Kimbel Lecture Series
William A. and L. Maud Kimbel Distinguished Lecturer Series
The Kimbel Distinguished Lecturer Series was established in 1983 with an endowment fund created as a memorial to William A. Kimbel and L. Maud Kimbel. The purpose of the series is to present programs promoting an appreciation for the intellectual values in broad social issues, religion, geopolitics and the arts. The initial principal gift continues to provide financial support for the series, which is supplemented through the support of the Coastal Educational Foundation.
Membership of the Kimbel Distinguished Lecturer Series Advisory Council comprises three designees representing the Episcopal Diocese serving the Waccamaw region, three faculty members from Coastal Carolina University appointed by the University President, and one member from the Coastal Educational Foundation appointed by the Foundation President. Council members are appointed annually and are responsible for the selection of speakers and active participation in the associated hospitality and events.
Speaker Roster |
Date |
| Irving R. Levine, NBC News correspondent | April 1982 |
| Art Linkletter, television personality and author | October 1982 |
| James Kilpatrick, columnist | April 1983 |
| Arkady Shevchenko, Soviet defector | October 1983 |
| Eva Gabor, actress | April 1984 |
| Howard K. Smith, broadcast journalist and foreign correspondent | October 1984 |
| Dick Cavett, television personality | April 1986 |
| Robert MacNeil, broadcast journalist, co-anchor MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour | December 1986 |
| Joyce Brothers, psychologist, columnist, author | February 1987 |
| Lewis Grizzard, columnist, author | October 1987 |
| Robbie Benson, actor | December 1988 |
| Es'kia Mphahlele, South African writer and literary scholar | February 1989 |
| Edwin Newman, NBC News correspondent | April 1989 |
| William Proxmire, U.S. Senator | October 1989 |
| Dale van Atta, investigative reporter | April 1991 |
| Boris Notkin, Soviet journalist | October 1991 |
| William Raspberry, reporter, author of Potomac Watch | February 1992 |
| Ed Rollins, political analyst, former adviser to Ross Perot | October 1992 |
| Fred McCall-Perez, health care consultant, psychologist, educator | January 1994 |
| Carl Bernstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist | October 1994 |
| Terry Anderson, Associated Press chief Middle East correspondent, hostage | February 1996 |
| Bob Edwards, host of NPR's Morning Edition | February 1998 |
| Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop, 1984 Nobel Peace Prize recipient | February 1999 |
| Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary to U.S. Presidents Reagan and Bush | February 2000 |
| Robert Neyland, project manager of the Hunley Commission | March 2001 |
| William "Bill" Pinkney, captain of the Freedom Schooner Amistad | October 2001 |
| Scott Ritter, U.N. weapons inspector to Iraq | October 2002 |
| William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard and Michael Waldman, speechwriter for U.S. President Clinton |
September 2004 |
| Jean-Michel Cousteau, oceanographer, environmentalist and filmmaker | February 2007 |
| Ann Jones, writer, photographer, activist | April 2011 |
| Bonnie St. John, motivational speaker and author | March 2012 |