"Has America Lost its Way? Leadership in Times of Crisis The U.S. & the Rule of Law "
Lecture & discussion with
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell)
Commentary: Prof. emeritus Richard Kohn (UNC-Chapel Hill)
(Lt. Col. Rob Bracknell had to cancel his participation unfortunately as NATO requested him to fly to Europe)
(see also the bios below)
Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 5.30pm Location: Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library (main campus, UNC-Chapel Hill) Free parking available after 5.00pm at Cobb deck & also at the Bell Tower Lot.
No RSVP necessary - please just come along - please arrive early
Colonel Lawrence "Larry" Wilkerson
Lawrence Wilkerson's last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass, and member of that staff responsible for East Asia and the Pacific, political-military and legislative affairs (2001-02). Before serving at the State Department, Wilkerson served 31 years in the U.S. Army. During that time, he was a member of the faculty of the U.S. Naval War College (1987 to 1989), Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), and Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia (1993-97). Wilkerson retired from active service in 1997 as a colonel, and began work as an advisor to General Powell. He has also taught national security affairs in the Honors Program at the George Washington University. He is currently working on a book about the first George W. Bush administration. At present he is a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy at William and Mary. (The above has been taken from the William and Mary website)
