The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race Dinner in San Francisco has had the pleasure of hosting distinguished speakers from academia, the arts, entrepreneurship, and exploration.
| 2019 | Thomas Campbell | Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) | | 2018 | Carey Perloff | A.C.T. Artistic Director | | 2017 | Matthew Shilvock | General Director, San Francisco Opera | | 2016 | Sir Christopher Hum | Former British Ambassador to the People's Republic of China | | 2015 | Paul Saffo | Technology forecaster and futurist | | 2014 | Simon Winchester | Writer, journalist, and broadcaster | | 2013 | Richard Waters | West Coast Bureau Chief, the Financial Times - blog | | 2012 | Dr Philippa Kelly | Resident Dramaturg at California Shakespeare Festival, author of "The King and I (Shakespeare Now)" | | 2011 | Professor Sheldon Rothblatt | Professor Emeritus History, UC Berkeley. You can see his books here. |
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2010
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Julian Evans |
HM Consul General, San Francisco |
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2009
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Roz Savage |
Ocean Rower - Set off to row the Indian Ocean 1.5 hours before our 2011 SF Boat Race Dinner and arrived Oct 4th 2011 in Mauritius. Roz is the only woman to have rowed the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. |
| 2008 |
Jonathan Lynn |
Media |
| 2007 |
Baroness Ruth Deech, DBE |
Higher Education Ombudsman, former principal St Anne's College, Oxford |
| 2006 |
Raymond Nasr |
Former Google Executive and University of Oxford business lecturer |
| 2005 |
Lord Patten of Barnes (Christopher Patten) |
University of Oxford Chancellor |
| 2004 |
Martin Uden |
HM Consul General in San Francisco, now UK Ambassador to Korea |
| 2003 |
Dr John Rowett, OBE |
Former Warden of Rhodes House and CEO of the Rhodes Trust |
| 2002 |
Dr Gordon Johnson |
President, Wolfson College, Cambridge |
| 2001 |
Dame Jessica Rawson |
Warden Merton College, Oxford |
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