Newscaster Joel Daly spoke at the annual dinner of the B'nai B'rith lodge in 1974, which was hosted by UW-Parkside. The topic of his talk was the Yom Kippur War, which occurred in 1973.
Criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey gave a talk at UW-Parkside about his new book "The Defense Never Rests." His talk was sponsored by the UW-Parkside Lecture and Fine Arts Committee.
Famed feminist and journalist Gloria Steinem gave a talk at UW-Parkside's Greenquist Hall in 1970. Her talk was open to the public and was sponsored by UW-Parkside's Lecture and Fine Arts Committee.