The Josh Lee Lecture Series is presented is even-numbered years and presents well-known speakers in communications and politics.
The lecture series honors notable Oklahoman Joshua Bryan Lee (1892 - 1967) who led the University's public speaking department from 1919 to 1934, where his students included Carl Albert and Mike Monroney. Lee was also elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1934 and to the U.S. Senate in 1936. He was appointed to the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1943 and returned to Oklahoma after his retirement in 1955. Lee was also a noted lecturer and author of several books on communication.
The Josh Lee Lecture Series was endowed by Lee's daughter Mary Louise Symcox and the Symcox family.
More photographs and documents in the Center's Josh Lee collection can be viewed at the link below.
