The annual Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science was established by Charles T. and Kathleen Manatt together with Thomas and Elizabeth Phelps in 2002.
This prestigious lecture, usually held in the fall, brings to campus a prominent practitioner or scholar to address the ISU community on issues of significance to the United States and to Iowa in international political economy.
Michael Steele
Frank Figliuzzi
Senator Ben Sasse
Ali Velshi
Malcolm Nance
E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Nirupama Rao
François M. Delattre and Peter Ammon
Lee H. Hamilton
Kazuhide Ishikawa
His Excellency Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarrendo
The Honorable Lloyd Axworthy
Frederick W. Smith
Joseph Biden
Chuck Hagel
Jan Eliasson
Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista
Charles Manatt
