{"430351":{"#nid":"430351","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Member Named to Faculty","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdmiral James \u201cSandy\u201d Winnefeld,\u0026nbsp;the most recent\u0026nbsp;vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been named a faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Winnefeld joins the\u0026nbsp;Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u0026nbsp;as a Distinguished Professor. He will also serve as a senior fellow in the School\u2019s Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy, which focuses on policy research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWinnefeld will work with Georgia Tech faculty, researchers and students on a number of projects, classes, and presentations; he brings recent experience in the fields of strategy and policy, leadership, and defense investment to the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have already benefited greatly from Admiral Winnefeld\u2019s expertise and experience in his role on the Georgia Tech Advisory Board, and are looking forward to his expanded role with the Institute,\u201d said Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson. \u201cThe richness of his leadership experience and his global perspective will be invaluable to our students, faculty, and staff, along with the Atlanta community. We enthusiastically welcome him home to his alma mater.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWinnefeld graduated from Georgia Tech in 1978 with a degree in aerospace engineering. He retired from his position as the nation\u2019s second highest-ranking military officer on July 31. He will be based near Washington, D.C., at the Georgia Tech Research Institute\u2019s office in Rosslyn, Virginia. Winnefeld will also have an office on the Georgia Tech campus in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am very pleased to join the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and CISTP,\u201d said Winnefeld. \u201cI\u0027ve long been an admirer of Senator Nunn\u0027s, and look forward to working with\u0026shy; and continuing to learn from him. I\u2019m also excited to lend my energy and experience to a very talented group of faculty and students. It\u2019s especially gratifying to be able to do so at an institution that gave so much to me as an undergraduate.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior to his role at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he served as the commander of United States Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). He also commanded the United States Sixth Fleet and NATO Allied Joint Command, Lisbon. His new title, Distinguished Professor, is the same as Nunn, the former U.S. Senator for whom the Institute\u2019s School of International Affairs is named.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAdmiral Winnefeld is one of our nation\u2019s most distinguished and valuable military leaders, and is now returning to his home base at Georgia Tech,\u201d said Nunn. \u201cThis is great news for the Nunn School and the Institute.\u0026nbsp;Sandy will continue to render invaluable service to our nation by working with our students and faculty as they tackle some of our most important international and technological challenges.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWinnefeld\u2019s awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal, and five Battle Efficiency awards.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Admiral James \u201cSandy\u201d Winnefeld to serve as Distinguished Professor"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdmiral James \u201cSandy\u201d Winnefeld,\u0026nbsp;the most recent\u0026nbsp;vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been named a faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Admiral James \u201cSandy\u201d Winnefeld joins the faculty in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2015-08-03 09:42:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:19","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"430251":{"id":"430251","type":"image","title":"James \u0022Sandy\u0022 Winnefeld","body":null,"created":"1449254381","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:39:41","changed":"1475895169","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:49"}},"media_ids":["430251"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/","title":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/","title":"Ivan Allen College"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13313","name":"James Winnefeld"},{"id":"167256","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"id":"171459","name":"Sandy Winnefeld"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003ENational Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.660.2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}