Enduring Vietnam: Reflections on a War and Those Who Served

James Wright

Thursday, 10 Nov 2016 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union

James Wright, President Emeritus and Eleazar Wheelock Professor of History at Dartmouth College, is the author of Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them. President Wright, a Marine veteran, was a leader in the establishment of an educational counseling program for wounded U.S. veterans offered through the American Council on Education. He also worked with several U.S. Senators to double college benefits for troops and veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in the 2008 Post-9/11 GI Bill. Wright retired as President of Dartmouth in 2009. He is currently working on a book about about the human face of the Vietnam War. National Affairs Series

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James Wright recently participated in director Ric Burn's film "Debt of Honor: A History of Disabled Veterans in America," which aired nationally on PBS on November 10. The film examines the rise of disabled veterans in the country and how recovery is affected by the attitudes Americans on the home front have about their service and their war.

Wright served as president of Dartmouth College from 1998 until June 2009. A member of the Dartmouth faculty since 1969, he also served as Dean of the Faculty, 1989-97, Provost from 1997 to 1998 and as Acting President of the College briefly in 1995.

Cosponsored By:

• College of Business
• History
• National Affairs
• Veterans Center
• Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)