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Tuesdays with Friday: A Carolina Community Conversation
with Hugh Shelton
Retired General Henry Hugh Shelton, the former Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, participated in a public forum
hosted by Dr. William Friday at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill on February 17, 2004.
"A Carolina Community Conversation with Hugh Shelton,"
which was free and open to the public, was held from 12:30
to 1:30 p.m. in the James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate
Excellence in Graham Memorial, as part of the "Tuesdays
with Friday" series hosted by the president emeritus
of the UNC system. The forum was in the Kresge Foundation
Commons Room (039).
Following an introductory conversation, Friday and Shelton
opened the floor to questions and comments from the audience.
Shelton, a native of Tarboro, N.C., and alumnus of North Carolina
State University, capped an extensive career as a military
leader and decorated combat veteran by serving as Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1997 until his retirement
in 2001.
He served two tours in Vietnam and was the first member of
the elite U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) to rise
to the nation's top military post. He was also commander of
the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., and led the
joint task force operations in Haiti in 1994.
Shelton also played a leadership role in Operation Desert
Shield/Desert Storm as assistant division commander for operations
of the 101 Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Shelton has won numerous military honors and is a recipient
of the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award conferred
by the United States Congress.
He is currently president of international operations for
M.I.C. Industries, Inc., in Reston, Virginia, and executive
director of the Henry Hugh Shelton Initiative for Leadership
Development at North Carolina State University.
Press Contacts: Dee Reid in the College of Arts and Sciences,
(919) 843-6339, and Victoria Shields in the Office of the
President Emeritus
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