University Honors Program Faculty

Professorial Lecturer Lawrence B. Wilkerson,
Colonel, US Army (Retired)
National Security Affairs; Military Operations; International Relations; U.S. Government

Office: 714 21st St NW
Email: lbwilk@gwu.edu
Phone:703-624-9148

LawrenceWilkerson is the Visiting Pamela C. Harriman Professor of Government at the College of William Mary, as well as Professorial Lecturer in the Honors Program at the George Washington University.  His last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell's Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass, and member of that staff responsible for East Asia and the Pacific, political-military and legislative affairs (2001-02).  Before serving at the State Department, Wilkerson served 31 years in the U.S. Army, including as Deputy Executive Officer to then-General Colin Powell when he commanded the U.S. Army Forces Command (1989), Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), and as Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia (1993-97).  Wilkerson retired from active service in 1997 and then worked as an advisor to General Powell.

Education/Degree(s)
MA in International Relations; MS in National Security Studies

Publications
National Security and Joint Warfare, the U.S. Marine Corps War College, Quantico, Virginia, 1994

"Operation Entitlement", with Roger Kirkpatrick, in the Naval Institute's Proceedings

"The Military in the Post-Vietnam Era" in The Naval War College Review

"Mass Tactical Operations" in Military Review

"What Exactly is Jointness?" in Joint Forces Quarterly.

Honors Courses 
Honors 196 10 - National Security Policy Since the Second World War

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