General Stanley McChrystal to speak at Denison

Date of Event: March 20, 2012

Posted: March 16, 2012

GRANVILLE, Ohio— General Stanley McChrystal will speak at Denison University’s Swasey Chapel (200 Chapel Drive), at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20. The retired general will speak about leadership, teamwork and international affairs. The lecture is sponsored by the Denison College Republicans and the Denison Democrats and is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.denison.edu.

A commander with a remarkable record of achievement, General Stan McChrystal is widely praised for creating a revolution in warfare that fused intelligence and operations. He also is known for developing and implementing the counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan and for creating a comprehensive counter-terrorism organization that revolutionized the way military agencies interact and operate. A four-star general, he is the former commander of international and U.S. forces in Afghanistan and the former leader of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), which oversees the military’s most sensitive forces. His leadership of JSOC is credited with the 2003 capture of Saddam Hussein and the 2006 location and killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville— Lecture: General Stanley McChrystal at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, in Swasey Chapel (200 Chapel Drive). Free and open to the public. For more information visit www.denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

For press inquiries:

Name: Ginny Sharkey
Position Title: Media Relations
Primary Email: sharkeyv@denison.edu
Business Phone: (740) 587-6266

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