Joint Chiefs chairman to deliver lecture at Grove City College

STAFF REPORT

GROVE CITY, Pa. — U.S. 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.

His last operational assignment was as Commander, NATO Joint Force Command Naples/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe. Before 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.