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Comedian Bill Cosby
6:00 PM – C.Y. Stephens - Comedian Bill Cosby kicked off the university-wide celebration of the life and legacy of George Washington Carver with a free comedy show for Iowa State students. A ticketed show for the general public was held at 3 p.m. From the Lectures Program archives.

Seinfeld Send-Off - Kenny Kramer
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Kenny Kramer, the inspiration behind Seinfeld’s “Cosmo Kramer,” will lecture and present a multi-media voyage through what is factual and fantasy in the Seinfeld universe.

The West that Was and the West That Can Be: Western Restoration in the 21st Century - Dan Flores
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Dan Flores is professor of American History at the University of Montana and author of Journal of an Indian Trader, The Mississippi Kite and Canyon Visions.

The Holocaust Remembered: A Survivor's Story - Peter Pintus
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Peter Pintus will discuss growing up in Nazi Germany and surviving a slave labor camp.

Jazz Improvisation - Mark Colby
3:00 PM – Music Hall, Recital Hall - Mark Colby is a jazz faculty member at DePaul University and currently performs as a guest soloist and clinician/adjudicator at high schools and colleges. He has recorded six albums and was the featured soloist on seven other recordings. Concert at 7:30 pm, Music Hall, Recital Hall

The Leopold Legacy: Fifty Years After the Death of Aldo Leopold - Curt Meine
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Curt Meine is the action plan coordinator for the International Crane Foundation and a consulting conservation biologist for biological diversity in Bulgaria. He is the author of Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work.

Ukraine: Present and Future - Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Yuri Shcherbak is the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States.

The Vatican and the Holocaust - Ruth David and John Donaghy
12:00 PM – Oak Room, Memorial Union - A dialogue on the Vatican statement: “We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah” Ruth David, a member of the Ames Jewish Congregation and John Donaghy, a campus minister with St. Thomas Aquinas Church.

A Football Legend Remembering ISU - Johnny Majors
5:00 PM – Central Campus - Johnny Majors coached the Iowa State football team from 1968-72, leading the Cyclones to the first two bowl games in school history. One of his assistant coaches was Jimmy Johnson, now coach of the Miami Dolphins. He went on to coach Tennessee and Pittsburgh to national championships. VEISHEA

Minorities and Science in Higher Education - Walter Massey
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Walter Massey is president of Morehouse College, the only historically black, all-male school. He was director of the National Science Foundation. George Washington Carver Scholar