Welcome to tcu. Welcome to the annual Lance Corporal benjamin w schmitz symposium on war. Conflict and society. My name is kara dixon and im the Lance Corporal Benjamin W Schmidt. Professor here in the history department. Its my honor to welcome you here tonight. Whether you are in this building with us or joining us from home or your campus via cspans American History tv, the Lance Corporal Benjamin W Schmidt symposium on war. Conflict and society is an annual series which we consider the experiences and consequences of wars and conflicts in various times and places. It is named in memory of Benjamin Whetstone schmidt, a former tcu student and marine scout sniper who died in afghanistan in october 2011. Benjamin history. And it is our honor to have this opportunity to further love of history and to consider cost of war. In an annual symposium that we hold in his memory. We thank those who make this symposium possible most especially dr. David and theresa schmidt. And we thank the soci
On sunday 25th, communist attacked the republic of korea. This attack has made it clear beyond all doubt that the International Communist is willing to use arm invasion to conquer independ nations. An act of aggression such as this. It creates a very real danger to the security of free nation. Harry truman, in his memoirs, said that the decision to fight in korea was the most difficult he ever made. More so than the dropping of the atom bomb. And i suspect thats because he knew at the time and he later learned as he grew older that this was a watershed which changed the nature of the world. One other things that changed the nature of warfare. You know, this korean was fought like World War Two massive armies fighting each other across the hills. But that stopped, turned into an insurgent war. Small groups of people attacking here and there. And since then, of course, never fought an Old Fashioned war. Were always fighting insurgent wars. We also introduced the idea that the the if what
For the last eight. Heres hoping to organize an annual to celebrate and recognize d. C. Emancipation act becoming law on april 16th of 1862 and a free of a little over 3000 slave persons held in the district along in the series was named in honor of Benjamin Drummond, who was born around 1843 in nassau, new york. Drummond, a 24 year old black slave owner, was the first patient admitted to naval hospital, now known as the old vic. The hospital, when it opened on october 1st in 1866. Drummond was initially in assassins while serving on the u. S. Morning light. He was actually shot in the leg. He would receive care for that injury. A naval hospital, orleans, on december six, 1864, joining in the navy and came to be a patient in this building on october first of 1866, when he when his boat, he opened so we all dedicate celebration to benjamin charlton. We dedicate this Panel Discussion in which the lives and experience of africanamericans who served in the u. S. To Benjamin Franklin as wel
Well, it has been my name is julio ottino and that, you know, the Mccormick School of engineering and on behalf of my colleagues at northwest is my absolute to introduce to you today. My friend Ginni Rometty before we get started i wanted to thank trustees gordon segal and bill white as well as many members of the northwestern Senior Administration joining us today. So met jimmy for the first time when she got the alumni award in 2010. By then she was in the list of 50 most powerful women in business and abc did her later that year in 2010 and i had a conversation her that prompted us to create the master of science analytics. We started with 40 students and a thousand applications. Of course, going down ever since. So thank you for proposing that. And then we had when they ibm anniversary was coming, a genius, one of the first stops was here not this building, but in the ellen center for the centennial lectures, ibm. That was in march 11. And then she invited to an absolutely amazing
Colleagues at northwest is my absolute to introduce to you today. My friend Ginni Rometty before we get started i wanted to thank trustees gordon segal and bill white as well as many members of the northwestern Senior Administration joining us today. So met jimmy for the first time when she got the alumni award in 2010. By then she was in the list of 50 most powerful women in business and abc did her later that year in 2010 and i had a conversation her that prompted us to create the master of science analytics. We started with 40 students and a thousand applications. Of course, going down ever since. So thank you for proposing that. And then we had when they ibm anniversary was coming, a genius, one of the first stops was here not this building, but in the ellen center for the centennial lectures, ibm. That was in march 11. And then she invited to an absolutely amazing event coinciding with a United Nations meeting new york for the ibm one coming anniversary and shortly thereafter, she