Editing Godkin Lectures (section)

The '''Edwin L. Godkin Lecture''' is an annual lecture hosted by [[Harvard Kennedy School]] at [[Harvard University]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], United States.

The lecture series was founded in 1903 and named in honor of [[E.L. Godkin|Edwin L. Godkin]], the Irish-American journalist who founded ''[[The Nation (U.S. periodical)|The Nation]]''. When [[James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce|Lord Bryce]] delivered the first Godkin Lecture in 1903, Harvard president [[Charles William Eliot]] gave the introduction and said, "These lectures upon government and civic duty are in remembrance of a man who gave his life to the public through the medium of the press . . . Mr. Godkin was a man of remarkable vigor and great candor, and unremitting devotion to lofty ideals of public duty."<ref>{{cite news |title=The Godkin Lectures |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1936/2/17/the-godkin-lectures-pit-has-been/ |work=www.thecrimson.com |issue=The Harvard Crimson |date=February 17, 1936}}</ref> The Godkin Lectures have been delivered by [[James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce|Lord Bryce]], [[Heinrich Brüning]], [[C. P. Snow]], [[Edward Heath]], [[Walter Heller]], [[McGeorge Bundy]], [[John M. Deutch]], [[Walter Lippmann]], [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], [[Nelson Rockefeller]], [[Paul Samuelson]], [[Derek Bok]], and [[Clark Kerr]], among others.