(this lecture is NOT a part of the Winter Lecture Series)

John Lehman is currently Chairman of J.F. Lehman & Company, a private equity investment firm. During the Reagan Administration, Lehman served for six years as Secretary of the Navy. He was president of Abington Corporation between 1977 and 1981 and served 25 years in the naval reserve. Lehman was a staff member to Dr. Henry Kissinger on the National Security Council, as delegate to the Force Reductions Negotiations in Vienna and as Deputy Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Dr. Lehman served as a member of the 9/11 Commission. He is also an Advisory Board member of the Partnership for a Secure America, a non-profit dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy. The Center has invited Dr. Lehman to share his perspective on the importance of security and the role that surveillance plays in the post 9/11 world.