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CHAIR OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF TO DELIVER PEW LECTURE |
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January 13, 2009
GROVE CITY, Pa. – United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen will deliver the 2008-09 Grove City College Pew Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 in Ketler Auditorium of the Pew Fine Arts Center.
Mullen was sworn in as the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Oct. 1, 2007. He serves as the principal military adviser to the President, the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council. A native of Los Angeles, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968.
He commanded three ships: the gasoline tanker USS Noxubee, the guided missile destroyer USS Goldsborough, and the guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown. As a flag officer, Mullen also commanded Cruiser-Destroyer Group 2, the George Washington Battle Group and the U.S. 2nd Fleet/NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic.
Ashore, he has served in leadership positions at the Naval Academy, in the Navy’s Bureau of Personnel, in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and on the Navy staff. He was the 32nd Vice Chief of Naval Operations from August 2003 to October 2004.
His last operational assignment was as Commander, NATO Joint Force Command Naples/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe. Prior to becoming Chairman, Admiral Mullen served as the 28th Chief of Naval Operations.
Mullen is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School and earned a Master of Science degree in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1968.
The admiral delivered the Grove City College Commencement address on May 20, 2006, at which time he was presented with an honorary Doctor of Science degree.
The Pew Memorial Lecture at Grove City College is in honor and memory of J. Howard Pew, renowned industrialist and College benefactor. A graduate of the Class of 1900, Pew was a member of the Grove City College Board of Trustees from 1912-1971 and served as its president for the last 40 of those years. The annual Pew lecture is funded through the generosity of alumni gifts. Its purpose is to bring to campus lecturers who share Pew’s love of faith and freedom.
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