Meigs named Slick Professor

Montgomery C. Meigs, one of the world’s leaders in multinational peacekeeping operations, joined the LBJ School faculty in January as the Distinguished Visiting Tom Slick Professor of World Peace.

Meigs retired in 2002 with the rank of four-star general following 35 years of service in the U.S. Army. From October 1998 to December 2002, he commanded all Army forces in the 91-country area of responsibility of the U.S. European Command and served as executive agent for administration and logistics for Army forces in the Balkans. From October 1998 to October 1999 and during Operation Allied Force, NATO’s air campaign against the former Yugoslavia, Meigs also led the 39-nation NATO-led Stabilisation Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

In addition to a variety of commands from company to division level in Vietnam, Desert Storm, and two tours on peacekeeping duty in Bosnia, Meigs served as commandant of the Army’s Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He also served for three years on the Joint Staff and spent two years teaching in the history department of the U.S. Military Academy.

A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, Meigs completed a Ph.D. in history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has lectured at the Royal Uniformed Services Institute, the U.S. Army and National War Colleges, the Russian Army’s Combined Arms Academy, the Belfer Center at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, and the Imperial Defense College and the Joint Staff College in the United Kingdom.

“Monty Meigs is a soldier, a diplomat, and a scholar,” said LBJ School Dean Ed Dorn. “His national security experience and academic credentials make him an exceptional asset to UT and the Austin community.”

Meigs’ public policy interests include national security, technological innovation, and leadership education. During the spring he organized a series of town hall meetings focusing on homeland security (see story) and next fall he will teach a seminar.

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May 5, 2003
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