Admiral Bobby R. Inman

• In January 2001, the Mexican government presented LBJ School Professors Victoria Rodríguez and Peter Ward with the Ohtli Medal, the highest award granted by Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Relations to non-Mexicans. The medal recognizes those whose work is deemed to have contributed significantly to the furtherance of U.S.-Mexico relations.

• LBJ School faculty members were often in the media limelight before and after the 2000 presidential election. Speaking on topics ranging from the Texas political scene to George W. Bush's leadership style, the faculty members offered a vantage point of great interest to the international media: policy experts from a major public affairs school in a major public university located near both the Governor's Mansion and the Bush national campaign headquarters.

• National security and international affairs expert Admiral Bobby R. Inman joined the LBJ School faculty in fall 2001 as the holder of the Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy. Inman, a former Director of the National Security Agency and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will develop a new area of research at the LBJ School focusing on the nexus between national security and international economic policy.

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