23 March 2024
On March 23, Admiral James Stavridis (USN, Ret.) delivered the Museum's 37th Enid and R. Crosby Kemper Lecture "Global Challenges and Opportunities Through the Eyes of Churchill." The lecture coincided with the induction of new Fellows into the Association of Churchill Fellows of Westminster College.
Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) spent more than thirty years in the US Navy, rising to the rank of four-star admiral. He was Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and previously commanded US Southern Command, overseeing military operations through Latin America. At sea, he commanded a Navy destroyer, a destroyer squadron, and an aircraft carrier battle group in combat. He holds a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he recently served five years as dean. He received fifty medals in the course of his military career, including twenty-eight from foreign nations. He has published twelve books and is chief international analyst for NBC News and a Bloomberg Opinion weekly columnist. He is currently partner and vice chair, global affairs of the Carlyle Group and the chair of the board of the Rockefeller Foundation.
The Enid and R. Crosby Kemper Lectureship at America’s National Churchill at Westminster College was established in 1979 by a grant from the R. Crosby Kemper Foundation of Kansas City, Missouri. It is intended to provide for lectures by authorities on history, Winston Churchill and his legacy in today’s world.
“Leave the past to history especially as I propose to write that history myself.”
