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Pizza, Policy, and International Affairs: Senator Sam Nunn

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Join the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC) as they host Senator Sam Nunn for an informal town hall. 

More about Senator Sam Nunn

Sam Nunn is co-chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to reduce the risk of use and prevent the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. He served as a United States Senator from Georgia for 24 years (1972-1996) and is retired from the law firm of King & Spalding.

Raised in the small town of Perry in middle Georgia, he attended Georgia Tech, Emory University and Emory Law School, where he graduated with honors in 1962.  After active duty service in the U.S. Coast Guard, he served six years in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve.  He first entered politics as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1968.

During his tenure in the U.S. Senate, Senator Nunn served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.  He also served on the Intelligence and Small Business Committees.  His legislative achievements include the landmark Department of Defense Reorganization Act, drafted with the late Senator Barry Goldwater, and the “Nunn-Lugar” Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, which provides assistance to Russia and the former Soviet republics for securing and destroying their excess nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.

In addition to his work with NTI, Senator Nunn has continued his service in the public policy arena as a distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech and as chairman of the board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. 

He is a board member of The Coca-Cola Company, General Electric Company, and Hess Corporation.

About Pizza, Policy, and International Affairs

Pizza, Policy, and International Affairs, are a series of town halls featuring current and former executives in government, higher education, military, nonprofit and private sector. These town halls are an informal conversation on topics in global affairs, global security, the challenges facing education, media, energy, infrastructure, and the future of civil discourse. 

Ongoing Dates for Pizza, Policy, and International Affairs

04/05: Admiral Sandy Winnefeld

04/19: Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall

 

Co-sponsored by the Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC), a consortium of Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State University, funded in part by a US Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center grant.

The event in the Hall Building is free and open to the public. Parking is available in visitor lot 1.

RSVP to Marilu Suarez for pizza

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  • Created By:jpalacios9
  • Created:02/18/2019
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  • Modified:02/28/2019