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Featured Speaker - Dr. John Endicott

Dr. Endicott came to the Georgia Institute of Technology in July, 1989, after a 31-year career in government (28 with the U.S. Air Force and three as a member of the senior Executive Service of the Department of Defense).  As an officer of the U.S. Air Force, he held various positions in the intelligence, education and policy arenas, including:

• Deputy Head of the Political Science Department at the U.S. Air Force Academy
• Director International Affairs for the Planning Directorate of Air Force Headquarters, the Pentagon
• Deputy Air Force Representative to the Military Staff Committee of the Security Council, the United Nations
• Associate Dean of the National War College
• Director of the Research Directorate and NDU Press at the National Defense University
• Acting Director of the Institute of National Strategic Studies, NDU, Washington, D.C.  

Upon retiring as a Colonel in 1986, He was immediately elevated to SES-4 in the Senior Executive Service (Maj. Gen./Lt. General Equivalent) and was appointed Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies, a policy-oriented research organization serving both the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.  His operational experience included assignments with SAC Headquarters during the Cuban Missile Crisis;  service with the 522nd Fighter Squadron, VNAF with fifty combat missions; and Chief of Target Plans with 5th Air Force during the Pueblo Crisis.  

Aside from his position as Professor International Affairs at the Sam Nunn School at Georgia Tech, he currently co-chairs the Council for U.S.-Japan Security Relations and has served as the Chairman of the Interim Secretariat of the Limited Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone for Northeast Asia since 1996.  He received the Mike Mansfield Award from the Japan-America Society of Georgia (1996).  He serves on the Executive Board of the Japan-America Society of Georgia, and was elected to the post of Executive Vice Chairman for the Southeast Korea America Friendship Society in April 2000.  Since joining the faculty, he has held two appointments from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to serve as a member of the PAJE Commission charged with reviewing the professional military educational system.  In April 2004, he was elected President of the Korea-Southeast U.S. Chamber of Commerce and was appointed a visiting professor of Montesquieu University of Bordeaux IV.  Both Dr. Endicott and the Limited Nuclear Weapons Free Zone for Northeast Asia program were nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize.  In 2006, the Marine Corps Coordinating Council of Greater Atlanta presented him with the General Raymond G. Davis award.   

Dr. Endicott received his Ph.D. in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, a program run jointly by Tufts University and Harvard, in 1974.  He also holds a B.A. in political science from The Ohio State University, A Masters in history from the University of Omaha, A Masters in international affairs and a Masters of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School.  His areas of specialization include all aspects of Japanese studies, Asian security studies, with special emphasis on the Korean Peninsula, American defense policy, and professional military education.  His published books include, Japans Nuclear Option, The Politics of East Asia, American Defense Policy, and Regional Security Issues.  His last book on American foreign policy was written by Endicott and two colleagues, U.S. Foreign Policy: History, Process, and Policy; it was published in 2004. He is currently working on a review of East Asian history, culture, and politics with his wife, Mitsuyo, for the Southern Center for International Affairs of Atlanta.