Welcome to the Dreier Roundtable
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Dreier Roundtable at
Claremont McKenna College
Hon. David Dreier ’75
Former Congressman David Dreier ’75 shares his excitement launching the Dreier Roundtable at Claremont McKenna College, his alma mater. The Dreier Roundtable is an integral part of fulfilling CMC’s unique role as a leading institution for leadership in business and government.
Meet the Fellows
The Dreier Roundtable is proud to present the DRt fellows here for the upcoming academic year of 2025.

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Dreier Roundtable Civility Award
KNBC-TV political reporter Conan Nolan interviews former Congressman David Dreier ’75 and Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D-CO) at CMC during the 2024 Dreier RoundTable Civility Award ceremony.
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Social Distancing and Washington’s Rules of Civility
Andrew E. Masich at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: When George Washington was a boy, he copied into his notebook over 100 “Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.” Most of these rules he copied or adapted from well-known publications. But...
Civility, Duty, and Former Presidents
Kate Anderson Brower at The New York Times: John F. Kennedy called on all three of his predecessors during the Cuban missile crisis, two Republicans (Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower) and one Democrat (Harry Truman). In 2005, George W. Bush sent his father on a...
More Newspaper Layoffs
Kristen Hare and Ren LaForme at Poynter: Layoffs were underway Friday at Gannett, which merged with GateHouse in late 2019 to become the largest newspaper chain in the U.S. with 261 newspapers in 46 states.We don’t yet have a clear picture of how many people and...