Trumbull Town Hall began in Warren, Ohio, on Wednesday, April 26, 1978, when a meeting was called to announce a lecture series that was to begin in the fall of 1978. Invitations were sent to the area’s women’s clubs.
Charter members of the executive board were:
Vilma Novak — Chairperson
Doris Otto — Program Chairperson
Sally Thomas — Secretary
Helen Estabrook — Treasurer
Program History
In attendance
Jane Nash, Jennie Johnson, Pat Robertson, Eloise Berline, Louise Deemer, Jean Brown, Lois Bland, Jennie Bumbu, Betty Jastatt, Betty Rogers, Marty Mills, June Burkhart, Joan Jacoby, Barbara Biggs, Vicki Moffitt, Mary Ann Paquet, Betty Jane Daugherty Brown, Ann Schweinfurth and perhaps others.
Season 47 2024-2025
Dr. Elliot Engel
Orin Grossman
Louis Masur
Jim Tressel
Season 46 2023-2024
Stefanie Powers
Eric Thompson
Michael Minor
Andrew Och
Season 45 2022-2023
Sean Hartley
Louis Mazur
Maxwell King
Jean Kilbourne
Season 44 – 2021-22
Linda Evans
Jimmy Tingle
Caroline Winterer
Steve Hartman
Season 43 – 2020-21
Season canceled due to the
Covid-19 pandemic
Season 42 – 2019-20
Klea Blackhurst
Dr. James Delgado
Tom Toro (Sept. 29, 2021)
Chris Lemmon (Nov. 17, 2021)
Season 41 – 2018-19
Deborah Norville
Wendy Schiller
Susan Schulman
Dr. Elliot Engel
Season 40 – 2017-18
Steve Hartman
Sid Davis
Denise Kiernan
Marc Lapadula
Season 39 – 2016-17
Elizabeth Smart
Rochelle Pennington
Jan McInnis
Marc Lapadula
Season 38 – 2015-16
Jack Hanna
Francine Segan
Robert Wittman
Dr. Elliot Engel
Season 37 – 2014-15
Don Most & Anson Williams
Roland Mesnier
Clint Van Zandt
Tom Santopietro
Season 36 – 2013-14
Stephen Bogart
& Cass Warner
Sid Davis
Gina Barreca
Steven Hartman
Season 35 – 2012-13
Richard Norton Smith
Bruce Caplan
Francine Segan
Dr. Elliot Engel
Season 34 – 2011-12
Jo-Ellan Dimitrius
Roland Mesnier
Nick Clooney
Jamie Farr
Season 33 – 2010-11
Dr. Elliot Engel
Cloris Leachman
Tom Gjelten
Damaris Peters Pike
Season 32 – 2009-10
Doris Roberts
Roland Mesnier
Bill Schustik
Dr. Elliot Engel
Season 31 – 2008-09
Bob Eubanks
A. Scott Berg
Martha Raddatz
Damaris Peters Pike
Season 30 – 2007-08
The von Trapp Children
Howie Franklin
Dr. Elliot Engel
Frank McCourt
Season 29 – 2006-07
Shirley Jones
Kay Wagner Fisher
Bob Farmer
Heloise
John Davidson
Season 28 – 2005-06
Jane Seymour
Edgar Robb
Dr. Elliot Engel
Lori Borgman
Season 27 – 2004-05
Richard Simmons
Dr. Elliot Engel
Vincent Bugliosi
Larry Hagman
Season 26 – 2003-04
Frank Abagnale
Joan Benny
Dr. Will Miller
Ann Blyth
Season 25 – 2002-03
Vicki Lawrence
Carolyn Andrews
Dr. Elliot Engel
Daniel Elias
Season 24 – 2001-02
Al Roker
Gale Riley
Loretta Paganini
Richard Arbiter
Season 23 – 2000-01
Mary Higgins Clark
Dr. Elliot Engel
Skop Sroka
Helen Thomas
Season 22 – 1999-2000
Jack Ford
John Edward Hasse
& Ann Fennessy
Loretta Paganini
Philip Iannarelli
Season 21 – 1998-99
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Henry Haller
Dr. Elliot Engel
Kay Wagner Fisher
Season 20 – 1997-98
Rita Moreno
Alan & Norah Lynne Brown
John Edward Hasse
Leonard Phillips
Season 19 – 1996-97
Van Johnson
Dr. Elliot Engel
A. James Giannini
David & Julie Eisenhower
Season 18 – 1995-96
F. Lee Bailey
Emyl Jenkins
Kay Wagner Fisher
Judy Lewis
Season 17 – 1994-95
Susan Ledbetter
Jahn Hadamuscin
Olympia Dukakis
Gary Ness
Season 16 – 1993-94
Robin Leach
Linda & Fred Griffith
Stephen Bauer
Sue Bender
Season 15 – 1992-93
Richard “Skip” LeFauve
Julee Rosso
John R. Powers
Linda DeScenna
Season 14 – 1991-92
Eva Gabor
Col. Charles Scott
Neil Zurcher
Virginia Graham
Season 13 – 1990-91
Jane Powell
Kevin Klowse
Joan Wester Anderson
Skitch Henderson
Season 12 – 1989-90
Nanette Fabray
Barry Clifford
Mary McBride
Senator William Proxmire
Season 11 – 1988-89
David Eisenhower
Susan Granger
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Bill Monroe
Season 10 – 1987-88
Dr. Lendon Smith
Mary McBride
Peter Lancae
Rocky Blier
Season 9 – 1986-87
Brig. F.H.B. Ingall
Abigail VanBuren
Frederick Newman
Andrea Mitchell
Season 8 – 1985-86
Sheila MacRae
Dr. Murray Banks
Dena Kaye
Camelia Sadat
Season 7 – 1984-85
Celeste Holm
Peter Duchin
Col. John Cattell
Kaylan Pickford
Season 6 – 1983-84
Alex Haley
Ralph Salerno
Virginia Graham
Arianna Stassinopoulos
Season 5 – 1982-83
Joan Adams Mondale
Jack Wheeler
Season 4 – 1981-82
Arlene Francis
Terry Hekker
Ken Weber
The Countess of Romanones
Season 3 – 1980-81
Patricia Neil
Nila Magidoff
Jack Reynolds
Allison Laland
Season 2 – 1979-80
Kitty Carlisle
David Phillips
Timothy Severin
Irene Kampen
Season 1 – 1978-79
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Thomas Hoving
June Wier