Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient to address Military Medical University Graduates
Newswise — Bethesda, MD -- Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerrey, former United States Senator and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, has been selected to give the commencement address for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 18, 2013.
“We are absolutely delighted that Senator Kerrey will deliver this year’s commencement address,” said USU President Charles L. Rice, M.D. “As a highly decorated military veteran injured in combat, Senator Kerrey has a deep appreciation for our mission and we are honored to have him as our graduation keynote speaker.”
Kerrey, a Vietnam veteran and former Navy SEAL, will deliver the commencement address at the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. , to the more than 250 graduating uniformed medical and nursing students, and 50 military and civilian graduate students in the biomedical sciences, clinical psychology and public health.
Deployed to Vietnam from January to March 1969, Kerrey was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his courageous actions leading a SEAL unit on a daring operation while under fire and seriously wounded by enemy grenade. After medical retirement from the Navy, he parlayed a successful business career into politics. He served as Governor of Nebraska from 1983-1987 and as U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1989-2001. More recently, he served as President of the New School in New York City, from 2001-2010.
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is the nation’s only federal health sciences university. USU students are primarily active duty uniformed officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Public Health Service who have received specialized education in tropical and infectious diseases, preventive medicine, the neurosciences (to include TBI and PTSD), disaster response and humanitarian assistance, and acute trauma care, in addition to their regular curriculum. A large percentage of the university’s nearly 5,000 physician and 600 advanced practice nursing alumni are supporting operations in Afghanistan, Africa and elsewhere, offering their leadership and expertise. The University also has graduate programs in oral biology, biomedical sciences and public health, committed to excellence in research, which have awarded more than 375 doctoral and 800 masters degrees to date. For more information about USU and its programs, visit www.usuhs.edu.
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