Past Winners 1956-2006 Franklin R. Shirley Classic Debate Tournament Link to Shirley Classic Index Page
1967 Awards Banquet - Franklin Shirley Presenting, Merwin Hayes Director
1956 First tournament (4 person debate) 1st Florida (Harold Eisner, Joe Schwartz, & ?) 2nd Duke (Dick Weed & ?) Top Speaker - David Hughes, Wake Forest 2nd Speaker - Joe Schwartz, Florida	1st Dixie Winners 1956
1957 (4-person debate) 1st Pittsburgh (Dick Mattern, Garr Hess, John Strauch, Jim Pomarico) 2nd Florida Top Speaker - Pete Martin, South Carolina 2nd Speaker - Steve Sleppin, Univ. of Miami
1958 (4-person debate) - Invitation 1st Kentucky 2nd Notre Dame 1st Speaker - Jack Dempsey, Notre Dame 2nd Speaker (tie) Fred McClercq, South Carolina, Jay Whitney, Notre Dame	Click Picture for Story of 1958 Hosting
1959 1st - George Washington (Top Aff Team) (David Aaronson & Al Capp) 2nd - William and Mary (Top Neg Team) (William Goddard & Tony Seinmeyer) Top Speaker: ?, George Washington [Lawrence Tribe competed for Harvard]	George Washington, 1959 Click Picture for Enlargement
1960 1st - William and Mary 2nd - Univ. of Florida
1961 1st - Univ. of Florida (Bill Biglow & Bill McCormick) 2nd - South Carolina (Eddie Roberts & Jim Mann)
1962 1st - Wayne State Univ. 2nd - Univ. of Vermont
1963 1st - South Carolina, Toby Van Buren & Frank Cantrell 2nd - Georgetown Univ., Richard Hayes & ? Top Speaker: S. C. Richard Hayes, Georgetown
1964 1st Wayne State (David Ling & Doug Frost) 2nd George Washington (Dion Meek & ?) Top Speaker - Steve Mackauf, Univ. of Miami 2nd Speaker - Allen Dinsmore, Univ. of Miami	Wayne State, Ling & Frost Click Picture for Article
1965 1st - Canisius College (Tom Farrell & Tom Elmer) 2nd - Washington & Lee (Chris Mills & ?) 1st Speaker - Gloria Smith, South Carolina 2nd Speaker (tie) - Marty Price, South Carolina, Chris Mills, Washington & Lee)
1966 1st - Univ. of Richmond Tim Finchem & Robert Cox 2nd - Marietta College Top Speaker - John O'Neill, Naval Academy 2nd Speaker - Susan Cahoon, Emory
1967 1st - South Carolina, Bob Salane & Tom Salene 2nd - Univ. of Detroit, Steve Kempski & David Peruch Top Speaker - Brenda Robinson, Wayne State 2nd Speaker - Joe Longino, Emory	Click Picture for Full Size Article
1968 1st - Canisius College (Shimminger & Wagner) 2nd - Univ. of Georgia ((McCurley & Brussack) Top Speaker: Tom Salane, Univ. of South Carolina 2nd Speaker: Steve Gunderson, Northwestern Univ.	1969 Northwestern Click Picture for Enlargment
1969 1st - Northwestern Univ. (Ken Strange & Steve Gunderson) 2nd - Syracuse Univ.
1970 1st - George Washington (Michael Newcity & Mary Alyce McKeen) 2nd - West Georgia College (Barry Banther & Tom Greer) Top speaker - Marty Remland, Western Illinois University 2nd Speaker - Ray Preiss, Western Illinois University Newspaper Article from 1970 Tournament (pdf file)
1971 1st - Univ. of Virginia (Thrash & Bittner) 2nd - George Washington (Ledford & Pistolessi) Top Speaker: Melissa Maxey, Emory 2nd Speaker: Greg Bittner, Virginia
1972 1st - West Georgia College (Elliott Pood & Barry Barther) 2nd - Univ. of Redlands (Pat Webb & Hanson) Top Speaker: Bill Russell, Kansas 2nd Speaker: Barry Banther, West Georgia	1972 Winner Barry Barther Makes Point-Finals Click Picture for Enlargment
1973 1st - U. of Southern Calif. (Higelin & Hozduk) 2nd - U. of Southern Calif. (Solum & Johnson) Top Speaker: Mike Higelin, Southern California 2nd Speaker: Pat Webb, Redlands University
1974 1st - Northwestern Univ. (Erwin Chemerinksy & Alan Lowenshohn) 2nd - Univ. of Redlands (Conrad Clark & Pat Webb)
1975 1st - Northwestern Univ. (Alan Lowinsohn & Louis Kaplow) 2nd - Catholic Univ. (Chris Mooney & Geoff Ringer) Top Speaker: Al Loewinshon, Northwestern 2nd Speaker: Phil Zelikow, Redlands University
1976 1st - Univ. of Kansas (Frank Cross & Robin Rowland) 2nd - Univ. of Georgia (Richard Lively & Jon Bow) Top Speaker: Robin Rowland, Kansas 2nd Speaker: Frank Cross, Kansas
1977 1st - U. of Southern Calif. (Steve Combs & Jon Cassonelli) 2nd - Redlands Univ. (Mark Beltramo & Paul McNamara) Top Speaker: Doug Cotton, Loyola Marymount 2nd Speaker: Alan Rosenbloom, Massachusetts
1978 1st - West Georgia College (Paul Weathington & Randy Evans) 2nd - Univ. of Kansas (Kevin Fowler & Steve Griffin) Top Speaker - Barry Ragsdale, Florida Tech 2nd Speaker - Paul Weathington, West Georgia
1979 - Bracket 1st - Univ. of Redlands (Bill Isaacson & Lane Bearden) 2nd - U. of Central Florida (Barry Ragsdale & Jeff Liddicoat) Top speaker - Paul Weathington, West Georgia 2nd Speaker - Cy Smith, Dartmouth
1980 - 25th Anniversary - Tournament Program 1st - Dartmouth College (Tom Lyon &Cy Smith) 2nd - West Georgia (Paul Weathington & Kelli Sager) Top Speaker: Paul Weathington, West Georgia 2nd Speaker: Kelli Sager, West Georgia
1981 1st - Univ. of Kentucky (Condon McGlothlin & Steve Mancuso) 2nd - Univ. of Kansas (Mark Gidley & Zac Grant) Top Speaker: Mike Hancock, Emory 2nd Speaker: Dave Sutherland, Louisville
1982 1st - Dartmouth College (Robin Jacobsohn & Tom Lyon) 2nd - Harvard Univ. (Jonathan Massey & Jonathan Weiner) Top Speaker: John Barrett, Georgetown 2nd Speaker: Doug Cotton, Loyola Marymount
1983 1st - Harvard Univ. (Jonathan Weiner & Johnathan Massey) 2nd - Bates College (Steven Dolley & Glenn Graham) Top Speaker: Bill Brewster, Emory University 2nd Speaker: Cindy Leiferman, University of Louisville
1984 1st - Bates College (Glenn Graham & Paul Rostenthal) 2nd - Northwestern Univ. (Doug Segal & Lyn Coyne)	1984 - Northwestern Univ. (Doug Segal & Lyn Coyne)
1985 1st - UNC-Chapel Hill (Michael Egues & Jeremy Ofseyer) 2nd - U. of Massachusetts (Danny Povenelli & Mark Friedman) Top Speaker: Lyn Robbins, Baylor 2nd Speaker: John Culver, Kansas
1986 1st - Univ. of Kansas (John Culver & George Lopez) 2nd - Univ. of Redlands (Jeff Leon & Jeff LaFave) 1st speaker - John Culver, Univ. of Kansas 2nd speaker - Cate Palczewski, Northwestern University
1987 1st - Northwestern Univ. (Gordon Mitchell & Ben Attias) 2nd - Univ. of Michigan (Michael Green & Andrew Schrank) 1st speaker - Madison Laird, Loyola Marymount 2nd speaker -
1988 1st - Northwestern Univ. (Gordon Mitchell & Danny Reiter) 2nd - Baylor Univ. (Danny Plants & Marty Loeber)
1989 1st - Univ. of Iowa (Nathan Coco & Chuck Smith) 2nd - Dartmouth College (Neal Katyal and Scott Groussman) Top Speaker: Andrew Schrank, Michigan 2nd Speaker: Madison Laird, Loyola-Marymont
1990 1st - Univ. of Redlands (Rodger Cole & Marc Rubinstein) 2nd - U. of Texas-Austin (Derek Jinks & Ryan Goodman) Top Speaker: T. A. McKinney, Kentucky 2nd Speaker: Marc Rubinstein, Redlands
1991 1st - Dartmouth College (Kenny Agran & Ara Lovitt) 2nd - Georgetown Univ. (Ahilan Arulanantham & Kevin Kuswa) Top Speaker: Charles Smith, Univ. of Iowa 2nd Speaker: Ara Lovitt, Dartmouth College
1992 1st - Georgetown Univ. (Ahilan Arulanantham & Eric Truett) 2nd - Dartmouth College (Ara Lovitt & Steven Sklaver) Top Speaker: Ara Lovitt, Dartmouth College 2nd Speaker: Matt Shors, Univ. of Michigan
1993 1st - Harvard Univ. (Stephen Andrews & Fred Karem) 2nd - Georgetown Univ. (Ahilan Arulanantham & Lars Berg) Top Speaker: Fred Karem, Harvard 2nd Speaker: Paul Skiermont, Kentucky
1994 -- * Tournament moved to February for two years
1995 1st - Dartmouth College (Andre Hylton & Marc Wilson) 2nd - Emory Univ. (Charlie Henn & Jamie McKown) Top Speaker: Paul Skiermont, Kentucky 2nd Speaker: Steve Andrews, Harvard
1996 -- Hosted by Univ. of Michigan for one year as Wake Forest hosted NDT 1st - Northwestern Univ. (Shawn McCaffity & Mason Miller) 2nd - Wake Forest Univ. (Brian Prestes & John Hughes) Top Speaker: Andre Hylton, Dartmouth 2nd Speaker: Sean McCaffity, Northwestern
1996 1st - Michigan (Scott Hessell & Corey Stoughton) 2nd - Louisville (Dave Arnett & Jason Renzelmann) Top Speaker: Corey Rayburn, Iowa 2nd Speaker: Kelly Dunbar, Baylor
1997 1st - Dartmouth College (David Hung & Steven Lehotsky) 2nd - Harvard Univ. (Sonja Starr & Carl Engstrom) Top Speaker: Eric Cornellier, Michigan State 2nd Speaker: Hajir Ardebili, Kansas
1998 1st - Emory Univ. (Steven Bailey & Kamal Ghali) 2nd - Emory Univ. (Larry Heftman & Jeff McNabb) Top Speaker, George Kouros, Emory 2nd Speaker: Lindsay Harrison, Univ. of Southern California
1999 1st -Univ. of Kansas (Grant McKeehen & Mike Eber) 2nd - Univ. of Iowa (Kristen Langwell & Andy Ryan) Top Speaker - Kamal Ghali, Emory Univ. 2nd Speaker - Brian Ray, Univ. of Kentucky
2000 1st -Univ. of California-Berkeley (Randy Luskey & Dan Shalmon) 2nd - Univ. of Texas (Krik Evans & Loe Hornbuckle) Top Speaker - Andy Ryan, Univ. of Iowa 2nd Speaker - Kamal Ghali, Emory Univ. Link to 2000 Results
2001 1st (Tie) Northwestern (Foster & Paul) 2nd Northwestern (Gadddipati & Lux) Top Speaker - John Rains, Emory University 2nd Speaker - Calum Matheson, Michigan State University Link to 2001 Results
2002 1st - Northwestern University (Garen & Morales) 2nd - Fort Hays State University (Regnier & Saindon) Top Speaker - Josh Lynn, Emory University 2nd Speaker - Jason Regnier, Ft. Hays State University Link to 2002 Results
2003 1st - UC-Berkeley (Shalmon & Singh) 2nd - Univ. of Georgia (Watson & Ramachandrappa) Top Speaker - Scott Phillips, Emory 2nd Speaker -2nd - Elliot Tarloff - Harvard Link to 2003 Results
2004 1st - Northwestern (Tristan Morales & Josh Branson) 2nd - Emory (Bob Allen & Scott Phillips) Top Speaker - Elliot Tarloff - Harvard 2nd Speaker - Tristan Morales - Northwestern Link to 2004 Results
2005 1st - Harvard ( Michael Klinger & Nikhill Mirchandani) 2nd - Michigan State (Ryan Burke & Casey Harrigan) Top Speaker - Josh Branson - Northwestern 2nd Speaker - Scott Phillips - Emory Link to 2005 Results
2006 1st - Oklahoma (Conor Cleary & Blake Johnson) 2nd -Georgia -Brent Culpepper & Kevin Rabinowitz Top Speaker - Kathryn Clark, Dartmouth 2nd Speaker - Dan Luxemburg, Harvard Link to 2006 Results
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