dr. george herring, one of the foremost historians on the vietnam war. john will introduce both of them more fully later on. the final member of our panel, your first speaker, former secretary of defense harold brown. at the age of 21, phd in fist friction columbia university. he served as research scientist and then as senior science and research manager for the government. in 1965, he became secretary of the air force where he worked closely with mcnamara. leaving government in 1969, returned in 1977 as president jimmy carter's secretary of defense. since 1981, he has been deeply involved in researching, speaking, writing on national security policy. we are grateful to have him leading off our panel today and look forward to hearing his personal perspective of secretary mcnamara's tenure. >> thank you very much. it is good to be with you this afternoon. i look forward to reading the current volume in the history of the office of the secretary of defense series. it may prepare me for what the third and future says about me. if i live long enough to read

dr. catherine gallagher, the director of the cochran college for policy at george mason university where she is the associate professor of criminology and law in society. her research focuses on improving the intersection between health care and justice systems to better address the needs of at-risk populations and public health in larger communities. she also provides guidance to numerous federal agencies, holds a ph.d. from the university of maryland. then we'll hear from dr. georgia leap, at ucla, she has worked internationally in violence -- in violence post-war settings with major focus on gangs and youth violence. she serves as senior policy adviser on gangs and youth violence for the los angeles county sheriff, lee baka, a strong supporter of the youth promise act and works with california wellness foundation, the california endowment and the advancement project. she is author of a new book, jumped in, what gangs taught me about violence, drugs, love and redemption. and we have a copy of that book. then we'll hear from bobby kemper who is a former police officer in newport news, virginia, founder of the national center for the prevention of communit

dr. brown, secretary brown. we're contextualizing robert mcnamara in the defense department and the vietnam war. this sets down a nice base line for our next two speakers. i will introduce those speakers, george herring and ed drea. this is an easy task for me, because they are two of the ablist practitioners of the historical craft today. first george. george herring has a virginia ph.d. he taught almost four decades at the university of kentucky. there he mentored many ph.d. thesis, and his students teach throughout the land teaching history of the vietnam war. george also served as editor of the best -- probably the best journal doing diplomatic history, called diplomatic history. he also served as president of the society for historians of american foreign relations. but he made his greatest contribution, at least in my judgment, as a scholar. among his books are "america's longest war," which in four editions has sold well over half a million copies. and has been the basic text which so many undergraduates, thousands of undergraduates in our country have formed their view of the vietnam war. his managerial study of the american history foreign relations keeps him in the top rank of our scholars.

dr. george tiller's clinic by any means necessary. >> their approach was to wear him down and peck at him from every angle. >> find out where the child killer lives. find out where his wife has her hair done. >> from harassing him personally at his home, harassing staff, patients coming into the clinic. >> he was a vile, despicable human being. he was a murderer. >> out there somewhere is one soul listening to all of this and wants to be the person that rights the wrong. >> if someone did not stop him they were going to continue to die, the babies were going to continue to die. >> and scott thought he was the redeemer. >> the day this event happened was a beautiful day. service started with music being played. >> jeannie tiller was singing with the choir. george tiller was an usher. his name was printed in the bulletin. >> i looked at my watch and seen that it was a couple minutes before 10:00. there was a pastry table. i had made my way over to the table, just george and i. i was facing more toward the sanctuary. george had his back to the sanctuary doors. out of my peripheral vision i noticed somebody coming up to the table. so i looked. just as i looked up, i seen scott roede

george washington, dr. steven knapp. i want to tell you a little about him. he has a long history of supporting students. he was a professor of english literature at the university of california at her glee. dean of the college of sciences and provost at job hawkins university in baltimore. as president of george washington is made it a priority to increase student opportunities for public service. in order to be accessible and better served for the students here he chose to take up residence on the campus. the first president of this university ever to do that. maybe he was just trying to avoid the well-known washington d.c. traffic. [laughter] but it looked to me like he was trying to remain open to the students. he has made a lot of green renovations demonstrating his strong commitment to sustainability, and trying to make the university a model for sustainability. this kind of complete view of public service, how it permeates every decision he makes, makes the president's knapp not just a good president for the students at gw but an inspiration to people everywhere. please welcome the president of george washington university, steven knapp. [applause] >> thank you. thank you pre