February 11, 1986 - David Broder, a Washington Post journalist, speaking at Minnesota Meeting in Minneapolis. Broder’s address was on the topic, "The Washington Political Scene." He talked about the political twists and turns the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act is causing in congress, and his view of several major party "front runners" for the presidential nomination in 1988. Deborah Howell, St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press managing editor, was moderator at event. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
March 26, 1986 - Dr. Kenneth Blanchard, author and chairman of the board of Blanchard Training and Development Inc, speaking at Minnesota Meeting in Bloomington. Blanchard addresses how to motivate people. He critiques social programs and promotes the idea of self-motivation. Blanchard is best known for the book, "The One Minute Manager", which he co-authored with Spencer Johnson. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
June 4, 1986 - Max Kampelman, the head of the United States delegation to the current negotiations on nuclear and space arms in Geneva, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Kampelman’s address was on the topic "Negotiating in a Nuclear Age." After speech, Kampelman answered audience questions, including one on Chernobyl disaster aftermath. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
June 26, 1986 - Cal Thomas, former broadcaster and now syndicated newspaper columnist for St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Thomas’s address was on the topic of the need for integrity. Thomas is the author of numerous books; his latest, "Liberals for Lunch". Talks about values, spirituality, role of religion in American life, divorce, the media, and a little about the social problems of teenage pregnancy, VD, etc. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
July 2, 1986 - Dusko Doder, author and sovietologist, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Doder’s address was on Soviet Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev's chances for success in achieving the social and economic transformation for the Soviet system. After speech, Doder answered audience questions. Doder is a Yugoslavian native, was educated in the United States, and served as Moscow correspondent for UPI and the Washington Post, and a Wilson Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is the author of "Shadows and Whispers: Power Politics Inside the Kremlin from Brezhnev to Gorbachev." Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
October 16, 1986 - William Raspberry, a former Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated American public affairs columnist, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Raspberry talks about issues facing the black family, including single parent homes and joblessness. After speech, Raspberry answered audience questions. Raspberry was also the Knight Professor of the Practice of Communications and Journalism at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University. An African American, he frequently wrote on racial issues. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. This was the first live broadcast of Minnesota Meeting presented by MPR.
November 21, 1986 - Dr. Gerold Yonas, former chief scientist at the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Yona’s address was on the topic "SDI: Prospects and Challenges." Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
December 2, 1986 - Richard Lawrence Garwin, the American physicist who authored the actual design used in the first hydrogen bomb (code-named Mike) in 1952, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Garwin’s address was titled “Space Defense: The Impossible Dream,” and focuses on the SDI program. Garwin received his bachelor's degree from the Case Institute of Technology in 1947 and obtained his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1949, where he worked in the lab of Enrico Fermi. He was assigned the hydrogen bomb job by Edward Teller, with the instructions that he was to make it as conservative a design as possible in order to prove the concept was feasible (as such, the Mike device was not intended to be a usable weapon design, with tons of cryogenic equipment required for its use). Later on, while at IBM, he was the "catalyst" for the discovery and publication of the Cooley–Tukey FFT algorithm, and did research on inkjet printing.
December 22, 1986 - Henry Cisneros, mayor of San Antonio and president of the National League of Cities, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Cisnero’s address was on the topic "The Survival of the American Cities in the '80s". He places a special focus on jobs. George Latimer, St. Paul Mayor, introduces Cisneros. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
January 16, 1987 - Walter Rostow, former national security advisor to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Rostow’s address was titled "The United States and the Fourth Industrial Revolution." Speech focused on U.S. in the technological revolution. After speech, Rostow answered audience questions.