1932 - Karl E. Mundt elected President of the NFL

1938 - 1st Student Congress at national tournament

1938 - Karl E. Mundt elected to U.S. Congress

1941 - National speech tournament cancelled through 1946
due to World War II.

1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt urges NFL student congress
to continue enhancing democratic values through
its competition.

1941 - NFL national student congress continues competitions
through World War II after FDR’s encouragement

1948 - Karl E. Mundt elected to the U.S. Senate

The National Forensic League's proud history is largely due to the base of esteemed alumni. Prominent NFL alumni include President Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Senators Richard Lugar and William Frist, CNN and TBS media visionary Ted Turner, Academy Award winners Patricia Neal and Don Ameche, Emmy award winners Kelsey Grammar and Shelly Long, television host Oprah Winfrey, news anchor Jane Pauley, CSPAN founder Brian Lamb, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, University of Oklahoma President David Boren, Federal National Mortgage CEO Franklin Delano Raines, and many others. Our ranks continue to grow with over one million active and inactive members. (NFL bestows lifetime membership.)