Centers/Programs

The Albert W. Lewitt Endowed Lecture

The Albert W. Lewitt endowed lecture was established by Mrs. Benjamin Leon in memory of her brother, who worked on Capitol Hill in the 1940s, first on the staff of Senator W. Warren Barbour and later for Senator Albert W. Hawkes. The annual lecture, before an audience of Eagleton Institute of Politics faculty, staff, students and friends, is delivered by a current or former Member of Congress,  congressional staffer or an expert on Congress.
 
Speakers to date have included:

• John A. Lawrence, former Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (2013)
• Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy (2012)
• Congressmen Rush Holt and Leonard Lance (2011)


Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy spoke passionately about the politics of brain health research at the Douglass Campus Center as the 2012 Lewitt Lecturer. Watch his remarks online here.

• Lona Valmoro, Special Assistant to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (2010)
• John A. Lawrence, Chief of Staff to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (2008)
• Congressional Scholars Thomas E. Mann, Brookings
  Institution and Norman J. Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute (2007)


Rutgers alumna Lona Valmoro, Special Assistant to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, delivers the 2010 Lewitt Lecture at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.

• Ann Lewis, National Democratic Party Leader and Strategist (2006)
• Marie Cocco, Newsday Washington Correspondent and
  Syndicated Columnist (2005)
• Senator Jon Corzine (2002)
• Adam Clymer, The New York Times Washington Correspondent (2000)
• Congressman John Lewis (1999)
• Former Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder (1997)
• Congresswoman Marge Roukema (1995)
• Congressman Robert Menendez (1994)
• Congressman Robert Franks (1993)
• Congressman Robert Torricelli (1992)
• Congressional Staffers and Eagleton Institute Alumni Lyle Dennis, David Evans, Walt Sanders and Laurie Carroll (1991)
• Senator Frank Lautenberg (1989)
• Congressman Jim Courter (1988)
• Senator Bill Bradley (1987)