Graduate Recognition Ceremony for MPA and PPA Students

Admiral Bobby R. Inman is MPA/PPA Commencement Speaker

Who: Admiral Bobby R. Inman
Interim Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy
 

What: MPA Commencement

When: May 20, 2005    6 p.m.  

Where: Gregory Gymnasium     Directions

Why attend: Admiral Inman's primary activity since 1990 has been investing in start-up technology companies, where he is Chairman and a Managing Partner of Gefinor Ventures. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Massey Energy Company and several privately held companies.

Bio: Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN (Ret.), graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1950, and from the National War College in 1972. He became an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin in 1987 and was appointed as a tenured professor holding the Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy in August 2001.

Admiral Inman served in the U.S. Navy from November 1951 to July 1982, when he retired with the permanent rank of Admiral. While on active duty he served as Director of the National Security Agency and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. After retirement from the Navy, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) in Austin, Texas for four years and Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Westmark Systems, Inc., a privately owned electronics industry holding company for three years. Admiral Inman also served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 1987 through 1990.

Read the text of Admiral Inman's speech. (Adobe PDF file)

Who's invited: Graduates, families, and friends (no ticket required)

A live broadcast of the ceremony appeared on campus cable TV as well as live streaming video during the ceremony. (View the video of the ceremony.)

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