our guest this evening is michael he is a retired rear admiral from the navy civil engineer corps. he served in a variety of assignments around the world and is 29 year military career. including as commander of camp david. after retirement thousand ten, michael jordan private industry is a chief executive officer of the building information technology company headquartered in his hometown of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. in october 2017, he published his first book inside camp david the private world of the presidential retreat. mike travels often speaking about the book has been covered by the wall street journal, the today show c-span and many other print radio television outlets. after our conversation, mike will be taking questions from our live audience. please be your questions for mike and the chat we will get to as many as possible welcome to white house history live mike. wonderful to be here. it s an honor to serve the nation. [inaudible] only start from the beginn
our live audience. please be your questions for mike and the chat we will get to as many as possible welcome to white house history live mike. wonderful to be here. it s an honor to serve the nation. [inaudible] only start from the beginning, your story with camp david. tell us about how you were selected as commander of camp david, what that process was likely. camp david is actually a navy command naval support facility and a town nearby. the navy has operated and maintained it since it was started in 1942 by president roosevelt. civil engineer corps officer with history. 1998 is put on a short list for possible officers to be considered, how the interview with president clinton, went through a visit to the camp about a week later i got the call. visited once as an assignment officer left the visit that day the next assignments. that cut a really difficult place to work it will be weird to work there someday. put it away, went on for the next few tours and lo and be
Hello welcome to another episode of history live. Im doctor colleen im a Senior Vice President at the White House Historical association and the director of the david Science Center for white house history. The White House Historical association is a nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization with a mission to educate americans about that rich and diverse history of the white house and the people who live and work there. Our guest this evening is michael he is a retired rear admiral from the navy Civil Engineer corps. He served in a variety of assignments around the world and is 29 year military career. Including as commander of camp david. After retirement thousand ten, Michael Jordan private industry is a chief executive officer of the Building Information Technology company headquartered in his hometown of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. In october 2017, he published his first book inside camp david the private world of the president ial retreat. Mike travels often speaking about the book has be
Of the president ial retreat. Hello welcome to another episode of history live. Im doctor colleen im a Senior Vice President at the White House Historical association and the director of the david Science Center for white house history. The White House Historical association is a nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization with a mission to educate americans about that rich and diverse history of the white house and the people who live and work there. Our guest this evening is michael he is a retired rear admiral from the navy Civil Engineer corps. He served in a variety of assignments around the world and is 29 year military career. Including as commander of camp david. After retirement thousand ten, Michael Jordan private industry is a chief executive officer of the Building Information Technology company headquartered in his hometown of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. In october 2017, he published his first book inside camp david the private world of the president ial retreat. Mike travels often
Of the president ial retreat. Hello welcome to another episode of history live. Im doctor colleen im a Senior Vice President at the White House Historical association and the director of the david Science Center for white house history. The White House Historical association is a nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization with a mission to educate americans about that rich and diverse history of the white house and the people who live and work there. Our guest this evening is michael he is a retired rear admiral from the navy Civil Engineer corps. He served in a variety of assignments around the world and is 29 year military career. Including as commander of camp david. After retirement thousand ten, Michael Jordan private industry is a chief executive officer of the Building Information Technology company headquartered in his hometown of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. In october 2017, he published his first book inside camp david the private world of the president ial retreat. Mike travels often