This Week in National Press Club History: Coretta Scott King, Rupert Murdoch, Whoopi Goldberg

This Week In National Press Club History


April 6, 1993: Michael Crichton, popular author, producer, director and screenwriter, speaks at a National Press Club luncheon about his novel "The Rising Sun," which questions the premise that Japanese investment in hi-tech sectors of the American economy is beneficial, given our different mindsets in areas of business strategy and corporate culture.

April 6, 2010: Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corp., tells a packed audience in a one-on-one interview with Marvin Kalb that Apple’s iPad may be the saving of newspapers. “It has brought together all forms of media.” Papers will be around for a long time, he added but have to stand up to the online companies to end free use of content they produce. “Let them do their own reporting,” he challenged.

April 7, 1997: Whoopi Goldberg, comedian, actress, political activist, and talk show host, talks in a wide-ranging luncheon address, about the responsibilities of the press, the National Endowment for the Humanities and campaign fundraising.

April 8, 1993: Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks to a capacity luncheon about her husband’s legacy and current initiatives at the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change.

April 8, 2005:Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of The Washington Post, speaks to the National Press Club about his battle with polio. He is joined by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, secretary of the March of Dimes board of trustees, and national chairwoman of the Salk Vaccine 50th anniversary commemoration.

April l9, 2013: Mayo Clinic CEO John Noseworthy says the United States faces perhaps its most profound healthcare challenge in its history as a result of the Affordable Care Act. The current reimbursement system for Medicare and Medicaid patients should be scrapped and replaced with a system that rewards healthcare providers who use the most effective and cost efficient treatments, he said.


This Week In National Press Club History is provided by the History & Heritage Committee, which preserves and revitalizes the Club’s century-plus history with lobby displays, panel discussions, events and an active oral history project. For more information on the committee’s activities or to -join it, contact Chairman Gilbert Klein at gilbert.klein@ yahoo.com