Lawrence J. Korb, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and a senior advisor to the Center for Defense Information, will present a guest lecture Wednesday, April 9, at Park University. The lecture, hosted by Park's Hauptmann School for Public Affairs, is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested.
Lawrence J. Korb
Korb will talk about "National Security in an Age of Terrorists, Tyrants and Weapons of Mass Destruction" during the 16th annual Dr. Jerzy Hauptmann Distinguished Guest Lecture, set for 7 p.m. at the Jenkin and Barbara David Theatre in Alumni Hall on the University's Parkville Campus. Korb will also sign books after the lecture.
Before joining the Center for American Progress, Korb was a senior fellow and director of national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 1998 to 2002, he was council vice president, director of studies and holder of the Maurice Greenberg Chair. Also previously, Korb served as director of the Center for Public Policy Education and was a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, dean of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh and vice president of corporate operations at the Raytheon Co.
For his service as assistant secretary of defense from 1981 through 1985, Korb was awarded the U.S. Department of Defense's medal for distinguished public service. Also, he served on active duty for four years as a naval flight officer, and retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of captain.
He has written 20 books on the subject of national security, including The Joint Chiefs of Staff: The First Twenty-Five Years, The Fall and Rise of the Pentagon, American National Security: Policy and Process, Future Visions for U.S. Defense Policy, Reshaping America's Military, A New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists, Tyrants, and Weapons of Mass Destruction and Military Reform: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary Military, Strategic, and Security Issues), which Korb co-authored with Winslow T. Wheeler.
The event marks the School's first public one since the Jan. 29 death of Professor Emeritus Jerzy Hauptmann, who established Park University's Graduate School for Public Affairs in Downtown Kansas City in 1982. In 2001, the school was named after Hauptmann in tribute to his 50 years at Park.
There are two other related events the day of the lecture: a memorial service for Hauptmann from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel, and an alumni reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the McCoy Meetin' House. Both are located on the University's Parkville Campus, at 8700 NW River Park Drive in Parkville.
For more information about the lecture or the Hauptmann School for Public Affairs, which includes the Center for Leadership, contact Marion Wolpers, program coordinator at the center, (816) 559-5644 or marion.wolpers@park.edu. To make reservations, visit www.park.edu/tickets/.
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