[ Previous West Campus Visitors ]

Since 2005 more than 100 distinguished guests have visited Alice H. Cook House, Carl L. Becker House, and now, Hans Bethe House on West Campus - where Cornell's new house system is transforming student residential life. Students lived and learned with accomplished visitors representing a wide range of careers and professions.

2006-07

Julian Bond, chairman of NAACP
Serge Bromberg, French film collector
Jean-Robert Cadet, author, professor and advocate
Martha Coultrap '71, Cornell trustee
Don Doe, artist
Andrew Eng, violinist
Toyin Falola, professor of history University of Texas in Austin.
Jonathan Safran Foer, best-selling author
Gabriela Lena Frank, composer and pianist
Micah Garen '94 and Marie-Helene Carleton, authors of American Hostage
Marga Gomez, Latina comedian
Marilyn Berger Hewitt '56, New York Times editor
Don Hewitt, creator and former executive producer of CBS-TV 's "60 Minutes"
Stephen Kinzer, New York Times foreign correspondent
Jill Jacobs, director of education for the Jewish Funds for Justice
Jonathan Kozol, author and advocate for public education
Eleanor Maccoby, professor emerita of psychology, Stanford University
Carter McAdam, choreographer and dancer
Naeem Mohaieman, independent filmmaker
Francis Naumann independent scholar, curator, and art dealer
Robyn O'Neil, artist
Dr. Judea Pearl, activist and father of the late Daniel Pearl
Malik Rahim, former Black Panther and founder, Housing is a Human Right
Jason Reich '98, Emmy-winning writer for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
Alexis Rockman, artist
Freddy Siso, Venezuelan film director
Marco Steinberg, associate professor of architecture at the Harvard Design School

2005-06

Jim Bouton, author and former Yankees pitcher
Ann Bowers ’59, trustee emeritus, Noyce Foundation trustee
Zana Briski, Academy Award-winning filmmaker
Linda Butler, photographer
Tung-Jung Chen, Taiwan government official
John Cleese, comedian, actor, author, A.D. White Professor
Ian Condry, MIT anthropologist
Yair Dalal, musician
Patrick Dougherty, sculptor
Michel El-Ashkar, Lebanese theater artist
Toyin Falola, Nigerian historian
David Folkenflik ’91, NPR correspondent
Barbara Friedman ’59, Cornell presidential councillor, trustee emeritus
Anthony Goicolea, photographer
Temple Grandin, animal behaviorist, Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor
Jerry Greenfield, founder, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
Patricia Henley, novelist, activist
Elias Khoury, Arabic writer and intellectual
Sally Kitch ’67, Ohio State University women’s studies professor
Ted Kooser, U.S. poet laureate
Ronay Menschel ’64, chair of Phipps Houses, presidential councillor, trustee emeritus
Brian Miller ’79, CEO/CFO World Picture News
Bill Nye ’77, science educator
David Ofek, Israeli filmmaker
Don Opatrny ’74, advisory director, Goldman Sachs; trustee
Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, photographers
Albert Podell ’58, attorney
Peter Robbins ’74, partner, Riverland and Indian Sun
Dennis Ross, former U.S. ambassador and special Middle East coordinator
Dr. Bernard Schapiro ’52, investment analyst, retired physician
Tom Simons, former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan
Antonio Skármeta, Chilean author and director
Dava Sobel, science writer and author
Jacques Steinberg, New York Times media reporter
Claudia Stevens, musician, playwright, actor
Ken Sunshine ’70, public relations consultant, agent, publicist
Deborah Tannen, Georgetown University linguistics professor, author
Bassam Tibi, modern Islam expert, A.D. White professor
Kate Vincent, violist
Stephen Weiss ’57, investment manager, presidential councillor, emeritus chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, psychosexual therapist
Dana Wilson, composer
Michelle Wright, author
The Rev. Alfred Watts ’91, founder and president, Paths of Success
John Zogby, pollster, Zogby International