen Gale, Co-Chairman, Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security, Foreign Policy Research Institute, and Professor of Regional Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Dr. Mark V. Pauly, Professor of Health Care Systems, Business and Public Policy, Insurance and Risk Management, and Economics at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. (Friedman Lecture)
- Dr. Quincy Krosby, Chief Investment Strategist, The Hartford Investment Management Company.
2004
- Ted Kennedy, Jr., President of the Marwood Group
- Dr. S. Fred Singer, President of The Science & Environmental Policy Project, Washington, D.C
- Robert Kampmeinert, Chairman and CEO, Parker/Hunter Inc.
- Kathryn Sullivan, President and CEO, COSI Columbus, Ohio
- John Schmitt, Labor Economist, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington DC.
- Jack Faris, President, National Federation of Independent Business.
2003
- Special panel session with ERT members Bob Evans, John Taylor, and Glen Corlett.
- Dr. Murray Weidenbaum, Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor, Washington University (Friedman Lecture)
- David Wessel, Deputy Bureau Chief and CAPITAL Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
- Dr. Stephen Schwartz, Dean, Marietta College's McDonough Center for Leadership and Business
- Robert Sillerman, Owner/Founder, Sillerman Group of Companies, NY
- David C. Hardesty, President, West Virginia University--Morgantown
2002
- Dr. Tom Loveless, Senior Fellow in Government Studies, Director of the Brown Center on Education Policy, Brookings Institution
- Dr. R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors to the President of the United States
- David A. Brandon, Chairman and CEO, Domino's Pizza International
- Dr. Gary Solon, Professor of Economics and Chairman of Economics, University of Michigan
- Dr. Gerald R. Faulhaber, Professor of Business and Public Policy, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Chief Economist, Federal Communications Commission. (Friedman Lecture)
2001
- Dr. David Berson, Vice President and Chief Economist, Fannie Mae
- Dr. Stephen G. Cecchetti, Professor of Economics, Ohio State University (Friedman Lecture)
- Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute
- Dr. Jean Scott, President, Marietta College.
- Dr. Michael Kremer, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
- Dr. Gamaliel Perruci, Professor of Leadership and Business, Marietta College
2000
- Dr. Alfred Broaddus, Jr., President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Friedman Lecture)
- Dr. Susan Hickok, Vice President and Chief Economist, Prudential Economics
- Mr. David Angel, founder of Information Storage Devices, Inc., Chairman of Fabless Semiconductor Association.
- Dr. William C. Dunkelberg, Professor of Economics, School of Business and Management, Temple University.
- Christopher DeMuth, President, American Enterprise Institute.
- Dr. Karol Pelc, Professor of Technology Management, Michigan Technological University.
1999
- Mr. Terrence Morris, Founder/Owner, Morningside Venture Enterprises.
- Dr. Douglas Gomery, Professor of Communication, University of Maryland. (Friedman Lecture)
- Dr. Alan Krueger, Professor of Economics, Princeton University
- Dr. Irene Moszer, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Marietta College
- Dr. Stuart Butler, Vice Presient and Director, Domestic and Economic Policies Studies, Heritage Foundation
- Mr. Henry Jelinek, Jr., President and CEO, Jelinek Cork LTD.
1998
- Dr. Martin Zimmerman, Chief Economist, Ford Motor Company. (Friedman Lecture)
- Ms. Janie Wilson, JD, Marietta College
- Dr. Richard Vedder, Professor of Economics, Ohio University
- Dr. Robert Frye, Senior Economist, DuPont Corporation.
- Dr. Marilyn Moon, Urban Institute.
- Mr. Michael Fotos, PhD. candidate, Indiana University, former Director, West Virginia Public Energy Authority, and former Deputy Director, West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.
1997
- Dr. Lawrence Chimerine, Chief Economist, Economic Strategy Institute,
- Dr. Claudia D. Goldin, Professor of Economnics, Harvard University & NBER.
- Dr. Fred M. Gottheil, Professor of Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana.
- Dr. Stuart G. Hoffman, Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, PNC Bank, Pittsburgh.
- C. Michael Gray, Professor of Business Law, Ohio University,
- Dr. James W. Brock, Professor of Economics, Miami University. (Friedman Lecture)
1996
- Dr. William C. Byham, President & CEO, Development Dimensions International.
- Dr. Larry Wilson. President, Marietta College.
- Dr. Bernadine P. Healy, Dean, Ohio State University Medical School.
- Dr. Jack Lewis, General Manager, CNG Exploration, Production, and Planning.
- Dr. Bennett T. McCallum, Professor of Economics, Carnegie-Mellon University. (Friedman Lecture)
1995
- Dr. Ma Xing, Associate Professor of Political Science, Foreign Affairs College, Beijing, China.
- Norman Augustine, President, Lockheed Martin.
- Dr. Douglas Jones, Professor of Regulatory Economics and Director of the National Regulatory Research Institute.
- Tyrone Ayers, Director of Strategic Planning, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C.
- Dr. Jerry Jordan, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Friedman Lecture)
- Dr. Guan Chen, Emeritus Dean, College of Economics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
1994
- Fred Smith, President, Competitive Enterprise Institute.
- Dr. David Resler, Vice President and Chief Economist, Nomura Securities International. (Friedman Lecture)
- Thomas G. Burns, Chief Economist, Chevron Corporation.
- Dr. Paul Evans, Professor of Economics, The Ohio State University.
- James Fallows, Washington Editor, Atlantic Monthly.
- Douglas Fraser, Emeritus President, United Automobile Workers Union.
1993
- Dr. Samuel Speck, President, Muskingum College.
- Dr. Edward Ray, Associate Provost and Professor of Economics, Ohio State University.
- Jon Huntsman, Founder and CEO, Huntsman Chemical Corporation.
- Dr. Gale Stokes, Professor of History, Rice University.
- Dr. Elwood Miller, Director of Environmental Health & Safety, GE Plastics.
- Dr. George Eads, Vice President and Chief Economist, General Motors. (Friedman Lecture)
1992
- Dr. Howard Marvel, Professor of Economics, Ohio State University.
- James Akins, Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
- Dr. Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics, MIT. (Friedman Lecture)
- Dr. Uwe Reinhardt, Professor of Economics, Princeton Unviersity.
- Dr. Alfred Eckes, Regents Scholar, Ohio University.
- John G. McCoy, Emeritus Chairman, Bank One.
- Jeanne Warner, Senior Vice President, Chase Manhattan Bank
1991
- Dr. David Friedman, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Law School. (Friedman Lecture)
- Alan Murray, Economics Reporter, Wall Street Journal.
- Dr. John Gandis, Professor of History and Director of Contemporary History Institute, Ohio University.
- Dr. Stuart Altman, Dean and Professor of National Health Policy, Brandeis University.
- Dr. William Day, Dean, Ohio University Business College.
- Dr. Barry Bosworth, Brookings Institution.
- George Peapples, President, General Motors Canada.
1990
- Dr. Sherrill Cleland, President Emeritus, Marietta College. (Friedman Lecture)
- Dr. Robert Brusca, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Nikko Securities Co., International.
- Richard A. Stuckey, Chief Economist, E. I. duPont deNemours.
- Dr. Yuan Shu, Professor of Economics, Fudan University, China.
- Ted Turner, Chairman, Turner Broadcasting Systems.
- Dr. Walter Joelson, Chief Economist, General Electric.
1989
- Dr. Brian O'Conner, Mgr., U.S.Economic Research & Forecasting, IBM Corporation
- Dr. Robert Eisner, Professor of Economics, Northwestern University
- Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer, President, Brimmer & Co., Inc., Washington, D.C., Former member of the Federal Reserve Board (Friedman Lecture)
- Charles G. Burck, Board of Editors, Fortune Magazine, New York, New York
- David Dreman, President, Dreman Value Management.Co., New York, New York
- Governor Gaston Caperton, Governor of the State West Virginia
- Dr.Patrick McDonough, President of Marietta College
1988
- Dr. Michael Keran, Vice President & Chief Economist, Prudential Insurance, New York, New York (Friedman Lecture)
- Dr. Lawrence H Summers, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
- Dr.Michael Taylor, Associate Professor, Marietta College
1987
- Dr. William Niskanen, Chairman, Cato Institute, Former Acting Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
- Dr. Allan H, Meltzer, Professor of Political Economy, Carnegie-Mellon University (Friedman Lecture)
- Dr.Leonard Silk, Economics Reporter, New York Times
- Lindley H. Clark, Economics Editor, Wall Street Journal
- Dr Anne Krueger, Professor of Economics, Duke University
1986
- Dr.Hendrik Houthakker, Professor of Economic, Harvard University (Friedman Lecture)
- Fu-Cai Shang, Lecturer, Sichuan Institute of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, Peoples Republic of China
- Dr. Irwin Kellner, Senior Vice President & Economist, Manufacturer’ Hanover Trust , New York, New York
- Dr.Allen Sinai, Chief Economist and Managing Director, Shearson Lehman Brothers American Express, New York, New York
- Sanford Jacobs, Small Business Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
- Dr.Lawrence Klein, Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Nobel Prize in Economics
1985
- Dr. Ray Marshall, Professor of Economics,University of Texas, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor
- Dr. Francis Schott, Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of America, New York, New York (Friedman Lecture)
- Dr. Dennis R. Henderson, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Ohio State University
- Dr. Robert Buzzell, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
- William G. Goulet, Vice President, Gumps, San Francisco
- Larry Lemasters, Executive Vice President, AT&T Bell Laboratories Short Hill, New Jersey
- Dr. Wen-Yu Cheng, Professor of Economics, Marietta College
- Robert Stovall, Senior Vice President, Dean Witter Reynolds, New York, New York, Wall Street Week Participant
- Dr. Lee Hoskins, Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, Pittsburgh National Bank, Past President, National Association of Business Economists (Friedman Lecture)
- Keith Best, Member of British Parliament
- Dr. James Tobin, Professor of Economics, Yale University, Nobel Prize in Economics
- Dr. Charles Reeder, Chief Economist, E.I. duPont deNemours
- Dr. Paul McCracken, Professor Business Administration, University of Michigan, Former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors
- Dr. Karen Horn, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
- Milton Friedman, Hoover Institution, Nobel Prize in Economics (Friedman Lecture)