WWII and the Things You Didn’t Know: Josiah Bunting III

Tuesday, April 12, 2017 | 10:30am | Auditorium

Simulcast Seating available for $15 when Auditorium seating is full

Josiah Bunting III, American Educator, Military Officer, College President, and Author

Speaking on “The Greatest Generation of Generals”

(Part of a three-day symposium | Monday, April 10 – Wednesday, April 12, 2017)

Josiah Bunting III  recently completed a 12-year tenure as President of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation in New York City. Before taking up his duties at the  foundation, he served as superintendent of his alma mater, the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.  After his graduation from VMI, and commissioning in the U.S. Army, Mr. Bunting studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, taking a degree in modern history. He subsequently served in the Ninth Infantry Division in Vietnam and as an assistant professor in history at West Point. After completing his military service in 1972, he was appointed as professor of strategy at the Naval War College. Before returning to VMI he served as president of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and as headmaster of the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. 

General Admission: $45 | Reserved $60

Simulcast Seating available for $15 when Auditorium seating is full