Who would you love to see as National Lifelong Learning Day keynote speaker?
by Road Scholar
In a Facebook poll of 88 respondents, 21.6% chose “Bill Bryson: Best-selling author ("A Short History of Nearly Everything")”. How we count
Bill Bryson: Best-selling author ("A Short History of Nearly Everything")
21.6%19
Doris Kearns Goodwin: Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer ("Lincoln)
18.2%16
Ken Burns: Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
17%15
Gloria Steinem: Feminist, journalist, and social and political activist
12.5%11
Malcolm Gladwell: Best-selling author ("The Tipping Point")
9.1%8
Michael Pollan: Professor and best-selling author ("The Omnivore’s Dilemma")
9.1%8
Mitch Albom: Best-selling author ("Tuesdays with Morrie")
6.8%6
Mark Bittman: New York Times Columnist and author of several cookbooks
3.4%3
Calvin Trillin: Journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and author
1.1%1
Simon Winchester: Best-selling author ("The Professor and the Madman")
1.1%1
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