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The Farfel Distinguished Lecture Series is a lecture series at The University of Houston named after Aaron J. Farfel, who served on the Board of Regents for 16 years. Past notable speakers include Walter Isaacson, James D. Watson, and Tom Friedman. The first lecture was given by Thomas Keith Glennan in 1969.

Past Lectures

 * 1969– T. Keith Glennan, A Challenge for '76
 * 1971– Simon Ramo, The Coming Social-Industrial Complex
 * 2000- Steven Jay Gould, Questioning the Millennium: Why We Cannot Predict the Future
 * 2001– Alan Lightman, At the Crossroads: The Intersection of Science and the Humanities
 * 2002– David McCullough, First Principles
 * 2003– Anna Deavere Smith, Snapshots: Glimpses of America in Change
 * 2004– Carlos Fuentes, The Creative Spirit as a Force for Humanism
 * 2005– James D. Watson, My Life With DNA
 * 2007– Ray Kurzweil, The Web Within Us: When Minds and machines Become One
 * 2008– Tom Friedman, Green is the New Red, White and Blue
 * 2013– Walter Issacson, Leadership Lessons from Jobs, Einstein, & Franklin
 * 2016– J. Craig Venter, Life at the Speed of Light