The Hoover Institution invites you to attend the George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series: Shultz and Economic Policy on Monday, December 1st, 2025 from 5:00 - 6:00 PM PT in the Shultz Auditorium, George P. Shultz Building.
We are honored to invite you to the George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture on Economics, celebrating the remarkable legacy of the late George P. Shultz. As a former Secretary of State, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, Budget Director, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Shultz played a transformative role in shaping US economic and foreign policy in the late 20th century.
This lecture series, made possible by the generosity of the Koret Foundation and established by the Hoover Institution, commemorates Shultz's invaluable contributions to economic policy and his unwavering commitment to diplomacy and human rights.
SPEAKERS
Michael Boskin is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution and the Tully M. Friedman Professor of Economics at Stanford. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. In addition, he advises governments and businesses globally.
Boskin served as chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) from 1989 to 1993, when he helped resolve the Third World Debt and Saving and Loan financial crises, and place the first effective controls on government spending while protecting the defense budget.
Jerome H. Powell first took office as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on February 5, 2018, for a four-year term. He was reappointed to the office and sworn in for a second four-year term on May 23, 2022. Mr. Powell also serves as Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, the System's principal monetary policymaking body. Mr. Powell has served as a member of the Board of Governors since taking office on May 25, 2012, to fill an unexpired term. He was reappointed to the Board and sworn in on June 16, 2014, for a term ending January 31, 2028. Read his full bio here.
Condoleezza Rice is the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy. She is the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In addition, she is a founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm.
From January 2005 to January 2009, Rice served as the 66th Secretary of State of the United States, the second woman and first black woman to hold the post. Rice also served as President George W. Bush’s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor) from January 2001 to January 2005, the first woman to hold the position.
Peter M. Robinson is the Murdoch Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, and hosts Hoover's video series program, Uncommon Knowledge™.
Robinson spent six years in the White House, serving from 1982 to 1983 as chief speechwriter to Vice President George Bush and from 1983 to 1988 as special assistant and speechwriter to President Ronald Reagan. He wrote the historic Berlin Wall address in which President Reagan called on General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!"
