Voices of Experience Spring 2023

The Communications Committee, under the leadership of Phil Midland, arranged for an exceptional speaker this Spring with a presentation by the Honorable John F. Lehman.  Secretary Lehman lectured and took questions from the Battalion on the 25th of April, via Zoom. from his home in Pennsylvania.

John F. Lehman served as the 65th Secretary of the Navy from 1981 to 1987 and promoted the creation of a 600-ship Navy.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he is a graduate of Saint Joseph's University (BA), Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge (BA), and the University of Pennsylvania (MA, Ph.D.). He has authored multiple books; his most recent is Oceans Ventured: Winning the Cold War at Sea (W. W. Norton and Company, 2018). He is also a retired Navy reserve captain who flew as a bombardier-navigator in A-6 Intruders. In honor of his service to the Nation, the Navy announced in October 2020 that the 87th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer would be named USS John F. Lehman (DDG 137).