The Dwight D. Eisenhower Service to Democracy Award
The Service to Democracy Award is presented to national leaders who exemplify President Eisenhower's founding principle when he established The American Assembly: "to reconcile divergent views in order to accomplish a common purpose."
2006
Admiral B.R. Inman
LBJ Centennial Chair in National Policy at The University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Admiral B.R. Inman joined at his award ceremony by American Assembly trustees Bradley Currey, Donald F. McHenry, and David H. Mortimer.
Admiral B R. Inman, Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair at the University of Texas at Austin, received the American Assembly's Service to Democracy Award at a reception on Monday, June 12, 2006 at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
American Assembly Chairman Stephen Stamas commented, "We are particularly delighted at the opportunity to present the Dwight D. Eisenhower medal to Bob Inman, one of our most respected trustees, whose guidance on our Next Generation Project includes leading us to its director, Francis Gavin, and serving as chair of the Advisory Council for The Next Generation Project, an examination of the global threats and challenges faced by the United States in the 21st century."
Admiral Inman's record of achievement spans the public sector, business, government and education. A 1950 graduate of the University of Texas, he spent thirty-one years in the Navy and was the first Naval Intelligence Officer to achieve four-star rank. While on active duty he served as Director of the National Security Agency and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. In 1983 he moved to Austin to serve as chairman and CEO of the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, a private partnership that was created to help the United States to preserve its edge in computer technology. From 1987 through 1990 he served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
In 1987 Admiral Inman was named an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin, teaching a graduate seminar to law, business and public affairs students. He was appointed a tenured professor holding the LBJ Centennial Chair in August 2001.
