Date

Location

Cost (members/non-members)

Speaker

Attendees

5/20/09

City Club
555 13^th St., NW

$45 / $55

Dr. Allida Black, Project Director and Editor of The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers

5/7/08

Rosa Mexicana

575 7^th St., NW

$45 / $55

Dr. Camila Alire, President, American Library Association

5/21/07

Embassy Suites Hotel

1250 22^nd St., NW

$45 / $55

Alan Davidson, head of U.S. public policy for Google

5/23/06

La Tasca

722 7^th St., NW

$45 / $55

Helen Thomas
White House Correspondent

90 attendees

5/9/05

Woman's National Democratic Club
1526 New Hampshire Ave., N.W.

$45 / $55

Thomas L. Friedman
Pulitzer Prize winning author and columnist for the New York Times

101 attendees

6/1/04

The Occidental Restaurant
1475 Pa Ave., NW

$45 / $51

Bob Woodward
Author & Asst. Managing Editor, The Washington Post

101 attendees

6/2/03

The Monocle on Capitol Hill
107 D St., NE

$35 / $40

Ellen McCulloch-Lovell
Director, Veterans History Project, LC

56 attendees

5/22/02

Willard Hotel
1401 Pa Ave., NW

$40 / $45

Michael Dirda

70 attendees

5/9/01

Marrakesh Restaurant
617 New York Avenue, NW

$30 / $40

Phyllis Richman
Author & Food Crtitc

76 attendees

5/16/00

Doyle Washington Hotel
1500 New Hampshire Avenue, NW

$35 / $45

Juan Williams
Washington Post Correspondent

52 attendees

5/18/99

Westin Grand Hotel
2350 M Street NW

$35 / $45

Francis J. Buckley
Superintendent of Documents

40 attendees

5/19/98

Radisson Barcelo Hotel
P St., NW

$28

Kim Hodgson
General Manager, WAMU

83 attendees

5/22/97

B. Smith's Restaurant
Union Station
50 Mass. Ave., NE

$35

Barbara J. Ford
ALA President-Elect

62 attendees

5/20/96

Tivoli Restaurant
1700 N. Moore St.
Rosslyn VA

$35

Paul E. Peters
Executive Director
Coalition for Networked Information

62 attendees

5/22/95

La Colline Restaurant
400 N.Capital St., NW

$35

Marty Langelan
Author, Self-Defense Instructor

60 attendees

6/18/94

The Washington Club
15 Dupont Circle, NW

$55

DCLA Centennial Gala

1993

Duke Zeibert's Restaurant
1050 Conn. Ave., NW

$45

Richard Cohen
Columnist
The Washington Post

87 attendees

5/19/92

The Washington Post 1150 15^th St., NW

$30 / $35

Dr. Vincent E. Reed
Vice President
The Washington Post

93 attendees

6/30/91

National Geographic Soc.
1600 M Street, NW

$35 / $40

Dr. Harm de Blij
Author, Geographer

115 attendees

Patricia Fahey
The Comprehensive Illiteracy Elimination Act

Sarah Goodwin
Literacy Volunteers of America

5/21/87 Thursday

Charles Sumner School,
17th & M St., NW

$23 / $27

Virginia Hamilton
Children' s Book Author

110 attendees

5/18/86

Potomac River cruise on Diplomat Washington Boat Lines
Pier 4

$28 With SLA

None

5/22/85

National Press Club
14th & F St., NW

$19.50 $24

Dr. Terry Alford
NOVA Community Coll.
Lincoln Assassination

5/23/84 Wednesday

Women's National Democratic Club
1526 New Hampshire Ave., NW

$18.50 / $22

David McCullogh
Host: PBS series Smithsonian World

120 attendees

5/18/83

Capitol Hill Club
300 First St., SE

$14.50 / $17.50

Dr. Floretta McKenzie
DC Supt. of Schools

5/12/82

Woman's National Democratic Club
1526 New Hampshire Ave., NW

$14.50 / $16.50

Kathy Russell Dir. Washington C. Pl
Censorship in 60 Minutes: A Personal Experience

5/21/81

Cannon House Office Bldg.
Caucus Room

Brigette Weeks
Editor, Book World Washington Post

5/30/80

Hotel Washington
15th & Pa. Ave., NW

Dick W. Hays
White House Conf. on Libraries and Inf. Service

114 attendees

5/8/79

National Press Club
529 14th St., NW

Elizabeth Drew
Journalist, Author

188 attendees

4/20/78

Capitol Hill Club
300 First St., SE

$8

Eric Moon
ALA President

5/12/77

Fort Myer Officers Club

$8

Larry McMurtry
Author

5/21/76

Hotel Washington
15th & Pa. Ave., NW

Mark Russell
Political satirist

110 attendees

5/14/75

Watergate Terrace
2650 Va. Ave., NW

$11.50 With SLA

George Higgins
Author City on the Hill

110 attendees

5/21/74

Hotel Washington
15th & Pa. Ave., NW

$9

Patricia McGerr
Mystery writer

5/15/73

GW University Club

$7

Roger W.Jones
Chairman, Civil Ser. Com.
"Concepts of Service"

6/10/72

Mayflower Hotel

Milton Byam
DCPL Director
"Librarianship: A Wingless Bird or a Rocket to the Moon?"

6/12/71

Boat Trip down Potomac

5/11/70

Washington Hotel

$10.95

Edward de Grazia
Author of Censorship Landmarks 1969

5/27/69 Tuesday

Kennedy Warren 3133 Conn. Ave.

$6

Alex Haley
Author, "Our Nation of Minorities"

160 attendees 75^th Anniversary

5/16/68

Mayflower Hotel

Stephen D. Isaacs
Wash. Post City Editor

5/18/67 Thursday

Statler Hilton

Charles Frankel
Asst. Secty. of State for Ed. & Cul. Affairs

6/2/54

National Press Club

James Michener
Author

200 attendees 60^th Anniversary