Press

Sir Hector Hetherington (1961-1962)

Jan 30, 1962

“Some Aspects of the British Experiment in Democracy” Hector Hetherington was a Scottish philosopher. He studied at the University of Glasgow and Oxford. At the time of his talk, Hetherington was Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool University. He began his academic career in the [...]

Pierre Emmanuel (1960-1961)

Jan 30, 1961

“A Creative Way to Freedom” Pierre Emmanuel was a French poet, critic, and journalist. Pierre Emmanuel name was a pseudonym and his real name was Noël Mathieu. He was a professor of mathematics until 1943, when he joined the French resistance movement to the Nazi occupation [...]

Rudolf Pechel (1956-1957)

Jan 30, 1957

“Freedom in Struggle” Rudolf Pechel was a German liberal, journalist, publisher of Deutsche Rundschau, and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. In 1950, he was the President of the German Academy in Language and Poetry. Pechel was well-known for both his writings on [...]

George V. Ferguson (1954-1955)

Nov 15, 1954

“Freedom of the Press” George V. Ferguson was the editor of the Montreal Star and a radio commentator on international affairs. During the First World War, he served in France. He was a Rhodes scholar from the University of Alberta, and his newspaper experience included the [...]