Ed Dorn, Ph. D, "Flirting with Fascism"
About the program:
In just a few months, the current administration has moved aggressively to establish a system of government in which the executive branch dominates the legislative and judicial branches and the federal government controls all other institutions, including state governments, universities, and the communications media. To sustain his power, the president must stifle dissent and brutally repress opposition. The United States has moved perilously close to being fascist state. The question is, can we reverse things?
EDWIN DORN, Ph.D.
Edwin Dorn’s distinguished career features leadership positions in government, research institutions, and academia. He is professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, where he served as a professor and as Dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Before coming to the LBJ School, he held leadership posts in the federal government. In 1993, he was confirmed by the Senate to serve as an Assistant Secretary of Defense. The following year, he was confirmed as the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. As USD (P&R), he was responsible for policies governing recruitment, pay and benefits for DoD’s total force of more than three million military personnel and civilians. He also exercised authority over the Defense Health Program, the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, the Defense Manpower Data Center, and the DoD Dependent Schools. Prior to his presidential appointment in the Department of Defense, Ed Dorn was a senior staff member at the Brookings Institution, where he developed executive education programs for government and private sector managers. From 1981 to 1990, he served as Deputy Director for Research at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, where he created a military affairs program. He initially went to Washington in 1977 to serve in the Carter administration. A native of Houston, Ed Dorn graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Texas at Austin in 1967. He studied in England on a Fulbright Fellowship and completed his Ph.D. in political science at Yale. He was named a UT Distinguished Alumnus in 1998. Currently, Ed Dorn serves as chair of the International Security Advisory Board at the US Department of State and as a trustee of the Kettering Foundation. He was an advisor to two public television series: Congress: We the People, and Eyes on the Prize: America’s
Civil Rights Years, and was commentator on National Public Radio’s “Tell Me More,” hosted by Michel Martin. He has served on the boards of the Institute for Defense Analyses and the Seton Family of Hospitals, and as an advisor to the United Way of Central Texas, the Children’s Defense Fund, and the Atlantic Council. Ed Dorn’s major publications include Rules and Racial Equality (Yale University Press) and Who Defends America, ed. (Joint Center Press). He also is the author of dozens of articles, reports, and opinion pieces.
Agenda:
6:45am - Coffee & Networking
7:10am - Breakfast Buffet
7:25am - Introductions & Announcements
7:50am - Speaker Introduction
8:20am - Q&A
8:30am - Leave inspired or curious!
