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<div class="elementor-element elementor-element-06087e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="06087e9" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl">We learn from leading voices</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-element elementor-element-2397654 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section" data-id="2397654" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-row"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-fcf3112 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column" data-id="fcf3112" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> <div class="elementor-element 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data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix"> <p><strong>Archbishop Desmond Tutu</strong><br> Winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Truth-and-Reconciliation-Commission-South-Africa?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Truth and Reconciliation Commission, South Africa</a></strong></p> <p><b>Bill Clinton</b><br> Former U.S. president<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/event/Dayton-Accords?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Dayton Accords</a></strong></p> <p><b>Simon Baron Cohen of Cambridge University</b><br> Noted autism expert<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Autism-Spectrum-The-1658828?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">The Autism Spectrum</a></strong></p> <p><b>Jody Williams</b><br> Nobel laureate and activist against landmines<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Toward-a-Land-Mine-Free-World-2119133?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Toward a Land Mine-Free World</a></strong></p> <p><b>Joseph Ellis</b><br> Historian and Pulitzer Prize winner<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Founding-Fathers?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Founding Fathers</a></strong></p> <p><b>Jimmy Carter</b><br> Former U.S. President<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/event/Camp-David-Accords?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Camp David Accords</a></strong></p> <p><b>Betty Boyd Caroli</b><br> Historian and biographer of U.S. first ladies<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/topic/first-lady-United-States-title?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">First lady</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Gunther</strong><b> Schuller</b><br> Noted musician and jazz historian<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/art/jazz?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Jazz</a></strong></p> <p><b>Tony Hawk</b><br> Champion skateboarder<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/sports/skateboarding?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Skateboarding</a></strong></p> <p><b>Steven Chu</b><br> Former U.S. secretary of energy and Nobel laureate in physics<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/science/spectroscopy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Spectroscopy</a></strong></p> <p><b>Lee Iacocca</b><br> Former Chrysler chairman<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-P-Chrysler?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Walter P. Chrysler</a></strong></p> <p><b>Sean Wilentz</b><br> Columbia University historian<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-McCain?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">John McCain</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Christina Romer</strong><br> Economist and former head of the president’s council of economic advisors<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Depression?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Great Depression</a></strong></p> <p><b>Andrew Soltis</b><br> Chess grandmaster and writer<br><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/topic/chess?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB"><strong>Chess</strong></a></p> <p><b>Karl Deisseroth<b><br></b></b>Revolutionary bioengineer<br><strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/topic/chess?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Optogenetics</a></strong></p> <p><b>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<b><br></b></b>Hall of Fame basketball player and writer<b><b><br><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/topic/New-York-Rens?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">New York Rens</a></b></b></p> <p>Past contributors included <strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/contributor/Albert-Einstein/9536716?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Albert Einstein</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/contributor/Sigmund-Freud/9484635?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Sigmund Freud</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/contributor/Marie-Curie/9536713?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Marie Curie</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/contributor/Leon-Trotsky/9544308?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Leon Trotsky</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/contributor/Harry-Houdini/9484636?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Harry Houdini</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/contributor/George-Bernard-Shaw/9555342?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">George Bernard Shaw</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20200617005434/https://www.britannica.com/contributor/Bertrand-Russell/9555344?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB">Bertrand Russell</a></strong>, and many, many others.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-element elementor-element-b9c9b32 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section" data-id="b9c9b32" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-row"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-baa0386 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column" data-id="baa0386" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5852c21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="5852c21" 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