S03 Academic Department-Sponsored Lectures, c. 1965 - 2013

There are currently four academic lectures held annually at Nightingale.

The Werner Feig Holocaust Memorial Lecture was initiated in 2000. Held each year, it honors the legacy left within the Nightingale community by Werner Feig, a beloved history teacher who taught at Nightingale from 1991 until his death in 1997. He is remembered as a gifted educator who had a passion for history, a devotion to his students, and an irreverent sense of humor. Mr. Feig was born in 1932 in Breslau, Germany. As a young child, he moved to Hongkew, a Jewish ghetto of Shanghai, China, to escape the Holocaust. He later came to the United States and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended high school and college. He received an M.A.T. from Harvard University in 1959 and an M.A. in political science from the University of Chicago in 1965. He came to Nightingale after a distinguished teaching career at Scarsdale High School, and the impact of his inspiring life and teaching can still be felt today.

The Catherine M.S. Gordan Nightingale Mind Lecture Series celebrates intellectual life at Nightingale. Created in 2013 to honor the myriad contributions made to Nightingale by former Associate Head of School Kitty Gordan in her more than 42 years at the school, the annual series focuses on the scholarly pursuits and interests of Nightingale faculty, both inside and outside the classroom.

The Shirley Bennette Lecture in classics was named after Shirley Bennette (1925–2016), a classics teacher who spent 25 years teaching at Nightingale. Mrs. Bennette helped shape and strengthen Nightingale's classics program, and began the tradition of a triennial classics trip to Italy for Upper School students who continue their study of Latin beyond ninth grade.

The Joan Stitt McMenamin Lecture was initiated in 2007, sponsored by the Parents Association. Joan Stitt McMenamin was the fifth headmistress of Nightingale-Bamford School. This annual lecture honors her passion for history and, in particular, American politics and government.

Historically, the Sarah Youngman Keyser Lecture was initiated in honor of Mrs. Keyser upon her retirement in 1961. Mrs. Keyser taught for 36 years (1925 - 1961) and served as head of the mathematics department, Upper School Dean for 18 years, and later President of the Board of Trustees. This lecture ceased occurring around 1974.

Other lectures have included the Class of 1985 endowed lecture series and the Cum Laude Society Lecture.