Former Dean Returning To Bush School For Lecture

Former Texas A&M University Bush School Dean Ambassador Ryan Crocker will return to campus to deliver a lecture on U.S. policy in Afghanistan Thursday, March 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center’s Hagler Auditorium.

The Department of International Affairs, the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, and the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M invites the public to attend this event. Register at tx.ag/crocker.

Crocker will discuss U.S. policy in Afghanistan, including the future of the democratically elected Afghan government and the American announcement of negotiations with the Taliban aimed at a ceasefire and withdrawal of troops.

Crocker served in the U.S. Foreign Service as Ambassador to Afghanistan (2011-2012), Iraq (2007-2009), Pakistan (2004-2007), Syria (1998-2001), and Lebanon (1990-1991).In 2004, President George W. Bush conferred on him the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest in the Foreign Service.

He is the former Dean of the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Academy of Diplomacy, and the Association of American Ambassadors. He has received numerous awards throughout his career, including the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.